The Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

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Dr. Gerard Nau

After receiving his Bachelors degree in Microbiology from the University of Notre Dame, Dr. Nau completed a combined MD, PhD in Immunology through the... < more>

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MMG's Dr. Julius Youngner is the sole surviving member of the research team that created the Salk polio vaccine.

Faculty Research

Name	Research Interests
Cascio, Michael	Protein folding motifs and secondary structure, glycine receptor
Khan, Saleem	Areas of research: Molecular biology and pathogenesis of human papillomaviruses (HPVs); Genomic, proteomic and microRNA analyses of HPV-associated cervical and oral cancers; Rolling-circle replication of drug resistance plasmids in Staphylococcus aureus; Role of the PcrA helicases of S. aureus and Bacillus anthracis in cellular DNA metabolism; Plasmid determinants of anthrax pathogenesis
Morris, Sidney	Transcriptional and metabolic responses to cytokines and inflammation
Rajasekaran, Baskaran	Role of protein kinases in DNA-damage-induced cellular responses
Rapic-Otrin, Vesna	Cellular response to ultraviolet irradiation (UV), DNA nucleotide excision repair, UV-damaged DNA binding protein (UV-DDB), exeroderma pigmentosom
Robbins, Paul	Adeno- and retroviral vectors, gene therapy for autoimmune diseases and cancer, peptide transduction domains. Tumor suppressors, cell cycle regulation and apoptosis
Schmidt, Martin	Glucose-mediated regulation of gene expression in yeast