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 scientists hold nearly $19 million in funding for investigations into the genetics of muscular dystrophy, arthritis, inherited metabolic disorders, chronic pain, cancer, juvenile diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Faculty Research

Name	Research Interests
Carroll, James	Pathogenesis of Borrelia burgdorferi the spirochete that causes Lyme disease. Regulation of genes encoding immunogenic outer surface proteins in response to environmental cues in B. burdgorferi. Identification of novel diagnostic markers and vaccine candidates for Lyme disease. Understanding the role of proteolysis in adaptation and pathogenesis.
Corb, Michael	SIV as a model for HIV-1 pathogenesis and vaccine development (SARS)
Flynn, Joanne	Immunology and pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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
McClane, Bruce	Biochemical structure and molecular actions of bacterial toxins; bacterial pathogenicity (Clostridum spp)
Mietzner, Timothy	Mechanism by which Neisseria gonorrhoeae obtain growth-essential iron from the human host
Nau, Gerard	Functional Genomics of Human Innate Immunity, Bacterial Pathogenesis, Immunotherapeutics