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Microbiology

Microbiology

Research Includes

  • Biocatalysis
  • Bioremediation
  • Cellular Microbiology
  • Functional Genomics
  • Metabolic Engineering
  • Metabolic Flux Analysis
  • Microbe-Host Interactions
  • Microbial Diversity
  • Microbial Ecology
  • Microbial Ecophysiology
  • Microbial Genomics
  • Molecular Genetics
  • Molecular Stress Response
  • Protein Phosphorylation
  • Signal Transduction

  • Training Group Mission

    Students in the Microbiology Training Group receive a broad background in biochemistry, cellular biology, cellular microbiology, ecology, environmental biology, microbial biology, microbial physiology, molecular biology, and molecular genetics. This training provides students with the expertise for positions in fields ranging from basic research on microbial systems and ecosystems, through environmental management of contaminated habitats and infectious disease prevention, to applications of microbial activities, to food processing, and biotechnology.

    Faculty Membership

    Faculty Research Area
    Applegate, Bruce Bacteriophage, bioreporters in bioelectronics, metabolic engineering, recombinant bacterial strains, microbial ecology
    Bhunia, Arun K. Pathogen detection, pathogenic mechanism of enteric pathogens
    Csonka, Laszlo N. Mechanisms of the responses of bacteria to osmotic stress; genetic engineering of plant cells with increased tolerance of salinity stress
    Filley, Timothy R. Molecular stable-isotope biogeochemistry, microbial cycling of carbon and nitrogen, preservation of lipids and macromolecules
    Gelvin, Stanton B. Mechanism of the transfer to and expression of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ti-plasmid in plant cells
    Hallett, Steven G. Biological control of weeds with emphasis on the discovery and development of bioherbicides
    Johal, Gurmukh (Guri) Molecular Genetics and Pathology - molecular and genetic basis of maize's interaction with fungal pathogens; disease lesion mimic mutants and programmed cell death in maize
    Kim, Chang H. Immunology and hematopoiesis
    Kuhn, Richard J. Viral gene expression; virus-host interactions; pathogenesis; virus receptors and virus assembly
    LaCount, Doug Systems biology of malaria parasites; protein-protein interactions
    Lin, Tsang Long Diagnostic pathology, molecular pathology and immunohistopathology of infectious, toxic and neoplastic diseases, animal pathology
    Loesch-Fries, Sue Molecular Virology - function of viral genes in virus replication, disease development, and virus control
    Luo, Zhao-Qing Type IV protein secretion of Legionella pneumophila; intracellular multiplication and trafficking of bacterial pathogens
    Mengiste, Tesfaye Molecular Genetics of Plant Immunity - with emphasis on host defense response to necrotrophic fungi
    Morgan, John A. Metabolic flux analysis of photosynthetic organisms
    Nakatsu, Cindy H. Microbial ecology
    Nies, Loring (Larry) Biotransformation of organic pollutants, microbially-mediated reductive dehalogenation, bioremediation
    Nivens, David E. Interactions between living cells at solid substrata, particularly those important in medical, agricultural, and environmental systems.
    Pressler, Barrak Epitope drift, mechanisms of autoimmunity, and general immunology; immunologic dysregulation in naturally-occurring canine and feline kidney diseases
    Ramkrishna, Doraiswami Applied mathematics, dispersed phase systems, biochemical engineering, chemical reaction engineering
    Reuhs, Brad Polysaccharide structures, plant cell and bacterial cell wall analysis, extraction and purification of acidic polysaccharides, pectin analysis
    Sherman, Louis photsynthesis, nitrogen fixation and hydrogen production in cyanobacteria; genomics of unicellular, diazotrophic cyanobacteria; and gene regulation.
    Thompson, Dorothea K. Molecular basis of transcriptional regulation underlying cellular tolerance and adaptation to environmental stress factors, in particular heavy metal toxicity
    Wu, Ching Ching Microbial pathogenesis; host-parasite interactions; molecular detection and differentiation of microbial pathogens; recombinant and DNA vaccines
    Zhou, Daoguo Salmonella typhimurium Type III secretion; actin cytoskeleton rearrangements and bacteria-host interactions


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    Training Groups are topic-oriented research groups consisting of faculty from multiple departments. Training groups are an administrative home for PULSe students, a student choice that impacts curriculum and research training activities.

     

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