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 |
| Amalfitano, Andrea | 4194 BPS | (517) 884-5324 | amalfit1@msu.edu | Virus-mediated gene transfer for the treatment of genetic and acquired disease; virology, innate immunity, vaccine development, and gene therapy for inborn errors of metabolism. |
| Arvidson, Cindy | 5192 BPS | (517) 884-5364 | arvidso3@msu.edu | Bacteriology; protein targeting, virulence, and regulation of gene expression in the pathogenic Neisseriae. |
| Bertrand, Helmut | 5177 BPS | (517) 884-5356 | mhelmut@msu.edu | Microbial Genetics: Fungal senescence syndromes, proliferation of mitochondria, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations. |
| Britton, Robert | 6175 BPS | (517) 884-5395 | rbritton@msu.edu | Microbial genomics/Genetics: chromosome structure and function; regulation of gene expression; genomics of probiotic bacteria. |
| Brown, C. Titus | (arriving May 08) | ctb@msu.edu | Genomics, Evolution and Development: Chick embryo development, genomic data analysis tools and toolkits |
| Champness, Wendy | 5190 BPS | (517) 884-5361 | champnes@msu.edu | Microbial genetics: Microbial molecular genetics and biotechnology; genetic regulation of Streptomyces antibiotics; developmental genetics. |
| 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. |
| Coussens, Paul M. | B215 Anthony | (517) 353-3158 | coussens@msu.edu | Molecular virology: Viral gene expression; oncogenes. |
| Dodgson, Jerry B. | 5161 BPS | (517) 884-5345 | dodgson@msu.edu | Genomics/molecular biology: Genome mapping in birds; RNA interference in chickens; transgenics. |
| Friderici, Karen H. | 5163 BPS | (517) 884-5347 | frideric@msu.edu | Human genetics: Molecular pathology of human genetic disease; genetics of hearing loss. |
| Fyfe, John C. | 5169 BPS | (517) 884-5348 | fyfe@cvm.msu.edu | Genetics: Molecular, cellular, and clinical biology of inherited disease; animal models of human genetic disease. |
| He, Sheng Yang | 222 Plant Bio. Bldg. | (517) 353-9181 | hes@msu.edu | Plant bacterial pathogenesis: Molecular genetics of plant-pathogen interactions; type III protein secretion. |
| Kashefi, Kazem | 6191 BPS | (517) 884-5402 | kashefi@msu.edu | Microbial diversity, redox transformations, and community dynamics of extreme environments; biotechnological applications of extremophilic organisms. |
| 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. |
| Lenski, Richard E. | 6177 BPS | (517) 884-5397 | lenski@msu.edu | Experimental microbial evolution/genetics: Ecology, genetics, and evolution of microbial populations, computational biology, genome dynamics. |
| Linz, John E. | 234B FSHN | (517) 355-8474 ext.126 | jlinz@msu.edu | Microbial Pathogenesis: Genetics and control of mycotoxin biosynthesis; fungal development; foodborne microbial pathogens. |
| Reguera, Gemma | 6190 BPS | (517) 884-5401 | reguera@msu.edu | Microbial Physiology/Genetics: Electron transfer and biofilm physiology; biotechnological applications, architecture and physiology; bacterial cell-to-cell communication, nanowires. |
| Schmidt, Thomas M. | 6180 BPS | (517) 884-5400 | tschmidt@msu.edu | Microbial Ecology: Microbial ecology and evolution; analysis of patterns and extent of microbial diversity in the environment; microbial community composition links to ecosystem processes, understanding microbial life histories. |
| 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 |
| Thomashow, Michael F. | 306 Plt Biol | 355-2299 | thomash6@msu.edu | Plant Genetics: Regulation and function of genes induced in response to environmental stresses. |
| Tiedje, James M. | 540E/545 PSSB | 353-9021 | tiedjej@msu.edu | Microbial Ecology: Microbial ecology of soil and sediments, especially community structure genomics and DNA microarray studies of environmentally important bacteria; biodegradation of soil and sediments. |
| Venta, Patrick | 5171 BPS | (517) 884-5350 | venta@msu.edu | Genetics: Genome mapping in the dog; diagnostic tests for genetic disease. |
| Whittam, Thomas S. | 165 Food Saf & Tox | 432-3588 | whittam@msu.edu | Microbial Pathogenesis: Population genetics and molecular evolution of pathogenic bacteria; emerging infectious diseases; host-parasite coevolution. |
| Williams, Barry | 40 Giltner | (517) 432-3484 | barryw@msu.edu | Microbial Genetics: Evolutionary genetics; the molecular genetic basis of evolutionary diversification and adaptation, population genomics, comparative ecological genomics. |
| Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan, Vilma | 2209 BPS | (517) 884-5351 | yuzbasiyan@cvm.msu.edu | Genetics: Comparative mammalian genetics and genomics; cancer genetics; prion diseases. |
