Microbial Pathogens and Immunity Research

The Department of Microbial Pathogens and Immunity leading-edge research focuses on translational laboratory programs in HIV (neuroimmunology, mucosal immunology, and virology) and host-pathogen interaction related to pseudomonas, schistosomiasis and CMV.

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• Laboratory of Lena Al-Harthi, PhD
  Research Areas: HIV/AIDS, HIV/host interactions
• Laboratory of Edward Barker, PhD
  Research Areas: Natural killer cells and HIV, innate lymphoid cells in HIV infection
• Laboratory of Xian-Ming Chen, MD
  Research Areas: Innate immunity and inflammation, host-pathogen interactions, infectious diseases
• Laboratory of Hemil Gonzalez, MD
• Laboratory of Xiu-Ti Hu, MD, PhD
  Research Areas: Neurophysiology of drugs of abuse, neuropathogenesis of HIV and the comorbidity of drug addiction and neuroAIDS; cellular/molecular mechanisms that underlie neuroAIDS and cocaine/methamphetamine addiction; interactions between refrontal cortical/striatal neurons and astrocytes, with or without influences of drugs of abuse, HIV and aging; approaches are electrophysiology, qRT-PCR, immunohistochemistry, protein/mRNA analysis
• Laboratory of João Mamede, PhD
  Research Areas: HIV, lentiviruses, innate immunity
• Laboratory of Ryan Ross, PhD
  Research Areas: Skeletal mineralization, effects of HIV and antiretrovirals on bone, the hormonal role of the skeleton
• Laboratory of Giselle Sandi, PhD
  Research Areas: Materials for energy storage, including lithium-ion batteries, nuclear forensics, nanoscale engineering, and in-situ characterization techniques
• Laboratory of Jeffrey R. Schneider, PhD
  Research Areas: HIV pathogenesis, broadly neutralizing antibodies, passive immunization
• Laboratory of Sasha Teymorian, PhD
  Research Areas: Protein engineering, engineered living materials, bioremediation
• Laboratory of Jennillee Wallace, PhD
  Research Areas: Myeloid cells in HIV induced inflammation and their subsequent contributions to HIV comorbidities such as HIV associated neurocognitive disorders. I also assess signaling pathways that regulate the phenotype and function of myeloid cells
• Laboratory of David L. Williams, PhD
  Research Areas: Schistosomiasis, redox biology, drug development