Jorge E Galan, PhD, DVM
Lucille P. Markey Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis and Professor of Cell Biology; Chair, Section of Microbial Pathogenesis
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Microbiology | Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development
Cancer Immunology
Cell Biology: Cell Biology of the immune system | Cell biology of the host-pathogen interaction
Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology and Immunotherapy
Research Interests
Microbial Pathogenesis; host/pathogen interaction more...
Education
- D.V.M., National University of La Plata, Argentina, 1980
- Ph.D., Cornell University, 1986
Selected Publications
- Hernandez LD, Hueffer K, Wenk MR, Galan JE. (2004). Salmonella modulates vesicular traffic by altering phosphoinositide metabolism. Science 304: 1805-1807.
- Akeda Y, Galan JE. (2005). Chaperone release and unfolding of substrates in type III secretion. Nature 437: 911-915.
- Marlovitz, T.C., Kubori, T., Lara-Tejero, M., Thomas, D.R., Unger, V.M., and Galán, J.E. (2006). Assembly of the inner rod determines needle length in the type III secretion injectisome. Nature 441(7093):637-40.
