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Tamara Doering, MD, PhD

Alumni Endowed Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Molecular Cell Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Biology and pathogenesis of the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

Key words
biochemistry, biosynthetic pathways, cell biology, eukaryotic pathogen, gene regulation, genomic variants, glycobiology, host-pathogen interactions, microbial pathogenesis, pathogenic fungi, sterol transport, yeast

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Brian Edelson, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
Immune cell development and function

Key words
dendritic cells, macrophages, hematopoiesis, infection, inflammation, innate immunity, autoimmunity, multiple sclerosis

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Ali Ellebedy, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
Defining the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate memory B cell heterogeneity and fate.

Key words

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Mario Feldman, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Research summary
Pathogenesis of multidrug resistant bacteria and biogenesis of bacterial vesicles in the human gut

Key words

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Thomas Ferguson, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
We are examining the role of the autophagy pathway in the function of the retina and its role in diseases of the eye

Key words
angiogenesis, apoptosis, autophagy, immunology, lymphocyte, tolerance, photoreceptors, vision,

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Peter Fischer, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Research summary
Medical helminthology, especially filariasis and other neglected tropical diseases caused by parasitic worms.

Key words
helminths, parasitology, tropical medicine,

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James Fleckenstein, MD

Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Research summary
Molecular investigation of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)

Key words
enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; microbial pathogenesis; vaccine development; diarrheal disease

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Daved Fremont, PhD

Professor

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

Research summary
Mechanisms of host immunity and viral evasion

Key words
immunology, virology, structural biology, viral immune evasion, cytokine receptors, signaling, protein trafficking

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Anthony French, PhD, MD

Alan L. Schwartz, PhD, MD, Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
In vivo NK cell responses during viral infections

Key words
immunology, virology, NK cells

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Stephanie Fritz, MD, MSCI

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
Asking and answering critical questions to guide clinical practice and ameliorate childhood suffering due to staphylococcal disease

Key words
Staphylococcus aureus; antibiotic resistance; epidemiology; infection treatment and prevention; genomic determinants of disease; host immune response