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
Area code is 517 unless otherwise indicated. Rooms in BPS refer to the Biomedical Physical Sciences Building. *(E)= Emeritus
| 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. |
| Bertrand, Helmut | 5177 BPS | (517) 884-5356 | Microbial Genetics: Fungal senescence syndromes, proliferation of mitochondria, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations. |
| Breznak, John *(E) | University Distinguished Professor Emeritus | ||
| Britton, Robert | 6175 BPS | (517) 884-5395 | Microbial genomics/Genetics: chromosome structure and function; regulation of gene expression; genomics of probiotic bacteria. |
| Brooks, Kathryn H. | 4192 BPS | (517) 884-5322 | brooks@msu.edu | Immunology: autoimmunity; biology of CD5+ B cells. |
| Brown, C. Titus | 318 Giltner | (517) 353-4743 | Genomics, Evolution and Development: Chick embryo development, genomic data analysis tools and toolkits |
| Brubaker, Robert *(E) | Emeritus | ||
| 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. |
| Champness, Wendy | 5190 BPS | (517) 884-5361 | 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. |
| Conrad, Susan E. | 4195 BPS | (517) 884-5326 | 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. |
| Corner, Thomas R. | 2215E BPS | (517) 884-5293 | Bacteriology: Bacterial membranes; endospore heat resistance. |
| Coussens, Paul M. | B215 Anthony | (517) 353-3158 | Molecular virology: Viral gene expression; oncogenes. |
| Dazzo, Frank B. | 6174 BPS | (517) 884-5394 | Microbial ecology/physiology: Beneficial plant-microbe interactions; computer-assisted microscopy. |
| 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 | Immune mechanisms in diabetic inflammation, expression and function of lymphocyte CD45 protein tyrosine phosphatase in signaling. |
| 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. |
| Friderici, Karen H. | 5163 BPS | (517) 884-5347 | Human genetics: Molecular pathology of human genetic disease; genetics of hearing loss. |
| Friderici, Daniel A. | 305 North Kedzie | (517) 353-3964 | |
| Fyfe, John C. | 5169 BPS | (517) 884-5348 | Genetics: Molecular, cellular, and clinical biology of inherited disease; animal models of human genetic disease. |
| Garrity, George M. | 6162 BPS | (517) 884-5387 | garrity@msu.edu | Bacterial systematics: Ecology; bioinformatics; computational biology. |
| Haack, Sheridan K. | US Geolog.Surv. | 887-8909 | United States Geological Survey |
| Hausinger, Robert | 6193 BPS | (517) 884-5404 | Microbial physiology: Enzymology and microbial physiology; metallocenter assembly mechanisms; biodegradation; DNA repair enzymes; metal ion utilization and interactions. |
| Havlichek, Daniel | B320 Life Sci | 353- 4538 | Physician, Infectious diseases |
| He, Sheng Yang | 222 Plant Bio. Bldg. | (517) 353-9181 | Plant bacterial pathogenesis: Molecular genetics of plant-pathogen interactions; type III protein secretion. |
| Heidemann, Steve | 3177 BPS | (517) 884-5117 | |
| Herring, Patricia | 6172 BPS | (517) 884-5392 | |
| Hunt, Henry D. | USDA Poult.Res. | 337-6834 | Virology / Immunogenetics: Genetics of avian resistance to viral infections, avian tumor viruses, Marek's disease. |
| Jackson, Julius H. | 6178 BPS | (517) 884-5398 | Microbial physiology/genetics: Microbial physiology and genetics; genomic evolution and theory; gene and chromosome evolution. |
| Kashefi, Kazem | 6191 BPS | (517) 884-5402 | Microbial diversity, redox transformations, and community dynamics of extreme environments; biotechnological applications of extremophilic organisms. |
| Kierszenbaum, Felipe *(E) | Emeritus | ||
| Kim, Sungjin | 5198 BPS | (517) 884-5367 | Immunology/NK cells: Natural killer cells, antiviral immunity, antitumor immunity. |
| Klug, Michael J. *(E) | KBS | (616) 671-2341 | klug@kbs.msu.edu | Emeritus |
| Koslowsky, Donna | 5174 BPS | (517) 884-5353 | RNA editing/parasitology: Organellar gene expression in trypanosomes. |
| Kroos, Lee R. | 422 Biochem | (517) 355-9726 | 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. |
| Lennon, Jay T. | Kellogg Biological Sta | (269) 671-2340 | Microbial diversity/ecology: Food webs; ecosystem functioning; ecological and evolutionary roles of viruses in ecosystems. |
| Lenski, Richard E. | 6177 BPS | (517) 884-5397 | 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 | 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. |
| Maher, Veronica M. | 341 Food Saf & Tox | 353-7785 | Cancer: Mechanisms of mutagenesis and recombination in human cells; DNA-induced damage by chemical carcinogens or radiation; DNA repair; molecular mechanisms of carcinogenesis. |
| Mansfield, Linda S. | A25 VCC | (517) 432-3100 Ext.119 | Microbial pathogenesis: Parasite immunobiology; host bacterial-parasite interactions; molecular parasitology. |
| Marsh, Terence L. | 6171 BPS | (517) 884-5391 | Microbial Community Analysis, Evolution of microbial populations and genome plasticity. |
| 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. |
| Mendoza, A. Leonel | 322 N. Kedzie | (517) 353-7800 | mendoza9@msu.edu | Mycology/Immunology: Cloning and characterization of the genes in Pythium vaccines. |
| Merrill, John E. | 100 North Kedzie Hall | (517) 432-1316 ext.143 | Biotechnology: Biotechnology of algae; algal photosynthetic pigments; bioremediation and aquaculture of algae. |
| Mueller, Tina | 6105 BPS | (517) 884-5369 | Microbial physiology: Enzymology and microbial physiology; metallocenter assembly mechanisms; biodegradation; DNA repair enzymes. |
| 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. |
| Mulrooney, Scott | 6192 BPS | (517) 884-5403 | Microbial physiology: Enzymology and microbial physiology; metallocenter assembly mechanisms; biodegradation; DNA repair enzymes. |
| Patterson, Maria J. | 2215 BPS | (517) 355-6463 ext.1503 | Infectious Disease: Infectious disease; medical and clinical microbiology. |
| Patterson, Ronald J. | 4198 BPS | (517) 884-5328 | Molecular Biology: Cell biology; nucleocytoplasmic RNA transport; role of nuclear galectins in pre-mRNA splicing. |
| Pestka, James J. | 234A FSHN | 355-8474 ext.125 | Immunology/Toxicology: Modulation of immune function through diet; immunotoxicology. |
| Reddy, C. Adinarayana | 6198 BPS | (517) 884-5406 | Microbial Physiology/Ecology: Physiology, ecology, and molecular biology of lignin biodegradation by wood-rotting fungi; fungal degradation of xenobiotics:; bioremediation, veterinary bacteriology. |
| 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. |
| Reusch, Rosetta N. | 6163 BPS | (517) 884-5388 | Bacterial Physiology: Metabolism and functions of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate and inorganic polyphosphates; polyhydroxybutyrate-associated proteins; genetic competence; gene transfer; ion channels. |
| 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. |
| Schmidt, Thomas M. | 6180 BPS | (517) 884-5400 | 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. |
| Schutte, Brian | 5162 BPS | (517) 884-5346 | Human genetics: molecular genetics of craniofacial development; genetics of common human diseases. |
| Schwartz, Richard C. | 4177 BPS | (517) 884-5317 | Immunology: Regulation of proinflammatory cytokines by C/EBP transcription factors; regulation of progesterone receptor expression in mammary tissue; hematopoietic growth and differentiation. |
| Silva, Robert F. | USDA Poultry Lab | 337-6833 | USDA Avian Disease and Oncology Labs |
| Sinha, Animesh Amart | 4179 BPS | 353-7727 | Dermatology, autoimmunity, genetic and immunogenetic basis of skin disease, HLA class II-peptide-T cell interactions |
| Snyder, Loren R. *(E) | Professor Emeritus. | ||
| 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. |
| Thomashow, Michael F. | 306 Plt Biol | 355-2299 | Plant Genetics: Regulation and function of genes induced in response to environmental stresses. |
| Tiedje, James M. | 540E/545 PSSB | 353-9021 | 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 | Genetics: Genome mapping in the dog; diagnostic tests for genetic disease. |
| Vieille, Claire | 6172 BPS | (517) 884-5392 | |
| Viswanathan, Poorna | 2167 BPS | (517) 884-5283 | Microbial biochemistry and biotechnology. |
| 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. |
| Williams, Barry | 40 Giltner | (517) 432-3484 | Microbial Genetics: Evolutionary genetics; the molecular genetic basis of evolutionary diversification and adaptation, population genomics, comparative ecological genomics. |
| Yang, Amy | 4183 BPS | (517) 884-5321 | |
| York, Ian | 4195 BPS | (517) 884-5325 | Immunology: MHC restriction and antigen presentation in viral immunity. |
| Yu, Kefei | 5175 BPS | (517) 884-5354 | Immunology: Molecular immunology, recombination and class switching in immunoglobulin genes. |
| Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan, Vilma | 2209 BPS | (517) 884-5351 | Genetics: Comparative mammalian genetics and genomics; cancer genetics; prion diseases. |
| Zeikus, J. Gregory *(E) | 410 BCH | 353-5556 | Biotechnology: Microbial biochemistry and biotechnology. |
| Zheng, Yong-Hui | 4174 BPS | (517) 884-5314 | Virology: HIV virology, innate host protective factors for retroviruses. |
*(E) - Emeritus and retired faculty
