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Gaya Amarasinghe, PhD

Alumni Endowed Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
Molecular mechanisms at the host-pathogen interface

Key words
biochemistry, structural biology, signaling, virology, host pathogen interactions, immunology

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Beau Ances, MD, PhD

Daniel J. Brennan Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Characterization of Dementia (HIV associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) and Alzheimer`s Disease (AD) using functional magnetic resonance imaging

Key words
Alzheimer’s disease, blood flow, brain mapping, dementia, HIV, MRI

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John Atkinson, MD

Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Human and Statistical Genetics

Research summary
Complement activation and regulation in innate and adaptive immunity

Key words
immunology, inflammation, autoimmunity, complement system, innate immunity

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Megan Baldridge, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Immunology
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Defining the mechanisms behind and effects of the interactions between commensal bacteria, pathogens and innate immunity

Key words
microbiota, infection, pathogen, microbiome, virus, interferon, immunity

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Rebecca Bart, PhD

Associate Faculty Member

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
Combining genetics with molecular and computational biology to learn about the mechanisms used by hosts and pathogens to recognize and respond to one another and the environment

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Stephen Beverley, PhD

Ernest St. John Simms Distinguished Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Molecular genetics of protozoan parasites - virulence and their viruses

Key words
parasites, viruses, microbial pathogenesis, macrophage, virulence, glycobiology, vaccination

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Joshua Blodgett, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
Interdisciplinary questions surrounding bacterial small molecule production

Key words
Streptomyces, biosynthesis, genome mining, antibiotics, regulation & genetics

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Adrianus Boon, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology

Research summary
Emerging viruses

Key words
Host-pathogen interactions, Influenza virus, SARS-CoV-2, Bourbon virus, Viral pathogenesis, RNA biology, Influenza Reassortment

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Arpita Bose, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Microbial metabolisms and their influence on biogeochemical cycling

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Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg, MD, PhD

Professor and Chief

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology

Research summary
The research in my laboratory is aimed at understanding fundamental principles of the interaction between bacterial pathogens and the human host.

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