Rafi Ahmed

Immunology and pathogenesis of chronic viral infections; immunological memory and vaccine development.

John Altman

T-Cell immune responses to HIV infection, vaccine development, and development of T-Cell memory.

Rama Amara

Therapeutic and preventive vaccines for HIV/AIDS; CD8 T cell function in HIV infection; Role of CD4 help for CD8 function.

Jeremy Boss

Molecular immunology; regulation of major histocompatibility complex class II genes and tumor necrosis factor gene induction.

Gordon Churchward

Transmissible antibody resistance and pathogenesis of group A streptococcus; mechanisms of transposition.

Richard W. Compans

Cell biology of virus replication, focusing on the membrane glycoproteins of enveloped RNA viruses.

Brian Evavold

T-cell activation, antigen recognition; EAE autoimmunity model; role of SHP-1 phosphatase in T-cell responses.

Linda Gooding

Mechanisms of adenovirus persistence in human lymphoid tissues and oncogenic potential of adenoviruses in lymphocytes.

Joshy Jacob

In situ analysis of B and T cell memory.

Edward Mocarski

Replication and pathogenesis of the cytomegaloviruses, including latency, host modulation and host response to infection.

Charles Moran

Bacterial development; microbial genetics; gene expression during bacterial differentiation, RNA polymerase-promoter interactions.

Philip Rather

Mechanisms of cell to cell signaling and quorum sensing in bacteria.

Harriet L. Robinson

The current research effort of the Robinson laboratory is focused on the development of an HIV/AIDS vaccine.

Tony Romeo

Regulation of bacterial physiology and biofilm development; post-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms.

June Scott

Molecular mechanisms of bacterial virulence, control of gene expression in bacteria.

William Shafer

Genetics of antibiotic resistance; antimicrobial peptides; transcriptional regulation of gene expression; mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis.

Samuel H. Speck

Pathogenesis of gamma-herpesviruses and development of lymphoma and other cancers.

David Steinhauer

Functions of the influenza hemagglutinin in host cell entry; influenza assembly.

Guang-Jer Wu

Molecular mechanisms of melanoma and prostate cancer metastasis and development of viral vaccines.

Kirk Ziegler

Mechanistic studies of lymphocyte and macrophage function using the modern tools of immunology, cell biology, and genetics form the basis of our research and graduate student training.