Faculty Research Summaries

Click on the faculty member's name to learn about their current research interests and selected recent publications. If you want to view faculty grouped by their research interests, go to the Research page.

	Name	Keywords
	Artis, David	Immunology and cell biology of parasitic helminth infections; regulation of innate and adaptive immunity in the gut
	Bates, Paul	Retrovirus entry and assembly; Ebola virus; hepatitis C; SARS
	Betts, Michael	Human antiviral immunity; vaccines; HIV
	Boettiger, David	Regulation of cell adhesion and adhesion-mediated signaling
	Bushman, Frederic	HIV pathogenesis, vertebrate microbiome, and genome modification
	Cherry, Sara	Host factors required for viral pathogenesis in Drosophila and Mammals
	Davies, Helen	Medical Education
	Frankel, Fred R.	Listeria monocytogenes; vaccines
	Fraser, Nigel	Herpes simplex virus latency; gene & cancer therapy
	Goldfine, Howard	Listeria monocytogenes, Phospholipase C, phagocytosis, intracellular growth of bacteria, phospholipids, plasmalogens
	Goodgal, Sol	Professor Emeritus
	Kaji, Akira	Translation; ribosome recycling factor; antibacterial agents; antifungal agents
	Paterson, Yvonne	Tumor immunology; Listeria monocytogenes; vaccines against infectious and neoplastic disease
	Riley, James	T cell activation, Tumors specific T cells, HIV specific T cells, expression profiles
	Robertson, Erle S.	Tumor viruses; EBV associated lymphomas; gene regulation; cancer biology
	Ross, Susan	Virus/host interactions; murine retroviruses; new world arenaviruses
	Shen, Hao	Immunity to infection; bacterial pathogenesis; vaccines
	Shin, Sunny	Immunity against bacterial pathogens; bacterial pathogenesis; Legionella pneumophila
	Weiser, Jeffrey	S. pneumoniae & H influenzae pathogenesis; airway colonization; phase variation
	Weiss, Susan	Murine coronavirus CNS pathogenesis; coronavirus induced hepatitis; SARS
	Wherry, E. John	Viral pathogenesis; chronic infections; CD8 T Cell differentiation; therapeutic vaccination
	You, Jianxin	Human papillomaviruses; persistent latent infection; episome maintenance; tumorigenesis
	Zhu, Jun (Jay)	Quorum sensing; bacterial pathogenesis; Vibrio cholerae and virulence gene regulation; biofilms

Other Penn Researchers in Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology:

	Name	Keywords
	Alwine, Jim	HCMV; SV40; viral transactivators; tumor virology; RNA processing; metabolism
	Bergelson, Jeff	Virus receptors; picornavirus entry; adenovirus vectors
	Binns, Andy	Agrobacterum tumefaciens; host-pathogen interaction; type IV secretion
	Brisson, Dustin	Disease ecology, molecular evolution, microbial ecology/ evolution, host-pathogen interaction
	Brodsky, Igor	Host-pathogen interactions; bacterial pathogenesis; Yersinia; innate immunity
	Chang, Kyong-Mi	Hepatitis C virus persistence and immune response
	Cohen, Gary	HSV-1 glycoproteins & receptors
	Collman, Ron	HIV tropism
	Daldal, Fevzi	Photosynthetic and respiratory electron transfer pathways and structure, function and biogenesis of cytochrome complexes
	Debes, Gudrun	Leukocyte trafficking, chemokines, inflammation, influenza virus infection
	Doms, Robert W.	Virus-host cell interactons; HIV entry, bunyaviruses, Rift Valley Fever
	Eisenberg, Roselyn	HSV-1 glycoproteins & receptors
	Ertl, Hildegund	Vaccines; rabies; HIV-1; HPV-16; poxvirus; mechanisms of protection; T cell memory; maturation of dendritic cells
	Friedman, Harvey	HSV pathogenesis; immune evasion; HSV vaccines
	Gaulton, Glen	HIV and murine leukemia virus entry and pathogenesis
	Goulian, Mark	Bacterial regulatory networks; two-component signaling; antimicrobial peptides
	Greenbaum, Doron	Protease Function, P.falciparum (malaria), Chemical biology, Proteomics
	Greenberg, Robert	Parasites, tropical diseases, schistosoma, schistosomiasis, Platyhelminthes, ion channels, calcium channels, multidrug resistance proteins, molecular neurobiology, praziquantel
	Grice, Elizabeth	Microbiome, wound healing, skin disease, innate immunity, genomics
	Hahn, Beatrice	Origins and evolution of HIV, SIV and malaria
	Harty, Ron	Ebola virus; VSV; matrix proteins; budding; reverse-genetics; virus-host interactions
	Hensley, Scott	Influenza virus, antigenic drift, viral pathogenesis, viral receptors, antibody specificity, vaccines
	Hoxie, Jim	HIV and SIV pathogenesis; viral entry; humoral immune response; chemokine receptors
	Hunter, Christopher	Immunity to Toxoplasma gondii, innate immunity and immunopathology
	Isaacs, Stuart	Vaccinia virus; recombinant vaccines; poxviruses; counter-bioterrorism
	Johnson, Phil	SIV; HIV; AAV; vaccine, gene transfer
	Jordan-Sciutto, Kelly	Mechanisms of neuronal death; molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal loss in neurodegenerative disorders; neuronal responses in HIV encephalitis
	June, Carl	HIV pathogenesis; HIV immunotherapy
	Kohli, Rahul	Diversity generating enzymes in host-pathogen interactions
	Kolson, Dennis	HIV neuropathogenesis; apoptosis; survival pathways
	Krummenacher, Claude	HSV, glycoprotein and receptor interactions, virus entry, cell adhesion
	Levy, Mike	Vectorborne diseases, Chagas disease, Disease Ecology, Global Health, Epidemiology
	Lieberman, Paul	Gammaherpesvirus latency; plasmid maintenance; chromatin structure; gene expression
	Lok, James	Vector-associated parasitisms; experimental filariasis and onchocerciasis
	Lopez, Carolina	Influenza virus; Paramyxoviruses; Respiratory viral infections;Virus sensors, Anti-viral immunity; Systemic innate response
	Montaner, Luis	HIV immunopathogenesis; innate immunity; cytokines
	O'Doherty, Una	HIV-1 latency; HIV-1 reservoirs, resting T cells; dendritic cells
	Oliver, Paula	Lymphocyte activation and tolerance; T cell response to pathogen infection; HECT-type E3 ubiquitin ligases
	Plotkin, Joshua	Molecular population genetics; pathogen evolution; mathematical modeling
	Pohlschroder, Mecky	Protein secretion; membrane protein insertion; archaea
	Rall, Glenn	Viral infection of the CNS
	Ricciardi, Robert	Adenovirus; Human Kaposi’s Sarcoma Virus; immune escape
	Roos, David	Molecular/cellular parasitology; toxoplasma; plasmodium (malaria); genomics
	Schifferli, Dieter	Escherichia coli and Salmonella pathogenesis; fimbriae; vaccines
	Scott, Phil	T helper cell subsets; IL-12; T cell memory; Leishmania
	Sebert, Michael	Streptococcus, pneumoniae pathogenesis, quorum sensing, two-component signaling
	Shaw, George	HIV and SIV pathogenesis; virus transmission; HCV pathogenesis; humoral immune responses
	Taylor, John	Human hepatitis delta virus
	Weiner, David	HIV vaccines; DNA vaccines; West Nile virus; cellular immune responses
	Weissman, Drew	HIV; dendritic; mRNA; RNA interference; siRNA; vaccine; HIV coreceptor
	Weitzman, Matthew	Virus-host interactions; replication and restriction of DNA viruses; gene delivery vectors
	Wilson, James	Ebola virus; viral vectors; primate parvoviruses; SARS
	Yuan, Yan	Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus; virus-host interaction; the external guide sequence technique