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School of Medicine

Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics & Immunology


 

Upcoming Seminars

(complete list of seminars)

Sept. 23
Robert A. Burne, Ph.D., Univ. of Florida College of Dentistry, "Catabolite Modification of Gene Expression in Streptococcus mutans"

Oct. 7
Hattie D. Gresham, Ph.D., Univ. of New Mexico, "Crowd Control: Innate Immunity and Control of Staphylococcus Quorum Sensing "

Oct. 17 (1014 Orr Major)
Sven Bergström, Ph.D., Umeå University, Sweden, "Channel-forming Proteins of Borrelia Spirochetes"

Oct. 21
Liang Tang, Ph.D.,
Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, "Structural Virology by the Combination of X-ray Crystallography and Electron Cryo-Microscopy"

Oct. 23-25
Bill Narayan Memorial Symposium

11 a.m. in 1023 Orr-Major (unless noted otherwise)

 

Welcome!

As one of six basic science departments in the School of Medicine, our Department contributes to the educational programs of the School of Medicine and the Graduate School and offers the Ph.D. and M.D./Ph.D. degree in Microbiology.

Our research programs, supported by public and private funding agencies, cover a variety of topics within the following themes:

    • bacterial physiology and pathogenesis
    • immunology and host defense mechanisms
    • viral oncogenesis, pathogenesis, and vaccine development

Funding also provides support for pre- and postdoctoral trainees and visiting scientists, as well as for hosting national and international researchers in the Microbiology seminar series.

We hope you find this website a useful portal to further information about life in the department, our graduate program as well as our research projects.

Thank you for visiting!

Michael J. Parmely, Interim Chair

Department News

Sept. 23, 2008
NEW OPEN POSITION!
Assistant/Associate Professor in Microbial Pathogenesis (Bacteriology/Virology/Immunology). Details here.

Sept. 18, 2008
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Severin Gudima from the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia at the rank of Assistant Professor. Dr. Gudima conducts research on Hepatitis Delta virus and will join the Department in January 2009.

Sept. 3, 2008
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Philip Hardwidge at the rank of Assistant Professor effective January 5, 2009. Dr. Hardwidge conducts research on enterotoxigenic E. coli and will strengthen an already active bacterial pathogenesis group in the Department.

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