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The Department of Microbiology and Immunology is represented by a diverse, yet highly interactive, faculty devoted to excellence in research as well as graduate and medical education. Faculty research is supported by outstanding postdoctoral associates, graduate students and research assistants. Research interests of the faculty are described in the links below.Susan C. Baker, Ph.D., Professor. Molecular Virologist. The molecular biology and pathogenesis of coronaviruses. Manuel O. Díaz, M.D., Professor. Molecular Geneticist. Genetic abnormalities associated with neoplasia. Adam Driks, Ph.D., Associate Professor. Molecular Microbiologist. Spore formation in Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus subtilis: roles in survival and pathogenesis, and defense against biological weapons. Douglas E. Faunce, Ph.D., Assistant Professor. Cellular Immunologist. Natural killer T cells and the immune response to injury; CD1d-restricted NKT cells and the aging immune system. Kimberly E. Foreman, Ph.D., Associate Professor. Tumor Immunologist. Notch Signaling in Brest Cancer. Thomas M. Gallagher, Ph.D., Professor. Molecular Mechanisms of Virus Assembly and Entry David W. Hecht, M.D., Professor. Molecular Microbiologist. Mechanisms by which Bacteroides fragilis causes serious infections and acquires resistance to antimicrobial agents. Makio Iwashima Ph.D., Associate Professor. Molecular & Cellular Immunologist. Cell biology of T cell subsets. David H. Keating, Ph.D., Assistant Professor. Molecular Microbiologist. Mechanisms of communication between bacteria and plants: the alfalfa nitrogen-fixing symbiosis. Katherine L. Knight, Ph.D., Professor & Chair. Molecular Immunologist. B-lymphocyte development and generation of the antibody repertoire. Dennis Lanning, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Molecular Immunologist Bacterial stimulation of GALT development. Herbert L. Mathews, Ph.D., Professor. Immunologist. Immune dysregulation and homeostasis. Brian J. Nickoloff, M.D., Ph.D., Professor. Director, Skin Cancer Research Laboratories. Immunologist. Immunobiology of Skin Disease. J. Paul O'Keefe, M.D., Professor. Clinical Microbiologist. Clinical infectious diseases. Liang Qiao, M.D., Associate Professor. Immunologist. Mucosal Immunity and Vaccine Development. John A. Robinson, M.D., Professor. Transplantation Immunologist. Immunopharmacologic manipulation of allograft rejection. Phone (888) LUHS-888. Gayatri Vedantam, Ph.D., Assistant Professor. Molecular Microbiologist. Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance gene transfer in human anaerobes of clinical importance. Karen L. Visick, Ph.D., Associate Professor. Microbial Geneticist. Vibrio fischeri-squid mutualism: a model for investigating symbiotic colonization by bacteria. Christopher M. Wiethoff, Ph.D., Assistant Professor. Virologist. Mechanistic studies of nonenveloped virus cell entry. Pamela L. Witte, Ph.D., Professor. Cellular Immunologist. The cellular and molecular regulation of B-lymphocyte development . Alan J. Wolfe, Ph.D., Professor.
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