Biosciences Program Faculty performing Microbial Pathogenesis research

Microbial pathogenesis research at the University of Iowa includes laboratories in the Department of Microbiology and other programs on campus.

Name

Rank

Department/
Program
Research Description
Allen, Lee-Ann, PhD Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Microbiology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Macrophage and neutrophil function, mechanisms of phagocytosis, pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori and Francisella tularensis
Apicella, Michael, MD Professor (Head) Microbiology
Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Understanding of the molecular basis of the human immune response to Neisseria and Haemophilus to improve vaccine technology.
Butler, John, PhD Professor Microbiology
Immunology
Developmental Immunology; Antibody and T cell repertoire development; role of colonization and viral infection on antibody and T cell repertoire diversification
Clegg, Steven, PhD Professor Microbiology
Molecular biology of enterobacterial adhesions
Heusel, Jonathan, MD/PhD Assistant Professor Pathology
Immunology
Molecular parameters of natural killer (NK) cell activation in the settings of viral infection, cancer, and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Horswill, Alexander, PhD Assistant Professor Microbiology
Bacterial cell-to-cell communication using autoinducing peptides
Jones, Bradley, PhD Associate Professor Microbiology
Genetics
Bacteria-host cell interactions of Salmonella pathogenesis; Francisella pathogenesis
Khademi, Shahram, PharmD/PhD Assistant Professor Biochemistry
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Structure and function of membrane proteins using X-ray crystallography techniques
Klingelhutz, Al, PhD Associate Professor Microbiology
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Mechanisms of cellular immortalization and transformation by human papillomavirus
Legge, Kevin, PhD Assistant Professor Pathology
Immunology
Dendritic Cell Immunobiology and Pulmonary Immunity
McCaffrey, Anton, PhD Assistant Professor Internal Medicine
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Role of RNA in human disease and the development of nucleic acid based therapeutics
McCarter, Linda, PhD Professor Microbiology
Surface sensing, signal transduction, biofilm formation, and regulation of gene expression and differentiation in bacteria
Meier, Jeffrey, MD Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Viral pathogenesis at the molecular level
Morita, Craig T., MD/PhD Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Nonpeptide antigen recognition by gamma-delta T cells
Nauseef, William, MD Professor Internal Medicine
Microbiology
Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Human polymorphonuclear neutrophil metabolism and function
Roller, Richard, PhD Professor Microbiology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Function of herpes simplex virus membrane proteins in virus entry, exit from the cell and apoptosis regulation
Soll, David, PhD Professor Biology
Molecular Pathology and Cell Motility
Stamnes, Mark, PhD Associate Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Molecular mechanisms of intracellular protein transport and sorting in the mammalian Golgi apparatus
Sutterwala, Fayyaz, MD/PhD Assistant Professor Internal Medicine
Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Biology of the NOD-like receptor family in infection and inflammation.
Varga, Steve, PhD Associate Professor Microbiology
Immunology
Viral immunology and immunopathology.
Weiss, Jerrold, PhD Professor Internal Medicine
Microbiology
Human Toxicology
Immunology
Innate mammalian antibacterial defense mechanisms
Welsh, Michael, MD Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Biology of cystic fibrosis; structure and fuction of ion channels; pathogenesis of lung disease
Wilson, Mary, MD Professor Internal Medicine
Microbiology
Epidemiology
Genetics
Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Immunobiology, genetics, and molecular biology of visceral leishmaniasis in murine and human hosts
Yahr, Timothy, PhD Associate Professor Microbiology
Role of the type III secretion system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis

 
 

 

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