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DEPARTMENTAL FACULTY
Samuel Kaplan role of oxygen and light in the regulation of gene expression in complex microbial genomes
Peter J. Christie macromolecular transport processes during pathogenesis
director medical microbiology course
Danielle Garsin C. elegans as a model host for understanding the genetics of bacterial infection
Millicent Goldschmidt oral, clinical and medical microbiology
Heidi Kaplan cell-cell interactions required for multicellular development and biofilm formation
Theresa M. Koehler Bacillus cereus group species: Genetics, Physiology, and Host Interactions
Michael C. Lorenz understanding the molecular basis of fungal infections
William Margolin targeting and assembly of the bacterial cell division complex
Kevin A. Morano protein chaperones and stress response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Ambro van Hoof mRNA degradation and quality control of gene expression in eukaryotes
Thomas Vida specificity of vesicular transport, organelle biogenesis, and molecular membrane biology
   
DEPARTMENTAL FACULTY-CROSS APPOINTEES
William Dowhan structure, function and assembly of cell membranes
Gregory May fungal pathogenesis, cell motility, cell cycle
Barbara E. Murray enterococcal virulence and antibiotic resistance in human infections
Steven J. Norris

pathogenesis and Its relationship to the molecular genetics of pathogenic bacteria

C. S. Raman structural biology of signal transduction networks
John L. Spudich structure and function of photoactive membrane proteins and signal transduction triggered by light
Human Papilloma and HerpesViruses: Oncogenesis, Immune Response, and Therapeutics
ADJUNCT FACULTY
Magnus Hook biology of the extracellular matrix; adhesion and microbial virulence
clinical microbiology
James Lupski molecular mechanisms for disease using human genetic approaches
Susan M. Rosenberg stationary-phase mutation, antibiotic-resistance mechanisms, and DNA repair and instabilty
George Weinstock whole genome sequences
RESEARCH FACULTY
structure, organization, and evolution of genomes; gene expression differences in natural populations
regulation of gene expression by redox, oxygen and light; signal transduction; structure/function
genomics and bioinformatics
Function, structure and expression of photosynthetic membrane proteins, CFTR expression in R. sphaeroides
   

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