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  • Ambulos, Nicholas Core Facility, Shared Service, Genomics, Molecular Genetics, Sequencing, Gene Expression, Genotyping, Core Management, Pharmacogenomics, Assay Development

  • Ardanuy, Jeremy

  • Awad, Ola Neurodegeneration, GBA1 mutations, Parkinson's disease, Induced-pluripotent stem cells, autophagy, lysosomal biogenesis, transcription factor EB (TFEB), mTOR kinase.

  • Azad, Abdu

  • Bianchet, Mario

  • Blanco, Jorge

  • Bruno, Vincent Fungal Pathogenesis, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Transcriptomics, Genomics

  • Cairo, Cristiana Human immunology, γδ lymphocytes, Neonatal immunity, Malaria, HIV, Infectious diseases, Fetal-maternal interface.

  • Cao, Xuefang Cancer immunology and immunotherapy, transplantation immunology, T cell biology, allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT), graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)

  • Carbonetti, Nicholas Bordetella, pertussis, respiratory infection, host response, lung inflammation, sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor signaling, pendrin, adult and neonatal mouse models, interferons, IL-12

  • Carey, Gregory Lymphoma, apoptosis, B cell receptor, reactive oxygen species, signal transduction, cancer cell biology, cytokine, resistance, autophagy, RedOx biology

  • Carneiro da Silva, Joana Parasites: Plasmodium, Cryptosporidium, Babesia, Theileria; -omics: comparative genomics, transcriptomics, single cell transcriptomics Vaccinology: genomics of vaccine design and vaccine efficacy

  • Cerny, Jan

  • Chatterjee, Budhaditya

  • Collins, Kim

  • Conway De Macario, Everly

  • Coughlan, Lynda Adenoviral vectors, vaccines, influenza virus, therapeutic antibodies, RSV, coronavirus, universal vaccines, immunology

  • DasSarma, Shiladitya extremophiles, haloarchaea, microbial genomics, purple membrane, gas vesicle nanoparticles, vaccines and therapeutics, climate change

  • Del Veliz, Samanta

  • Despres, Hannah

  • Dooley, Helen Immunology, evolution, antibodies, sharks

  • Dumetz, Franck Parasites, RNA biology (structure and base modifications), sequencing

  • Dunning Hotopp, Julie lateral gene transfer, horizontal gene transfer, genomics, human somatic genome, Wolbachia, Drosophila ananassae, filarial nematodes, Neisseria meningitidis, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, Rickettisales, Anaplasmataceae

  • Dwivedi, Ankit Malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium, Babesia, Evolution, Population genetics, Genomics

  • Edwards, Vonetta Host-pathogen interactions, Vaginal microbiome, Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), Cervical-vaginal models, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Female reproductive tract, Reproductive hormones

  • Ezelle, Heather

  • Fan, Xiaoxuan Flow Cytometry, Cell Sorting

  • Feldman, Ricardo 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

  • Flajnik, Martin

  • France, Michael Timothy

  • Fricke, W. Florian

  • Frieman, Matthew Coronavirus, MERS, SARS, Influenza, Pathogenesis, anti-viral, therapeutics, diabetes, DPP4, lung, COVID19

  • Gajer, Pawel bioinformatics, bacterial vaginosis, preterm delivery

  • Galkin, Andrey

  • Garzino-Demo, Alfredo

  • Gillespie, Joseph 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

  • Hassel, Bret Rnase-L, type-1 interferon, mRNA turnover, innate immunity, tumor suppressor

  • Hazen, Tracy E. coli, Klebsiella, Acinetobacter, genomics, evolution, antibiotic resistance, microbial surveillance

  • Hegab Souquette, Aisha

  • Heltzel, Justin

  • Holm, Johanna

  • Jackson, William Picornavirus, Poliovirus, Rhinovirus, Coxsackievirus, Enterovirus D-68, PV, HRV, CVB3, EVD-68, Autophagy, Secretion, Trafficking

  • Jassey, Alagie

  • Kalvakolanu, Dhan Tumor suppressors, cytokines, apoptosis, autophagy, transcriptional regulation, immune response

  • Kaper, James Microbiology, Immunology, Bacterial Vaccines, Enteric Pathogenesis, Bacterial Genetics, Intestinal Colonization

  • Keegan, Achsah cytokines, signal transduction, IL-4, IL-13, receptors, STAT6, macrophages, allergy, asthma

  • Kumar, Amit

  • Kumar, Manoj Neurodegeneration, Parkinson’s disease, dopamine neurons, microglia, pluripotent stem cells, mitochondria, lysosome, alpha synuclein, gene editing

  • Latinovic, Olga HIV-1 Entry Inhibition In Vivo

  • Laukaitis-Yousey, Hanna

  • Lewis, George HIV Vaccine Development, Immunology, Structural Biology, Non-human Primates

  • Li, Yuxing HIV-1, neutralizing antibody, B cell, Ebola virus, vaccine, immunotherapeutics, structural biology

  • Livak, Ferenc

  • Luetkens, Tim Cellular immunotherapies, protein engineering

  • Ma, Bing 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

  • McIntire, Katherine

  • Mitchell, Ashley

  • Moin, Imran
  • Moudgil, Kamal Immunology, Autoimmunity, Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, Immune Regulation, Heat-shock Proteins, Antigen Processing and Presentation, Natural products, Herbal Medicine

  • Nanjaiah, Hemalatha

  • Nene, Vishvanath

  • Ohta, Yuko Molecular Biology, Comparative Immunology, Immunogenetics, Bioinformatics, Gene Annotation, Comparative Genomics, Genome evolution, Cell Biology, pharmaceutical science, cancer chemotherapy

  • Pedra, Joao Tick-borne diseases; Arthropod Immunology; Skin Immunology; Immunometabolism; Neuroimmunology

  • Perkins, Darren Macrophage, lipopolysaccharide, LPS, type I Interferon, Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs), Salmonella

  • Prantner, Daniel Macrophages, Innate Immunology, Toll-like Receptors, Signal Transduction, Interferons, Sepsis

  • Prasad, Joni lrp1, protein biochemistry, lipoprotein receptor, hemostasis, S. aureus, infection, fibrinogen

  • Rahman, Mohammed Sayeedur 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

  • Ravel, Jacques

  • Richard, Katharina Oncology, Pre-clinical, In Vivo Models, Innate Immunity, Macrophages, TLR4, Metabolism, Catanionic Surfactant Nanoparticles, Vaccines, Francisella tularensis

  • Rorke, Ellen AP-1, keratinocyte, epidermis, keratoderma, ichthyosis

  • Sacci, John

  • Sadik, Mohammad

  • Sarkar, Saumen 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 Immune ontogeny, respiratory infection, pediatric infection, pulmonary hypertension, Bordetella pertussis, pulmonary immunology

  • Schmaljohn, Alan

  • Schulze, Dan Histocompatibility, sodium calcium exchange, Fc receptors, Natural Killer cells, biosensors

  • Serre, David Genomics, Plasmodium vivax, malaria, Anopheles

  • Shang, Xiaoran

  • Shirey, Kari Ann 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

  • Singh, Nevil 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 Microbiology, Immunology, Bordetella, bordetella pertussis, host-pathogen, host-directed, sphingosine-1-phosphate, peptidoglycan, peptidoglycan recognition protein,

  • Sundberg, Eric

  • Tallon, Luke

  • Taylor, Louis virology, coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, RNAseq, transcriptomics, genomics, metagenomics, high-throughput sequencing, bioinformatics

  • Tettelin, Herve Bacterial pathogens, comparative genomics, functional genomics, RNA-seq, Tn-seq, bioinformatics.

  • Toshchakov, Vladimir Cell signaling. Toll-like receptors. TIR domains.

  • Trotta, Rossana

  • Tsagmo, Jean Marc

  • Vasta, Gerardo 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 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 Monocytes, Macrophages, Inflammasome, Apoptosis, Autophagy, Caspases, TLR signaling, Rickettsia infection and other infectious diseases

  • Webb, Tonya cancer immunology, cancer immunotherapy, CD1d-mediated NKT cell activation ELISA, flow cytometry, Western blotting, qPCR, lipidomics, proteomics spheroids, artificial antigen presenting cells

  • Weston, Stuart Coronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV, influenza, antiviral drugs, host factors.

  • Wu Chuang, Alejandra

  • Ye, Ting Juan

 

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Research Interests

Bacteriology

Cancer Immunology

Cell Biology

Genomics

Immunology

Lymphocyte Biology; Immune activation and tolerance

Molecular pathogenesis of pathogenic Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae vaccine development

Mycology

Parasitology

T cell cancer immunotherapy & vaccine development

Virology

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