Biosciences Program Faculty performing Microbiology research

The Department of Microbiology is part of both the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine and the College of Liberal Arts. The department’s 30 faculty conduct research and teach in diverse areas of microbiology and immunology.

Graduate studies in many of these areas involve interdisciplinary training both within and outside of the department. The nature of the program allows students to receive broad experiences during their course of study.

Faculty with international reputations are working on B-cell signaling, antigen presentation, quorum sensing, viral latency, RNA splicing, bacterial cell division, bacterial gene regulation, retrovirus models, bacterial genetics, bacterial adhesion, bioremediation, gonococcal, and Salmonella pathogenesis.

For more information regarding microbiology research at The University of Iowa, please click here.