Faculty and Their Research
| Deborah J. Anderson, Ph.D. (Deborah.Anderson@bmc.org) Professor of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Microbiology Research Areas: Mucosal immunology in genital tissues; mechanisms of HIV-1 transmission |
Paul H. Black, M.D. (pblack@bu.edu) Professor Emeritus of Microbiology Research Areas: Psychoneuroimmunology; effect of the mind/brain on the immune system |
| Katharine Bossart, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor of Microbiology Research Areas: Emerging viruses including paramyxoviruses, flaviviruses and filoviruses |
Selwyn A. Broitman, Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Research Areas: Lipid nutriture and isoprenylation inhibitors as chemotherapeutics in colon cancer and its hepatic metastases |
| John H. Connor, Ph.D. (jhconnor@bu.edu) Assistant Professor of Microbiology Research Areas: Virus/Host interaction; viral domination of protein synthesis; the potential use of viruses as cancer therapy |
Ronald B. Corley, Ph.D. (rbcorley@bu.edu) Professor of Microbiology Research Areas: B lymphocyte development and differentiation; antibody assembly, trafficking and secretion |
| Rachel Fearns, Ph.D. (rfearns@bu.edu) Assistant Professor of Microbiology Research Areas: Control of respiratory syncytial virus RSV synthesis |
Susan H. Fisher, Ph.D. (shfisher@bu.edu) Professor of Microbiology Research Areas: Regulation of nitrogen metabolism in B. subtilis. DNA-protein interactions |
| Lisa Ganley-Leal, Ph.D. (Lisa.GanleyLeal@bmc.org) Assistant Professor of Medicine and Microbiology |
Thomas W. Geisbert, Ph.D. (geisbert@bu.edu) Professor of Microbiology Research Areas:Pathogenesis of emerging viruses; development of vaccines and treatments |
| Caroline A. Genco, Ph.D. (caroline.genco@bmc.org) Professor of Medicine and Microbiology Associate Professor, Department of Periodontology and Oral Biology, Goldman School of Dentistry Research Areas: Microbial pathogenesis, vaccine development, host- parasite interactions, and bacterial gene regulation |
Rahm Gummuluru Ph.D. (rgummulu@bu.edu) Assistant Professor of Microbiology Research Areas: Virus-Host Interactions in HIV-1 Pathogenesis |
| Andrew Henderson, Ph.D. (hender@bu.edu) Associate Professor of Medicine and Microbiology Research Area: Cellular signals that regulate HIV transcription and replication |
Linda E. Hyman, Ph.D. (lhyman@bu.edu) Professor of Microbiology Associate Provost, Graduate Medical Sciences Research Areas: The Fungal Response to Simulated Microgravity |
| Robin Ingalls, M.D. (ringalls@bu.edu) Associate Professor of Medicine and Microbiology Research Areas: Reproductive immunology and the pathogenesis of gonococcal and chlamydia infections |
Mark S. Klempner, M.D. (klempner@bu.edu) Professor of Medicine and Microbiology Research Areas: |
| Joseph P. Mizgerd, Sc.D. (jmizgerd@bu.edu) Professor of Medicine and Microbiology Research Area: Acute lower respiratory tract infection; cytokines; innate immunity; neutrophil recruitment and activation; pneumonia; transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression |
Gustavo Mostoslavsky, M.D., Ph.D. (gmostosl@bu.edu) Assistant Professor of Medicine and Microbiology Research Areas: Stem cell biology and gene therapy |
| Elke Mühlberger, Ph.D. (muehlber@bu.edu) Associate Professor of Microbiology Research Areas: |
John R. Murphy, Ph.D. (jrmrphy@bu.edu) Professor of Medicine and Microbiology Research Areas: Structure of the diphtheria toxin repressor; diphtheria toxin calalytic domain and entry into the eukaryotic cell cytosol; structure- function of IL7 |
| Barbara S.Nikolajczyk, Ph.D. (bnikol@bu.edu) Associate Professor of Microbiology and Medicine Research Areas: Inflammation in type 2 diabetes and other inflammatory diseases; molecular mechanisms of disease pathogenesis; regulation of IL-1 beta production |
Ian R. Rifkin, M.D., Ph.D. (irifkin@bu.edu) Associate Professor of Medicine Assistant Professor of Microbiology Research Areas: Mechanisms responsible for the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus-associated atherosclerosis |
| John C. Samuelson, M.D., Ph.D. (jsamuels@bu.edu) Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, BUGSDM Professor of Microbiology Research Areas: Biochemistry, cell biology, pathogenesis, and evolution of parasites that causes diarrhea and dysentery |
David C. Seldin, M.D., Ph.D. (dseldin@bu.edu) Professor of Medicine and Microbiology, Associate Director, Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine, Section of Hematology-Oncology Research Areas: Application of transgenic and knockout mouse models to study dysregulated kinases that play a role in the molecular basis of lymphoproliferative diseases and other malignancies |
| Jean E.M. van Seventer, V.M.D. (jvsevent@bu.edu) Associate Professor of Environmental Health, BUSPH Assistant Professor of Microbiology Research Areas: |
Gregory A. Viglianti, Ph.D. (gviglian@bu.edu) Associate Professor of Microbiology Research Areas: Molecular biology of HIV-1; the role of virus-host cell interactions in pathogenesis |
| Lee M. Wetzler, M.D. (lwetzler@bu.edu) Associate Professor of Medicine and Microbiology Research Areas: Vaccine development; microbial immunity and pathogenesis; effect of bacterial products on eukaryotic cells |
Lewis Wray, Ph.D. (lwray@bu.edu) Research Assistant Professor of Microbiology Research Areas: Regulation of gene expression in Bacillus subtilis |
| Glen B. Zamansky, Ph.D. (gzamansk@bu.edu) Associate Professor of Microbiology Research Areas: Keratinocyte cell biology and cellular responses to ultraviolet radiation |
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| ADJUNCT FACULTY | |
| Stuart M. Levitz, M.D. (Stuart.Levitz@Umassmed.edu) Professor of Infectious Diseases and Immunology University of Massachusetts Medical Center Research Areas: The interplay between the host immune system and medically important fungi |
Vernon N. Reinhold, Ph.D. (vernon.reinhold@unh.edu) Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology University of New Hampshire Research Areas:Structural Glycobiology: characterization of glycoproteins, glycolipids and related glycoconjugates using mass spectrometry and adjunct techniques. Proteomics and glycomics of Caenorhabditis elegans |
| Ann Marshak-Rothstein, Ph.D. (Ann.Rothstein@umassmed.edu) Professor of Microbiology Research Areas: Role of exogenous and endogenous Fas ligand in lymphocyte apoptosis, inflammation and autoimmunity |
Thomas L. Rothstein, M.D., Ph.D. (tr@nshs.edu) Head, Center for Oncology and Cell Biology The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Research Areas: Molecular mechanisms of resistance to Fas-mediated apoptosis; B-1 cell development and function; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PATHWAYS |
