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• Ambulos, Nicholas P., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-0665
  nambulos@umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Core Facility, Shared Service, Genomics, Molecular Genetics, Sequencing, Gene Expression, Genotyping, Core Management, Pharmacogenomics, Assay Development
• Ardanuy, Jeremy G., PhD, Research Associate
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• Awad, Ola A., PhD, Assistant Professor
  (410) 706-1394
  oawad@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Neurodegeneration, GBA1 mutations, Parkinson's disease, Induced-pluripotent stem cells, autophagy, lysosomal biogenesis, transcription factor EB (TFEB), mTOR kinase.
• Azad, Abdu F., PharmD, PhD, MPH, Professor Emeritus
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• Bianchet, Mario A., PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
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• Blanco, Jorge C., PhD, Adjunct Professor
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• Bruno, Vincent , PhD, Associate Professor
  (410) 706-0812
  vbruno@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Fungal Pathogenesis, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Transcriptomics, Genomics
• Cairo, Cristiana , PhD, Assistant Professor
  410-706-1366
  ccairo@ihv.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Human immunology, γδ lymphocytes, Neonatal immunity, Malaria, HIV, Infectious diseases, Fetal-maternal interface.
• Cao, Xuefang , PhD, Associate Professor
  410-706-8452
  XuefangCao@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Cancer immunology and immunotherapy, transplantation immunology, T cell biology, allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT), graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)
• Carbonetti, Nicholas H., PhD, Professor
  410-706-7677 (Office)
  ncarbonetti@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Bordetella, pertussis, respiratory infection, host response, lung inflammation, sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor signaling, pendrin, adult and neonatal mouse models, interferons, IL-12
• Carey, Gregory B., PhD, Associate Professor
  (410) 706-8191
  gcarey@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Lymphoma, apoptosis, B cell receptor, reactive oxygen species, signal transduction, cancer cell biology, cytokine, resistance, autophagy, RedOx biology
• Carneiro da Silva, Joana , PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-0817
  jcsilva@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Parasites: Plasmodium, Cryptosporidium, Babesia, Theileria; -omics: comparative genomics, transcriptomics, single cell transcriptomics Vaccinology: genomics of vaccine design and vaccine efficacy
• Cerny, Jan V., MD, PhD, Adjunct Professor
  (410) 706-7114
  jcerny@som.umaryland.edu
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• Chapoval, Svetlana P., MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
  410-706-8175
  schapoval@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Immunology, Immunotherapy, Semaphorins 4A and 4D, Plexins, Neuropilins, Asthma, Cancer, Gene-targeted mice, Biomarkers, T cell immunity, Treg cells, Dendritic cells
• Chatterjee, Budhaditya , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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• Collins, Kim D., PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
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• Conway De Macario, Everly , PhD, Adjunct Professor
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• Coughlan, Lynda , PhD, Assistant Professor
  +1-(410) 706-2536
  LCoughlan@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Adenoviral vectors, vaccines, influenza virus, RSV, coronavirus, universal vaccines, immunology
• DasSarma, Shiladitya , PhD, Professor
  410-234-8847
  sdassarma@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: extremophiles, haloarchaea, microbial genomics, purple membrane, gas vesicle nanoparticles, vaccines and therapeutics, climate change
• Del Veliz, Samanta , BS, Post Doc Fellow
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• Despres, Hannah , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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• Dooley, Helen M., PhD, Associate Professor
  +1-410-234-8837
  hdooley@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Immunology, evolution, antibodies, sharks
• Dumetz, Franck A., PhD, Research Associate
  4107060778
  fdumetz@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Parasites, RNA biology (structure and base modifications), sequencing
• Dunning Hotopp, Julie C., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-5673
  jdhotopp@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: lateral gene transfer, horizontal gene transfer, genomics, human somatic genome, Wolbachia, Drosophila ananassae, filarial nematodes, Neisseria meningitidis, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, Rickettisales, Anaplasmataceae
• Dwivedi, Ankit , PhD, MS, Research Associate
  (410) 706-6782
  adwivedi@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium, Babesia, Evolution, Population genetics, Genomics
• Edwards, Vonetta , PhD, Research Associate
  (410)706-6717
  vedwards@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Host-pathogen interactions, Vaginal microbiome, Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), Cervical-vaginal models, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Female reproductive tract, Reproductive hormones
• Ezelle, Heather J., PhD, Assistant Professor
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• Fan, Xiaoxuan , PhD, Associate Professor
  410-706-2173
  XiaoxuanFan@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Flow Cytometry, Cell Sorting
• Feldman, Ricardo A., PhD, Professor
  410-706-4197 (office)
  rfeldman@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) for disease modeling, drug discovery and regenerative medicine; lysosomal storage diseases; Gaucher disease; Parkinson's disease; neuronal development; dopaminergic development; neurodegeneration; Wnt pathway; GSK3β; β-catenin; glucocerebrosidase; sphingolipids; mTOR; TFEB; enzyme replacement therapy (ERT); substrate reduction therapy (SRT), mesenchymal stem cells (MSC); osteoblasts; bone disease; macrophages; hematopoietic development.
• Ferraz, Camila , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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• Flajnik, Martin F., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-5161
  mflajnik@som.umaryland.edu
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• France, Michael Timothy , PhD, Research Associate
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• Fricke, W. Florian , PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
  Germany: +49 (711) 459 24841
  wffricke@som.umaryland.edu
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• Frieman, Matthew B., PhD, Professor
  410-706-2539
  mfrieman@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Coronavirus, MERS, SARS, Influenza, Pathogenesis, anti-viral, therapeutics, diabetes, DPP4, lung, COVID19
• Gajer, Pawel , PhD, Research Associate
  410-706-6716
  pgajer@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: bioinformatics, bacterial vaginosis, preterm delivery
• Galkin, Andrey , PhD, Research Associate
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• Garzino-Demo, Alfredo , PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
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• Gillespie, Joseph J., PhD, Assistant Professor
  jgillespie@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Evolutionary Biology, Rickettsiology, Rickettsia, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Bioinformatics, Phylogenetics, Phylogenomics, Metabolomics, Structural Biology, Lateral Gene Transfer, Type IV Secretion Systems, Secretome, Pathogenesis, Genome Sequencing, Arthropods, Ticks, Fleas, Body Lice, Epidemic Typhus, Murine Typhus, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Transitional Group rickettsiae, Wolbachia
• Harioudh, Munesh K., PhD, Research Associate
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• Hassel, Bret A., PhD, Professor
  410-328-2344
  bhassel@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Rnase-L, type-1 interferon, mRNA turnover, innate immunity, tumor suppressor
• Hazen, Tracy H., PhD, Assistant Professor
  410-706-1954
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  Keywords: E. coli, Klebsiella, Acinetobacter, genomics, evolution, antibiotic resistance, microbial surveillance
• Hegab Souquette, Aisha , PhD, Research Associate
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• Heltzel, Justin M., PhD, Research Associate
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• Holm, Johanna B., PhD, Assistant Professor
  410-706-8365
  jholm@som.umaryland.edu
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• Jackson, William T., PhD, Professor
  410-706-5404
  wjackson@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Picornavirus, Poliovirus, Rhinovirus, Coxsackievirus, Enterovirus D-68, PV, HRV, CVB3, EVD-68, Autophagy, Secretion, Trafficking
• Jassey, Alagie , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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• Kalvakolanu, Dhan V., PhD, Professor
  (410) 328-1396 (office)
  dkalvako@umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Tumor suppressors, cytokines, apoptosis, autophagy, transcriptional regulation, immune response
• Kaper, James B., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-7114
  jkaper@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Microbiology, Immunology, Bacterial Vaccines, Enteric Pathogenesis, Bacterial Genetics, Intestinal Colonization
• Keegan, Achsah D., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-8174
  akeegan@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: cytokines, signal transduction, IL-4, IL-13, receptors, STAT6, macrophages, allergy, asthma
• Kumar, Amit , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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• Kumar, Manoj , PhD, Assistant Professor
  (410) 706-4198
  mkumar@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Neurodegeneration, Parkinson’s disease, dopamine neurons, microglia, pluripotent stem cells, mitochondria, lysosome, alpha synuclein, gene editing
• Latinovic, Olga S., PhD, MSc, MBA, Adjunct Assistant Professor
  (410) 706-2769
  olatinovic@ihv.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: HIV-1 Entry Inhibition In Vivo
• Laukaitis-Yousey, Hanna , MS, Post Doc Fellow
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• Lewis, George K., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-4668
  glewis@ihv.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: HIV Vaccine Development, Immunology, Structural Biology, Non-human Primates
• Li, Yuxing , PhD, Professor
  240-314-6332
  YuxingLi@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: HIV-1, neutralizing antibody, B cell, Ebola virus, vaccine, immunotherapeutics, structural biology
• Livak, Ferenc , MD, Adjunct Associate Professor
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• Luetkens, Tim C., MD, Associate Professor
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  Keywords: Cellular immunotherapies, protein engineering
• Ma, Bing , PhD, Assistant Professor
  410-706-8365
  bma@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Multi-‘Omics’, Big data, Genomics, Microbiome, Metagenomics, Metabolomics, Transcriptomics, Metatranscriptomics, single-cell RNA-seq, Microbe-Host Interaction, live biotherapeutics, Biomarker discovery, Data mining, GI Health, Systems Biology
• Macario, Alberto J L., MD, Adjunct Professor
  macarioster@gmail.com
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• McIntire, Katherine M., PhD, Research Associate
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• Mitchell, Ashley , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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• Moin, Imran , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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• Moudgil, Kamal D., MD, PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-7804 (office)
  kmoudgil@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Immunology, Autoimmunity, Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, Immune Regulation, Heat-shock Proteins, Antigen Processing and Presentation, Natural products, Herbal Medicine
• Nanjaiah, Hemalatha , MSc, Post Doc Fellow
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• Nene, Vishvanath M., PhD, Adjunct Professor
  (410) 706-3860
  vnene@som.umaryland.edu
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• Ohta, Yuko , PhD, Assistant Professor
  (410) 706-4196
  yota@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Molecular Biology, Comparative Immunology, Immunogenetics, Bioinformatics, Gene Annotation, Comparative Genomics, Genome evolution, Cell Biology, pharmaceutical science, cancer chemotherapy
• Pedra, Joao H.F., PhD, Professor
  410-706-7343
  jpedra@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Tick-borne diseases; Arthropod Immunology; Skin Immunology; Immunometabolism; Neuroimmunology
• Perkins, Darren J., PhD, Assistant Professor
  410-706-2374
  dperkins@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Macrophage, lipopolysaccharide, LPS, type I Interferon, Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs), Salmonella
• Prantner, Daniel J., PhD, Research Associate
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• Prasad, Joni M., PhD, Assistant Professor
  410-706-6353
  jprasad@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: lrp1, protein biochemistry, lipoprotein receptor, hemostasis, S. aureus, infection, fibrinogen
• Rahman, Mohammed Sayeedur , PhD, Assistant Professor
  410-706-5441 (Office)
  mrahman@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Microbiology, Bacteriology, Rickettsia, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Transcriptome, Protein Secretion pathways, Secretome, Interactome, Virulence, Pathogenesis, Arthropods, Ticks, Fleas, Body Lice, Epidemic Typhus, Murine Typhus, Spotted Fever and Transitional Group rickettsiae
• Rasko, David A., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-6774
  drasko@som.umaryland.edu
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• Ravel, Jacques , PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-5674
  jravel@som.umaryland.edu
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• Richard, Katharina , PhD, Research Associate
  410-706-4716
  krichard@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Innate Immunity, Macrophages, TLR4, Metabolism, Catanionic Surfactant Nanoparticles, Vaccines, Francisella tularensis
• Robb, Frank T., PhD, Professor
  410-234-8870
  frobb@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Extremophiles; Model organisms; Protein folding; Chaperones, Chaperonopathy
• Rorke, Ellen A., PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
  (410) 706-4251
  erorke@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: AP-1, keratinocyte, epidermis, keratoderma, ichthyosis
• Sacci, John B., PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
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• Sadik, Mohammad , MSc, Post Doc Fellow
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• Sarkar, Saumen , PhD, Faculty Member
  410-706-0921
  ssarkar@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Type I Interferon (IFN), IFN-Stimulated Genes (ISG), Oligoadenylate Synthetase, Innate Immune Signaling Anti-viral innate immunity, Tumor microenvironment, IFN Signaling, Interferon Regulatory Factor (IRF),
• Scanlon, Karen M., PhD, Assistant Professor
  (410) 706-7940
  kscanlon@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Immune ontogeny, respiratory infection, pediatric infection, pulmonary hypertension, Bordetella pertussis, pulmonary immunology
• Schmaljohn, Alan L., PhD, Adjunct Professor
  (240) 626-3704
  aschmaljohn@som.umaryland.edu
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• Schulze, Dan H., PhD, Adjunct Professor
  (410) 706-5180
  dschulze@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Histocompatibility, sodium calcium exchange, Fc receptors, Natural Killer cells, biosensors
• Serre, David , Dr. rer. nat., Professor
  (410) 706-7983
  dserre@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Genomics, Plasmodium vivax, malaria, Anopheles
• Shang, Xiaoran , PhD, Research Associate
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• Shirey, Kari Ann , PhD, Assistant Professor
  410-706-4716
  kshirey@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Innate Immunity, Macrophage, Macrophage differentiation, Alternatively activated macrophage (AAM or M2), Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Influenza, Toll-like Receptors (TLRs), Acute Lung Injurey (ALI),secondary bacterial infection
• Silverman, David J., PhD, Professor Emeritus
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• Singh, Nevil J., PhD, Associate Professor
  4107066916
  nsingh@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: T cell activation & differentiation, Immunological tolerance, Immunological Memory, Neuroimmunology, Adaptive immunity to infections, Dendritic cell activation, IL-12 family cytokines, Tumor Immunology, Cancer Immunology
• Skerry, Ciaran , PhD, Assistant Professor
  4107060097
  cskerry@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Microbiology, Immunology, Bordetella, bordetella pertussis, host-pathogen, host-directed, sphingosine-1-phosphate, peptidoglycan, peptidoglycan recognition protein,
• Sundberg, Eric J., PhD, Adjunct Professor
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• Tallon, Luke J., , Research Associate
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• Taylor, Louis , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
  louis.taylor@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: virology, coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, RNAseq, transcriptomics, genomics, metagenomics, high-throughput sequencing, bioinformatics
• Tettelin, Herve , PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-6764
  tettelin@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Bacterial pathogens, comparative genomics, functional genomics, RNA-seq, Tn-seq, bioinformatics.
• Toshchakov, Vladimir Y., PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
  (410) 706-7076
  vtoshchakov@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Cell signaling. Toll-like receptors. TIR domains.
• Trotta, Rossana , PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
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• Vasta, Gerardo R., PhD, Professor
  (410) 234-8826
  gvasta@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Glycobiology, Glycoimmunology, Lectin, Galectin, F-Lectin, Glycan Receptor, Molecular Recognition, Protein Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Transcriptomics, Genomics, Recombinant Expression, Innate Immunity, Inflammatory Signaling Pathways, Epithelial Cells, Hemocyte, Macrophage, Leukocyte, Protozoan Parasite, Virus, PRR, PAMP, MAMP, Intracellular Signaling, Galectin Inhibitor
• Vogel, Stefanie N., PhD, Professor
  410-706-4838 (office)
  svogel@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: macrophages, lipopolysaccharide, Toll-like receptors (TLRs), macrophage differentiation, signaling pathways, interferons, cytokines, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), Francisella tularensis, vaccines, dextran sodium sulfate
• Voss, Oliver H., PhD, Assistant Professor
  410-706-3337
  OVoss@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Monocytes, Macrophages, Inflammasome, Apoptosis, Autophagy, Caspases, TLR signaling, Rickettsia infection and other infectious diseases
• Webb, Tonya J., PhD, Associate Professor
  410-706-4109
  twebb@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: cancer immunology, cancer immunotherapy, CD1d-mediated NKT cell activation ELISA, flow cytometry, Western blotting, qPCR, lipidomics, proteomics spheroids, artificial antigen presenting cells
• Weston, Stuart M., PhD, Research Associate
  410-706-2539
  sweston@som.umaryland.edu
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  Keywords: Coronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV, influenza, antiviral drugs, host factors.
• Wu Chuang, Alejandra , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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• Ye, Ting Juan , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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