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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The Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics is ranked 4th in Genetics by the National Institutes of Health for 2003.

Research Mission

To provide a creative environment in which innovative scientists can carry out exciting fundamental and clinical research. The research mission includes the discovery of fundamental mechanisms of microbial pathogenesis and the host response to infection, improve understanding of cell cycle biology, signaling pathways, DNA damage and repair and the development of cancer, uncover molecular mechanisms of tissue and organ development, explore the organization and function of various genomes and develop methods for translation of basic research to treatments of human disease