Graduate Group in Microbiology

Leah Guthrie

Assistant Professor, Bioengineering

Gut microbiome impact on host physiology; metabolomics; chemoinformatics

Professor, Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology

Molecular virology, pathogenesis, immunology, epidemiology, and control of dengue

Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Microorganism metabolic engineering for environmentally friendly product synthesis or contaminant biodegradation

Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Molecular and comparative genomic approaches to reconstruct the origin and evolution of animals

Assoc. Prof.; Environmental Science, Policy, Management

Soil biogeochemistry & biogeophysics, environmental fate of contaminants

Professor, Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology

Epidemiology with molecular biology to characterize pathogenesis of infectious agents e.g. tuberculosis and diarrheal diseases

Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Molecular genetics, functional genomics and cell biology of yeast, with an emphasis on epigenetics

Professor, Molecular & Cell Biology

The process of membrane assembly, vesicular transport, and membrane fusion among organelles of the secretory pathway

Assistant Professor in Residence, Integrative Biology

Host-microbiota-pathogen interactions, aging

Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Host-pathogen interactions, esp. how pathogens exploit the host cytoskeleton for growth and spread during infection