The faculty included in this list are the members of the Graduate Program in Microbiology. Any of the individuals listed may serve as laboratory rotation mentors and thesis advisors for Microbiology Graduate Program students.
David J. Barton, Ph.D. - Molecular mechanisms of picornavirus replication
Thomas Campbell, M.D. - Human Herpesvirus 8 and Kaposi's sarcoma; reservoirs of latent HIV-1; and HIV-1 reverse transcriptase as an RNA chaperone
Richard Davis, Ph.D. - Spliced leader RNA trans-splicing
Sonia Flores, Ph.D. - HIV viral protein-pulmonary endothelial cell interactions and viral disease pathogenesis
Donald H. Gilden, M.D. - Varicella zoster virus latency in the human nervous system; human immune response in multiple sclerosis
Ronald E. Gill, Ph.D. - Regulation of gene expression by intercellular interactions during the development of Myxococcus xanthus
Kathryn V. Holmes, Ph.D. - Molecular biology and pathogenesis of coronavirus infections; coronavirus-receptor interactions
Randall K. Holmes, M.D., Ph.D. - Structure-function relationships of bacterial toxins
Dirk Homann, M.D. - Persistent viral disease, immunological memory, autoimmunity
Edward N. Janoff, M.D. - Mucosal immunity; HIV transmission and vaccine; pneumococcal infections and vaccine; B cell regulation
Jeffrey Kieft, Ph.D. - Viral RNAs; Internal Ribosome Entry Sites (IRESes) & tRNA-like structures
Caroline A. Kulesza, Ph.D. - Molecular mechanisms of viral persistence and pathogenesis associated with cytomegalovirus infection; functional analysis of viral noncoding RNAs
Laurel Lenz, Ph.D. - Bacterial pathogenesis and regulation of inflammation and immunity
Thomas E. Morrison, Ph.D. - Molecular pathogenesis of arbovirus infection and regulation of virus-induced inflammatory responses
Dohun Pyeon, Ph.D. - Virus-host interactions in human papillomavirus infection and oncogenesis
Mario Santiago, Ph.D. - Host genetic control of pathogenic retrovirus infections
Jerome Schaack, Ph.D. - Adenovirus gene therapy vectors
Michael J. Schurr, Ph.D. - Bacterial pathogenesis and regulation of virulence factors
Kenneth L. Tyler, M.D. - Molecular and genetic basis of virus-induced cell death (apoptosis) and pathogenesis using the reovirus model
Linda van Dyk, Ph.D. - Pathogenesis of the gamma- herpesvirus; viral and host mechanisms that regulate latency and reactivation
Michael L. Vasil, Ph.D. - Mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis with emphasis on genetic regulation and biochemistry of virulence factors
Andrés Vázquez-Torres, DVM Ph.D. - Pathophysiology and immunology of the interaction of macrophages with pathogenic microorganisms
Martin I. Voskuil, Ph.D. - Mechanisms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for survival during latent disease