Microbiology, Infectious Disease, and Microbiome
Microbes rule our world. Faculty in BMB study bacteria, archaea, viruses, and eukaryotic parasites, and investigate how these organisms impact everything from the environment to human health.
Paul Babitzke's Research Interest:
Regulation of gene expression by
RNA structure and RNA-binding proteins.
Jordan Bisanz's Research Interest:
The structure and function of the microbiome and its
impacts on health and disease.
Joyce Jose's Research Interest:
The understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in the
replication and assembly of flaviviruses and alphaviruses.
Scott E. Lindner's Research Interest:
The coupling of molecular parasitology and structural
biology to study the malaria parasite.
Manuel Llinás' Research Interest:
The combination of tools from functional genomics,
molecular biology, computational biology,
biochemistry, and metabolomics to understand the
fundamental molecular mechanisms underlying the
development of this parasite.
Timothy C. Meredith's Research Interest:
Bacterial cell envelope biosynthesis.
Tim Miyashiro's Research Interest:
We use microbial genetics, biochemistry, and cell biology
approaches to determine the molecular mechanisms that enable
bacteria to establish symbiosis with a eukaryotic host.
The model system is the symbiosis formed between the
bioluminescent bacterium Vibrio fischeri
and the Hawaiian bobtail squid Euprymna scolopes.
Our primary interests in this system include quorum sensing,
contact-dependent killing mechanisms, and sulfur metabolism.
Moriah L. Szpara's Research Interest:
Understanding the consequences of HSV latency for the neurons
that harbor the HSV pathogen and the search for improved
therapeutics using a combination of virology, neurobiology,
next generation sequencing technologies, and bioinformatics.
Emily Weinert's Research Interest:
The understanding of how the globin coupled sensor protein
family senses oxygen and transmits the binding signal into
downstream events.