Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

The following faculty members perform research in the area of microbiology and infectious diseases:

Melissa J. Caimano, Ph.D.Melissa Caimano

Research: Spirochete research.

Areas of Research: 
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

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Bing HaoBing Hao

Research: Cell cycle regulation by ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis using x-ray crystallography as a primary tool.

Areas of Research:
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Structural Biology and Biophysics
Cancer Biology

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Lawrence KlobutcherLawrence Klobutcher

Research: DNA rearrangement, programmed translational frameshifting, and phagocytosis in ciliated protozoa.

Areas of Research:
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

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Wendy Mok

Research: Investigating how bacteria respond to and survive treatment with antibiotics that target distinct cellular components under different growth niches.

Areas of Research:
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

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Julia Oh

Research: Our central goal is to develop microbiome therapeutics to treat human disease. We use diverse tools like genomics and synthetic biology to investigate our microbiome’s role in our health and engineer therapeutics.

Areas of Research:

Cancer Biology
Computation and Modeling
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

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Rebecca Page

Research: Our groups studies cell signaling, focusing on the chemical language that directs how extracellular and intracellular signals are communicated to and within the cell in both space and time.

Areas of Research:
Cancer Biology
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Structural Biology and Biophysics
Cellular Pathways

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Joana Paulino, Ph.D.

Joana Paulino

Research: Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and Structural Biology and Biophysics

Areas of Research: 
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Structural Biology and Biophysics

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Wolfgang Peti

Research: Molecular and cellular understanding of eukaryotic and prokaryotic signaling pathways.

Areas of Research:
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Structural Biology and Biophysics
Cellular Pathways

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Justin RadolfJustin Radolf

Research: Spirochete research.

Areas of Research:
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

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Jianbin Ruan

Research: Innate Immunity; Inflammasome; Pore-forming Proteins/Toxins; Host-pathogen Interactions

Areas of Research:
Structural Biology and Biophysics
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Cellular Pathways

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Peter SetlowPeter Setlow

Research: Biochemistry of bacterial spore germination.

Areas of Research:
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

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Oscar Vargas-Rodriguez

Oscar Vargas-Rodriguez

Research: Adaptative translational mechanisms of microbial pathogens

Areas of Research: 
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

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Dr. Sandra WellerSandra Weller

Research: Mechanisms of DNA replication and DNA encapsidation in Herpes Simplex Virus; virus host interactions.

Areas of Research:
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

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