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Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology


Research Projects

Immunology
  • John B. Barnett, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman
    Effects of xenobiotics on the immune system

  • Kathleen Brundage, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor

  • Christopher F. Cuff, Ph.D., Associate Professor
    Cellular and molecular events that result in the development of antigen-specific immune responses in the gastrointestinal tract

  • Laura Gibson, Ph.D., Professor
    Lymphocyte development; apoptosis

  • Kenneth S. Landreth, Ph.D., Professor
    B lymphocyte development

  • Michael I. Luster, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor
    Effects of environmental agents on the immune system; risk assessment models; role of inflammatory cytokines in toxicity
     
  • Rajesh Naz, Ph.D., Professor
    Testis-specific gene expression, contraceptive vaccine development, fertilization  and infertility.
     
  • V.M. Rajendran, Ph.D., Professor
    Molecular regulation of electrolyte transporters in inflammatory bowl diseases

  • Rosana Schafer, Ph.D., Associate Professor
    Immune response to Listeria; vaccine development

  • James M. Sheil, Ph.D., Associate Professor
    Antigen presentation; cytotoxic T lymphocyte function and specificity; vaccine design

  • Uma Sundaram, Ph.D., Professor
  • David Weissman, M.D., Adjunct Professor
    Influences of host and enviornmental factors on pulmonary inflammatory and immune responses
Cancer Cell Biology
Medical Bacteriology