Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Michigan State University
2215 Biomedical Physical Sciences East Lansing, MI 48824-4320
Undergrad and Grad Info:
517-884-5287
Chair: 517-884-5292
Fax: 517-353-8957
| Name | Office | Office Phone | E-Mail Address |
| Amalfitano, Andrea | 4194 BPS | (517) 884-5324 | 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 | Bacteriology; protein targeting, virulence, and regulation of gene expression in the pathogenic Neisseriae. |
| Arvidson, Dennis | 5195 BPS | (517) 884-5366 | Bacterial pathogenesis: Structure and function of proteins involved in bacterial pathogenesis. X-ray crystalography of bacterial virulence factors. |
| Bagdasarian, Michael | 5178 BPS | (517) 884-5358 | Pathogenesis/Genetics: Molecular biology; molecular pathogenesis; protein targeting in prokaryotes. |
| Britton, Robert | 6175 BPS | (517) 884-5395 | Microbial genomics/Genetics: chromosome structure and function; regulation of gene expression; genomics of probiotic bacteria. |
| Cendrowski, Stephen | 322 N. Kedzie | (517) 432-3805 | Pathogenesis: B. anthracis mechanism of iron regulation and acquisition. Effects of low free-iron levels on gene expression, and host iron sources exploited. |
| 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 | Molecular virology: Viral gene expression; oncogenes. |
| Fata-Hartley, Cori | 186 E Holmes/4183 BPS | 353-4855/884-5304 | Virology: Definition of the requisite viral proteins, host proteins, and RNA binding steps that modulate cardiovirus RNA replication. |
| Fluck, Michele M. | 4197 BPS | (517) 884-5327 | 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. |
| He, Sheng Yang | 222 Plant Bio. Bldg. | (517) 353-9181 | Plant bacterial pathogenesis: Molecular genetics of plant-pathogen interactions; type III protein secretion. |
| Koslowsky, Donna | 5174 BPS | (517) 884-5353 | RNA editing/parasitology: Organellar gene expression in trypanosomes. |
| Linz, John E. | 234B FSHN | (517) 355-8474 ext.126 | Microbial Pathogenesis: Genetics and control of mycotoxin biosynthesis; fungal development; foodborne microbial pathogens. |
| Maes, Roger K. | 4125 Beaumont Rd Ste. 161 | 432-5811 | Virology: Clinical virology; natural host models of herpesvirus latancy; molecular biology and immunity involving feline herpesvirus-1; mucosal immunization. |
| Mansfield, Linda S. | A25 VCC | (517) 432-3100 Ext.119 | Microbial pathogenesis: Parasite immunobiology; host bacterial-parasite interactions; molecular parasitology. |
| Mendoza, A. Leonel | 322 N. Kedzie | (517) 353-7800 | mendoza9@msu.edu | Mycology/Immunology: Cloning and characterization of the genes in Pythium vaccines. |
| Mulks, Martha H. | 5193 BPS | (517) 884-5365 | mulks@msu.edu | Microbial Pathogenesis: Medical and veterinary microbiology; genetics and virulence factors of pathogenic bacteria, especially Actinobacillus pleurophenmoniae and Neisseria gonorrhoeae; microbial IgA proteases; vaccine development. |
| Patterson, Maria J. | 2215 BPS | (517) 355-6463 ext.1503 | Infectious Disease: Infectious disease; medical and clinical microbiology. |
| Pestka, James J. | 234A FSHN | 355-8474 ext.125 | Immunology/Toxicology: Modulation of immune function through diet; immunotoxicology. |
| Rose, Joan B. | 15 Nat Res | (517) 432-4412 | Environmental Microbiology: Environmental virology, environmental parasitology, drinking water treatment and disinfection, microbial risk assessment, water pollution microbiology, mycology and food microbiology. |
| Thiem, Suzanne M. | 303 Giltner Hall | 432-1713 | Virology: Molecular biology and genetics of baculoviruses; control of virus gene expression; viral pathogenesis and host range. |
| Walker, Edward | 6169 BPS | (517) 884-5389 | Emerging infectious diseases; vector-borne diseases; Lyme disease, eastern equine encephalomyelitis, West Nile viral encephalitis, human malaria |
| Waters, Christopher M. | 5180 BPS | (517) 884-5360 | Chemical signaling in the human pathogen Vibrio cholerae, signaling in bacterial pathogenesis. |
| Zheng, Yong-Hui | 4174 BPS | (517) 884-5314 | Virology: HIV virology, innate host protective factors for retroviruses. |
