Welcome
The Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department of The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston is highly committed to excellence in both research and education. Our faculty carry out research in the biology, pathogenesis, and molecular genetics of a wide variety of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes. The department is home to the Graduate Program in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and also offers the Medical Microbiology course taken by first year medical students at the UT-Houston Medical School.
MMG Graduate Program
Our graduate program faculty are internationally recognized leaders in microbiology or molecular genetics. We are committed to graduate education and have diverse research interests.
Research
The Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics faculty use prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes to investigate basic biological problems and to study bacterial and fungal pathogenesis.
Medical Education
The Microbiology and Molecular Genetics offers the Medical Microbiology course taken by first-year medical students at The University of Texas-Houston Medical School.
Facilities
The MMG Core Facility is now located in room MSB1.004 and provides automated DNA sequencing services for all interested researchers within the UT Health Science Center as well as other academic institutions.
Seminars
January 7 - MSB 2.103| Chioma Okeoma (University of Pennsylvania)
"APOBEC3 in host defense: Implications for viral infection, pathogenesis and transmission"
January 21 - MSB 3.301| Eva Gottwein (Duke University)
"Targets and functions of Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus microRNAs"
February 18 - MSB 3.301| Luciano Marraffini (Northwestern University)
"Self vs. non-self discrimination during CRISPR immunity against horizontal gene transfer"
HEADLINES
- MMG faculty member studies attack of the killer superbugs
- MMG faculty member yeast-based research provides key link to genetic explanation of liver failure
- MMG faculty member elected AAAS Fellow
- Hardy bacterium draws MMG researcher into Department of Energy Genome Sequencing Project
- MMG scientists challenge RNA quality control model
- MMG faculty member Mike Lorenz honored at young investigator luncheon
- MMG faculty member Danielle Garsin honored at young investigator luncheon
- MMG graduate student receives top research scholarship from graduate school
