Microbiology Faculty in MCB <\/p>\n
David Benson -- Molecular ecology and diversity of bacteria, plant symbionts, molecular adaptations of psychrophilic bacteria, microbial diversity and ecology in traditional cheeses. <\/p>\n
Kenneth Campellone -- Cellular microbiology,E.coliO157, host-pathogen interactions, toxin trafficking, type 3 effector proteins <\/p>\n
Kathleen Feldman -- Environmental microbiology, indoor air quality, fungal contamination of indoor environments, history of microbiology, microbiology education <\/p>\n
Daniel Gage -- Plant-microbe interactions, microbial genetics and physiology of infection in the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. <\/p>\n
J. Peter Gogarten -- Microbial evolution and phylogeny; comparative genome analyses; horizontal gene transfer; early evolution of life. <\/p>\n
Joerg Graf -- Animal-microbe interactions, digestive-tract symbiosis, pathogenic microbes, microbial evolution, high-throughput DNA sequencing, and the use of 16S rRNA genes in the classification of bacteria. <\/p>\n
Jonathan Klassen -- Microbial community ecology, especially using the fungus-growing ant symbiosis as a model system to study the evolution of microbial interaction networks; microbial natural product genomics, evolution and chemical ecology. <\/p>\n
Kenneth Noll -- Microbial genetics and biochemical physiology of hyperthermophilic bacteria, carbohydrate transport and the regulation of gene expression in hyperthermophiles. <\/p>\n
Spencer Nyholm -- Host-microbe interactions, squid \/ Vibrio fischeri symbiosis (colonization, interactions with the innate immune system), functional genomics of hydrothermal vent symbioses. <\/p>\n
Thane Papke -- Evolution and biogeography of extremophiles using population genetics, genomics and metagenomics to understand the impact of sex on species and speciation. <\/p>\n
Mary Rumpho-Kennedy -- Endosymbiotic association between algal (Vaucheria litorea) chloroplasts and a marine mollusc (Elysia chlorotica), resulting in photosynthetic sea slugs. <\/p>\n
Carolyn Teschke -- Bacteriophage assembly in vivo and in vitro; structural, biochemical, mutational analysis of bacteriophage capsids; macromolecular protein assembly <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Steven Geary (Pathobiology) -- 1. Mycoplasma genomics, microarray (expression) analysis, proteomics. 2. Pathogenic mechanisms of mycoplasmas. Mechanisms of attachment; cytadherence molecules and host cell receptors. Investigation of variably expressed cell surface proteins. 3. Vaccine Development. Immunologic and genetic means of analysis for the detection and speciation of mycoplasmas. <\/p>\n
Pieter Visscher (Marine Sciences) -- Biogeochemical processes in oceanic environments, the fate of methanethiol, dimethylsulfide, methylbromide and methylchloride in oceanic waters. <\/p>\n
See the Center for Microbial Systems, Ecology and Evolution (CMSEE) for a listing of other microbiologists at UConn. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Susanne Beck von Bodman (Plant Science) -- Molecular biology of host-microbe interactions. Quorum-sensing-mediated control of bacterial virulence factors. Plant genetic engineering for crop improvement and enhanced disease resistance. <\/p>\n
Edward Leadbetter -- Microbial ecology, physiology, and diversity; biochemistry and physiology of gliding motility in gliding bacteria, and of sulfur and sulfonate metabolism. <\/p>\n
Thomas Terry -- Microbiology education, developing new approaches and materials for microbiology educators, Web-based teaching. <\/p>\n
Robert Vinopal -- Microbial physiology and genetics applied to biotechnology and environmental microbiology, antimicrobial and biocidal agents, synthetic biodegradable polymers, biodegradation. <\/p>\n
Antonio Romano -- Microbial physiology, sugar transport and general microbiology. <\/p>\n
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