Department Research & Teaching Overview
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Biomass Deconstruction by Fungi; Fungal and Neurodegenerative Disease; Biomaterials Structural Durability
Physiology and ecology of hyperthermophilic archaea; Geomicrobiology of geothermal environments
Parasitology, the replication and repair of mitochondrial DNA (kinetoplast DNA network) in African trypanosomes
Systems Biology Approach to Optimization of Bioremediation and Microbial Fuel Cells and Physiology and Ecology of Anaerobes
Mycobacterial Pathogenesis: Glycobiology, Biochemistry, and Cell Biology
Molecular Evolution and Population Genomics of Arthropod-borne Microbial Pathogens
Entry, survival, and host range of the obligate intracellular pathogens, Chlamydiaceae
Research Facilities
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Recent Publications
Upcoming Seminars
Christine White-Ziegler, Ph.D.
Life Can be Stressful: How Pathogenic and Commensal E. coli Adapt to Host Environmental Conditions
Host: Wilmore Webley
Caitlin Howell, Ph.D.
Bacterial Interactions with Bio-inspired Immobilized Liquid Interfaces
Host: Barry Goodell
Scott Morrical, Ph.D.
Models for Recombination, Replication, and Horizontal Gene Transfer in Bacteriophage T4
Host: Kristen DeAngelis