Faculty Available as Trainers in the Microbiology Doctoral Training Program
Each of the faculty members in the microbiology program are in the table below. Also listed are their primary affiliations or home departments and their main focus of research. Click on the name of professor to learn more about their research.
Name Primary Affiliation Research Program Paul Ahlquist Institute for Molecular Virology Structure, evolution, and expression of RNA virus genomes Ralph Albrecht Animal Health & Biomedical Sciences Ultrastructure of cell-surface components Caitilyn Allen Plant Pathology Physiology and genetics of bacterial plant pathogens Philip Anderson Genetics Molecular genetics of C. elegans John Andrews Plant Pathology Microbial ecology Edward Balish Medical Microbiology&Immunology Microbial pathogenesis and host immunity James Bangs Medical Microbiology&Immunology Molecular parasitology Stephen Barclay Bacteriology Developmental microbiology of Dictyostelium, Pneumocystis, and Cryptosporidium Frederick Blattner Genetics Molecular genetics/immunology Curtis Brandt Medical Microbiology&Immunology Virology; pathogenesis of herpes simplex virus; gene therapy and antiviral drugs Richard Burgess Oncology Biochemistry and molecular biology of RNA polymerase and transcription factors Gerald Byrne Medical Microbiology&Immunology Immunology and bacteriology; basic biology of Chlamydiaas a model for intracellular parasitism Glenn Chambliss Bacteriology Global regulatory controls in Gram positive bacteria and microbial degradation of energetic compounds. Michael Collins Pathobiological Sciences Veterinary bacteriology Teresa Compton Medical Microbiology&Immunology Pathogenesis and virology of human cytomegalovirus Michael M. Cox Biochemistry Molecular biology of genetic recombination Elizabeth Craig Biomolecular Chemistry Genetics of environmental stress; protein translocation and folding Michael Culbertson Genetics Yeast genetics Charles Czuprynski Pathobiological Sciences Immunology and pathogenic bacteria James Dahlberg Biomolecular Chemistry Structure and function of RNA Joseph P. Dillard Medical Microbiology & Immunology Molecular mechanisms of disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae Timothy Donohue Bacteriology Process and regulation of cytochrome biosynthesis Diana Downs Bacteriology Metabolic regulation and pathway integration Jerald Ensign Bacteriology Developmental microbiology of actinomycetes; microbial insecticides; bacteria-nematode symbiosis. Jorge Escalante-Semerena Bacteriology Genetics and biochemistry of anaerobic metabolism Marcin Filutowicz Bacteriology Regulation of DNA replication John Fleming Neurology Neurotropic coranaviruses Katrina Forest Bacteriology Structural biology of pathogenesis Catherine Fox Biomolecular Chemistry The role of chromosome structure in gene expression and DNA replication Robert Goodman Plant Pathology Genetic basis of interaction of plants with non-invasive associative microorganisms Heidi Goodrich-Blair Bacteriology Nematode-bacteria symbiosis and stationary phase Escherichia coli molecular signals in microbial communication Richard Gourse Bacteriology Prokaryotic transcription/regulation of ribosome synthesis Kenneth Hammel Forest Products Laboratory Lignocellulose biodegradation Jo Handelsman Plant Pathology Molecular and ecological basis of plant/bacterial interactions Robin Harris Soil Science Microbial ecology and biochemistry of soils Colleen E. Hayes Biochemistry Regulation of lymphocyte development and function Ulfert Hornemann Pharmacy Streptomyces DNA amplification/ evolution of translation C. Richard Hutchinson Pharmacy Biochemistry and genetics of antibiotic formation Thomas Jeffries Bacteriology; Forest Products Laboratory Bioconversion of renewable resources; metabolic engineering of pentose fermenting yeasts Eric Johnson Food Microbiology Clostridium botulinum and its toxins; food and industrial microbiology Yoshihiro Kawaoka Pathobiological Science Molecular mechanism of interspecies transmission of virus leading to influenza pandemics in humans; molecular pathogenesis of influenza in poultry and mammals; Ebola virus Patricia Kiley Biomolecular Chemistry Transcriptional control of anaeraobic gene expression in E. coli Bruce Klein Pediatrics Microbial-host interactions and pathogenesis Mark Krebs Biomolecular Chemistry Folding and assembly of integral membrane proteins; archaeal rhodopsin Ching Kung Genetics Microbial ion channel proteins Robert Landick Bacteriology Transcriptional regulation/RNA polymerase structure and function Sally Leong Plant Pathology Molecular basis of fungal pathogenesis Geoffrey Letchworth Animal Health &Biomedical Sciences Herpesviral glycoproteins; vaccination againist herpevirus infection Paul Ludden Biochemistry Biochemistry of nitrogen fixation; CO metabolism Miroslav Malkovsky Medical Microbiology&Immunology Cellular genes regulating expression of human and simian immunodeficiency viruses; biological role of gamma/delta T cells John Mansfield Bacteriology Immunology and molecular biology of infectious disease Janet Mertz Oncology Transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms of control of gene expression in mammalian cells William McClain Bacteriology tRNA structure and function Daniel Muller Rheumatology Immunology and host defenses David Nelson Biochemistry Protein kinases as regulators of ciliary function in protozoa Max L. Nibert Biochemistry Structure-function relationships in virus particles; viral RNA synthesis Antonito Panganiban Oncology Retrovirus replication; RNA encapsidation Donna Paulnock Medical Microbiology &Immunology Cellular and molecular immunology Richard Proctor Medical Microbiology&Immunology Bacterial endotoxins; mechanisms of bacterial inhibition of neutrophil function; bacterial adherence/septic shock;fibronectin M. Thomas Record Biochemistry Protein/DNA interactions and transposition William Reznikoff Biochemistry Molecular biology of gene expression and transposition Gary Roberts Bacteriology Genetics and biochemistry of nitrogen fixation and carbon monoxide oxidation Maria Salvato Pathology Molecular biology of arenavirus and retrovirus persistence Daniel Schaefer Animal Sciences Rumen microbiology Ronald Schell Medical Microbiology & Immunology Immune responses to Borrelia burgdorferi Friedrich Schuening Medicine Molecular medicine/gene therapy Ronald Schultz Medical Microbiology&Immunology Immunology and virology Paul M. Sondel Genetics Human Genetics/Immunology Carol Spiegel Pathology Clinical microbiology Gary Splitter Animal Health & Biomedical Sciences Immunology of infectious diseases James Steele Food Science Genetics of lactic acid bacteria Waclaw Szybalski Oncology Molecular genetics of prokaryotes; genome mapping Eric Triplett Agronomy Molecular genetics of Rhozobium and Brucella and molecular diversity. David Watkins Pathology Interactions between the immune system and the AIDS virus William Weidanz Medical Microbiology&Immunology Immunoparasitology; role of T cells in immunity to malaria Paul Weimer Bacteriology; Dairy Forage Research Center Rumen microbiology, anaerobic metabolism, biopolymer degradation Bernard Weisblum Pharmacology Molecular genetics of antibiotic action an resistance Rodney Welch Medical Microbiology & Immunology Molecular analysis of bacteria pathogens Susan West Pathobiological Sciences Molecular biology of infectious diseases Jon Woods Medical Microbiology&Immunology Pathogenic mechanisms, host - parasite interactions, and environmental and virulence - associated gene regulation of the dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum Return to the Microbiology at Madison Web Page
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