:: Research Groups in Microbiology ::


Environmental Microbiology
Genomics/Bioinformatics
Microbial Genetics
Microbial Physiology
Microbial Pathogens


Environmental Microbiology

James F. Holden: Physiology and ecology of hyperthermophilic archaea; Geomicrobiology of deep-sea hydrothermal environments

Klaus Nüsslein: Microbial ecology of terrestrial and aquatic environments; relating environmental influences to community structure and function

Derek Lovley: Genome-Enabled Studies of the Physiology and Ecology of Novel Anaerobic Microorganisms

Susan B.Leschine: Microbial Physiology and Diversity: Cellulose and Chitin Decomposition, Biofilms on Natural Polymers, Fuels from Biomass

Patrick D. Schloss: Determining the structure and function of microbial communities, development of bioinformatics tools for studying microbial ecology

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Genomics/Bioinformatics

Jeffrey Blanchard: Bioinformatics, cell modeling, evolution

James F. Holden: Physiology and ecology of hyperthermophilic archaea; Geomicrobiology of deep-sea hydrothermal environments

John M. Lopes: Regulation of gene expression in yeast

Derek Lovley: Genome-Enabled Studies of the Physiology and Ecology of Novel Anaerobic Microorganisms


Eric Martz: Visualization and bioinformatics of 3D macromolecular structure in education and research

Pablo Pomposiello: Global transcriptional regulation in response to environmental stress

Patrick D. Schloss: Determining the structure and function of microbial communities, development of bioinformatics tools for studying microbial ecology

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Microbial Genetics

Jeffrey Blanchard: Bioinformatics, cell modeling, evolution

John M. Lopes: Regulation of gene expression in yeast

Pablo Pomposiello: Global transcriptional regulation in response to environmental stress

Steven Sandler: The Genetics of Recombination and DNA Replication in Bacteria and Archaea

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Microbial Physiology

James F. Holden: Physiology and ecology of hyperthermophilic archaea; Geomicrobiology of deep-sea hydrothermal environments

Susan B.Leschine: Microbial Physiology and Diversity: Cellulose and Chitin Decomposition, Biofilms on Natural Polymers, Fuels from Biomass

John M. Lopes: Regulation of gene expression in yeast

Derek Lovley: Genome-Enabled Studies of the Physiology and Ecology of Novel Anaerobic Microorganisms

Pablo Pomposiello: Global transcriptional regulation in response to environmental stress

Steven Sandler: The Genetics of Recombination and DNA Replication in Bacteria and Archaea

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Microbial Pathogens

Daniel R. Cooley: Plant pathogen ecology and development of environmentally sound plant disease management practices, including integrated pest managment and sustainable agricultural systems

Michele M. Klingbeil: Parasitology, the replication and repair of mitochondrial DNA (kinetoplast DNA network) in African trypanosomes

Leonard C. Norkin: Analysis of the Interaction of DNA Tumor Virus SV40 with Permissive and Semipermissive cells

Elizabeth.S. Stuart: Microbial inclusions, mechanisms of infection and the generation of protective immunity

Wilmore C. Webley: Entry, survival, and host range of the obligate intracellular pathogens, Chlamydiaceae

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Microbes in Extreme Environments

James F. Holden: Physiology and ecology of hyperthermophilic archaea; Geomicrobiology of deep-sea hydrothermal environments

Derek Lovley: Genome-Enabled Studies of the Physiology and Ecology of Novel Anaerobic Microorganisms

Klaus Nüsslein: Microbial ecology of terrestrial and aquatic environments; relating environmental influences to community structure and function

Patrick D. Schloss: Determining the structure and function of microbial communities, development of bioinformatics tools for studying microbial ecology

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Plant-Microbe Interactions and Pathologies

Daniel R. Cooley: Plant pathogen ecology and development of environmentally sound plant disease management practices, including integrated pest managment and sustainable agricultural systems

Guy Lanza: Microbial ecology and physiology; bioremediation/phytoremediation

William J. Manning: Air Pollution Biology; Effects of air pollutants on plant growth and development, mycorrhizal formation and root diseases; biology and ecology of soilborne fungi.

Klaus Nüsslein: Microbial ecology of terrestrial and aquatic environments; relating environmental influences to community structure and function

Patrick D. Schloss: Determining the structure and function of microbial communities, development of bioinformatics tools for studying microbial ecology

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Systems Biology


Jeffrey Blanchard
: Bioinformatics, cell modeling, evolution

Derek Lovley: Genome-Enabled Studies of the Physiology and Ecology of Novel Anaerobic Microorganisms

Klaus Nüsslein: Microbial ecology of terrestrial and aquatic environments; relating environmental influences to community structure and function

Patrick D. Schloss: Determining the structure and function of microbial communities, development of bioinformatics tools for studying microbial ecology

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Virology

Leonard C. Norkin: Analysis of the Interaction of DNA Tumor Virus SV40 with Permissive and Semipermissive cells

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