Microbiology Faculty
Agaisse, Herve
Associate Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research Interests:Host/pathogen interaction, microorganisms; infection; cell-to-cell spread; Listeria; Shigella; Chlamydia; Rickettsia; Vaccinia; Drosophila melanogaster; immune response; stem cells; JAK/STAT signaling; aging
Aksoy, Serap
Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Research Interests:African trypanosomes; Bacterial symbionts of tsetse flies
Baserga, Susan
Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, of Genetics and of Therapeutic Radiology
Research Interests:Ribosome biogenesis; rRNA processing; U3 RNP structure and function; RNA helicases; Polymerase I transcription and processing
Ben Mamoun, Choukri
Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research Interests:Malaria
Cappello, Michael
Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Disease), of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis
Director, Yale Program in International Child Health
Director, Yale World Fellows Program
Research Interests:Molecular Parasitology; Hookworm Pathogenesis & Vaccine Development; International Child Health
Cheng, Yung-Chi
Henry Bronson Professor of Pharmacology
Director, Therapeutics/Chemotherapy Program
Chairman, Consortium for the Globalization of Chinese Medicine (CGCM)
Research Interests:Cancer; Viral chemotherapy
DiMaio, Daniel
Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Genetics and Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and of Therapeutic Radiology
Scientific Director, Yale Cancer Center
Deputy Director, Yale Cancer Center
Research Interests:Molecular Biology of Tumor Viruses; Mechanisms of Viral Carcinogenesis; Molecular Basis of Cell Growth Regulation and Senescence; Manipulating Cells and Viruses with Artificial Transmembrane Proteins; Oncogenes; Sensecence; Signal Transduction; Trans-membrane Proteins; Tumor Suppressor Genes; Virology; Virus
Fikrig, Erol
Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Section Chief, Infectious Diseases
Research Interests:Vector-borne diseases; Lyme disease; Human granulocytic ehrilichiosis; West Nile virus
Fish, Durland
Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Forestry And Environmental Studies
Research Interests:Vector-borne diseases; ecology; evolution; epidemiology; prevention; climate change; borrelia; babesia; ticks; mosquitoes
Galan, Jorge
Lucille P. Markey Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis and Professor of Cell Biology
Chair, Section of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research Interests:Microbial Pathogenesis; host/pathogen interaction
Goodman, Andrew
Assistant Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research Interests:microbiota; microbiome; genomics; gnotobiotic; germfree; symbiosis; gut; flora; bacteria; pathogen
Groisman, Eduardo
Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research Interests:bacterial genetics; signal transduction; infectious diseases; gene regulation; bacteria-host interactions; gut commensal bacteria
Handelsman, Jo
Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Iwasaki, Akiko
Professor of Immunobiology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Research Interests:Innate immunity; Autophagy; Inflammasomes; sexually transmitted infections; Herpes simplex virus; human papillomavirus;respiratory virus infections; Influenza infection; T cell immunity; Commensal bacteria
Jacobs-Wagner, Christine
Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and of Microbial Pathogenesis
HHMI Investigator
Research Interests:Cell division; chromosome segregation; cell cycle coordination; cell morphogenesis, cytokeleton, cell polarity
Kaech, Susan
Associate Professor of Immunobiology
HHMI Early Career Scientist
Research Interests:Mechanisms of memory T cell development; Developmental Biology; Immunobiology; Immunology; Vaccine; Immunobiology; T-Cells; Vaccines; Adaptive immunity and immunological memory to viruses
Kazmierczak, Barbara
Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research Interests:Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus; innate immunity; host-pathogen interactions; mucosal immunity
Kumar, Priti
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research Interests:RNA interference (RNAi)-based strategies for treating viral infections
Lindenbach, Brett
Assistant Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research Interests:Cell Biology; Enveloped Viruses; Hepatitis; Hepatitis C Virus; Molecular Biology; Positive-strand RNA Viruses; RNA; Virology; Virus
MacMicking, John
Associate Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research Interests:Vertebrates; immune response; intracellular infections; interferon; macrophages; dendritic cells; tuberculosis; genetics; cell biology; immunology; protein crystallography
McMahon-Pratt, Diane
Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Research Interests:Immune Response to Infectious Disease; immunotherapy; vaccine
Means, Robert
Associate Professor of Pathology
Director of Graduate Admissions, Microbiology Program
Research Interests:Viruses; Immune responses; AIDS-associated cancers; KSHV; Adverse pregnancy events; Oncogenesis; Cancer metabolism; Tumor virology; Herpesviruses
Miller, I George , Jr
John F. Enders Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Disease) and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Section Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Research Interests:Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV); Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV); Tumor virology
Modis, Yorgo
Associate Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Research Interests:Bacterial Infections; Biochemistry; Biophysics; Disease Resistance; Immune System; Immune System Disorders; Immunology; Infectious Diseases or Agents; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Natural Processes Health Safety Medical; Pathogenesis; Receptors; Structural Biology; Structure or Function (Health or Safety or Medical); Vaccine
Moran, Nancy
William H. Fleming, M.D. Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research Interests:Symbiosis; Genomics; Evolutionary Biology; metagenomics; metabolism
Mothes, Walther
Associate Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research Interests:cell biology; retroviral replication; retroviruses; immune; viral biology; genetic; biochemical; cell imaging; Viral entry and exit; Retroviruses including HIV
Ochman, Howard
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Pettigrew, Melinda
Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Research Interests:Infectious diseases
Robek, Michael
Associate Professor of Pathology
Research Interests:Virus-host interactions; viral immunology; hepatitis viruses; interferon
Rose, John
Professor of Pathology
Director, Molecular Virology Program
Research Interests:Virology; Vaccine and gene expression vectors based on rhabdoviruses; Membrane protein assembly, transport and targeting; Viral assembly
Roy, Craig
Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research Interests:Molecular; cellular; microbial pathogens; bacteria; vesicular transport; Legionella pneumophila; Coxiella burnetii; macrophages; protozoan; proteins
Ruddle, Nancy
Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Research Interests:Cell trafficking and inflammation in autoimmunity and lymphoid organ development
Slayman, Clifford
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Charge-dependent Transport; Proton Pumps; Potassium channels; Ribosomally Synthesized AntiMicrobial Peptides (RAMPs)
Soll, Dieter
Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Professor of Chemistry
Research Interests:Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthesis; Functional Genomics; Life Science Biological; Mechanism of Translation
Summers, William
Professor of Therapeutic Radiology, in the History of Medicine and of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Lecturer in History
Research Interests:History of molecular biology; Development of target theory; History of Manchurian Plague, 1910-1911
Sutton, Richard
Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research Interests:HIV replication and the development of small animal models of HIV; HIV vectors; HIV replication and gene transfer into non-dividing cells
Sweasy, Joann
Professor of Therapeutic Radiology and of Genetics
Vice-Chair of Therapeutic Radiology
Research Interests:Genome Stability; Mutagenesis; DNA Replication; DNA Repair; Carcinogenesis
Tattersall, Peter
Professor of Laboratory Medicine and of Genetics
Research Interests:Biochemistry; DNA Replication; Gene Therapy; Genes; Genetics; DNA Replication; Gene Therapy; Genetics; HIV/AIDS; Oncolytic Virus; Vaccines; Vectors; Viral replication and vectors; Parvoviruses
Townsend, Jeffrey
Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Asst Prof Ecology/Evolutionary Biology
Tschudi, Christian
Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Director of Graduate Studies
Research Interests:African trypanosomiasis; Gene expression profiling; Gene discovery; Next-generation sequencing; RNA interference
Turner, Paul
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research Interests:Evolutionary biology; evolutionary medicine; experimental evolution; infectious disease; microbiology; phage therapy; RNA virus; vector borne disease; vesicular stomatitis virus; virology
Ullu, Elisabetta
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Cell Biology
Research Interests:eukaryotic cells
Wolin, Sandra
Professor of Cell Biology and of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Vice Chair, Department of Cell Biology
Research Interests:RNA quality control; noncoding RNAs; RNA damage; autoimmune disease
