Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Michigan State University
2215 Biomedical Physical Sciences East Lansing, MI 48824-4320
P: 517-884-5292
F: 517-353-8957
| Name | Office | Office Phone | E-Mail Address |
| Bertrand, Helmut | 5177 BPS | (517) 884-5356 | mhelmut@msu.edu | Microbial Genetics: Fungal senescence syndromes, proliferation of mitochondria, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations. |
| Ciche, Todd A. | 5179 BPS | (517) 884-5359 | ciche@msu.edu | Host-microbe interaction: Symbiosis in the insect pathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora and the enteric bioluminescent bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens. |
| Conrad, Susan E. | 4195 BPS | (517) 884-5326 | conrad@msu.edu | Cancer: Control of proliferation in normal and tumorigenic cells; control of gene expression during the cell cycle; estrogen regulation of human breast cancer cell proliferation. |
| Dodgson, Jerry B. | 5161 BPS | (517) 884-5345 | dodgson@msu.edu | Genomics/molecular biology: Genome mapping in birds; RNA interference in chickens; transgenics. |
| Esselman, Walter J. | 2215C BPS | (517) 884-5292 | esselman@msu.edu | Immunology: Immune mechanisms in diabetic inflammation, expression and function of lymphocyte CD45 protein tyrosine phosphatase in signaling. |
| Fluck, Michele M. | 4197 BPS | (517) 884-5327 | fluck@msu.edu | Viral oncology: Oncogene activation of transcription factors and their effect on chromatin structure and DNA replication; mammary gland oncogenesis in mice and its dependence upon estrogen. |
| Friderici, Karen H. | 5163 BPS | (517) 884-5347 | frideric@msu.edu | Human genetics: Molecular pathology of human genetic disease; genetics of hearing loss. |
| Heidemann, Steve | 3177 BPS | (517) 884-5117 | heideman@msu.edu |
| Kim, Sungjin | 5198 BPS | (517) 884-5367 | kimsj@msu.edu | Immunology/NK cells: Natural killer cells, antiviral immunity, antitumor immunity. |
| Koslowsky, Donna | 5174 BPS | (517) 884-5353 | koslowsk@msu.edu | RNA editing/parasitology: Organellar gene expression in trypanosomes. |
| Kroos, Lee R. | 422 Biochem | (517) 355-9726 | kroos@msu.edu | Microbial genetics/physiology: Regulation of gene expression during development; prokaryotic RNA polymerases and regulatory proteins; Bacillus sporulation; cell-cell interactions during Myxococcus fruiting-body formation. |
| Maes, Roger K. | 4125 Beaumont Rd Ste. 161 | 432-5811 | maes@dcpah.msu.edu | Virology: Clinical virology; natural host models of herpesvirus latancy; molecular biology and immunity involving feline herpesvirus-1; mucosal immunization. |
| Maher, Veronica M. | 341 Food Saf & Tox | 353-7785 | maher@msu.edu | Cancer: Mechanisms of mutagenesis and recombination in human cells; DNA-induced damage by chemical carcinogens or radiation; DNA repair; molecular mechanisms of carcinogenesis. |
| McCormick, J. Justin | 341 Food Saf & Tox | (517) 353-7785 | mccormi1@msu.edu | Cancer: Mechanisms of malignant transformation of human cells; role of cncogenes in transformation; chemical- and radiation-induced carcinogenesis. |
| Patterson, Ronald J. | 4198 BPS | (517) 884-5328 | patter13@msu.edu | Molecular Biology: Cell biology; nucleocytoplasmic RNA transport; role of nuclear galectins in pre-mRNA splicing. |
| Reusch, Rosetta N. | 6163 BPS | (517) 884-5388 | rnreusch@msu.edu | Bacterial Physiology: Metabolism and functions of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate and inorganic polyphosphates; polyhydroxybutyrate-associated proteins; genetic competence; gene transfer; ion channels. |
| Schwartz, Richard C. | 4177 BPS | (517) 884-5317 | schwart9@msu.edu | Immunology: Regulation of proinflammatory cytokines by C/EBP transcription factors; regulation of progesterone receptor expression in mammary tissue; hematopoietic growth and differentiation. |
| Sinha, Animesh Amart | 4179 BPS | 353-7727 | asinha@msu.edu | Dermatology, autoimmunity, genetic and immunogenetic basis of skin disease, HLA class II-peptide-T cell interactions |
| Yang, Amy | 4183 BPS | (517) 884-5321 | yangamyy@msu.edu |
| York, Ian | 4195 BPS | (517) 884-5325 | yorki@msu.edu | Immunology: MHC restriction and antigen presentation in viral immunity. |
| Yu, Kefei | 5175 BPS | (517) 884-5354 | yuke@msu.edu | Immunology: Molecular immunology, recombination and class switching in immunoglobulin genes. |
| Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan, Vilma | 2209 BPS | (517) 884-5351 | yuzbasiyan@cvm.msu.edu | Genetics: Comparative mammalian genetics and genomics; cancer genetics; prion diseases. |
