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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.
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Name |
Keywords |
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Bates, Paul |
Retrovirus entry and assembly; Ebola virus; hepatitis C; SARS |
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Betts, Michael |
Human antiviral immunity; vaccines; HIV |
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Boettiger, David |
Regulation of cell adhesion and adhesion-mediated signaling |
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Bushman, Frederic |
Retroviral replication; poxvirus replication; genomic
evolution |
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Cherry, Sara |
Host factors required for viral pathogenesis in Drosophila
and Mammals |
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Davies, Helen |
Medical Education |
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Doms, Robert W. |
HIV pathogenesis; flaviviruses; humoral immune response |
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Frankel, Fred R. |
Listeria monocytogenes; vaccines |
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Fraser, Nigel |
Herpes simplex virus latency; gene & cancer therapy |
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Goldfine, Howard |
Bacterial pathogenesis; cellular microbiology |
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Kaji, Akira |
Translation; ribosome recycling factor; antibacterial agents; antifungal agents |
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Paterson, Yvonne |
Tumor immunology; Listeria monocytogenes; vaccines against
infectious and neoplastic disease |
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Robertson, Erle S. |
Tumor viruses; EBV associated lymphomas; gene regulation; cancer biology |
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Ross, Susan |
Virus/host interactions; MMTV; genetics of susceptibility
to virus infection |
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Shen, Hao |
Immunity to infection; bacterial pathogenesis; vaccines |
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Weiser, Jeffrey |
S. pneumoniae & H influenzae pathogenesis; airway colonization; phase
variation |
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Weiss, Susan |
Murine coronavirus CNS pathogenesis; coronavirus induced hepatitis; SARS |
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You, Jianxin |
Human papillomaviruses; persistent latent infection;
episome maintenance; tumorigenesis |
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Zhu, Jun (Jay) |
Quorum sensing; bacterial pathogenesis; Vibrio cholerae and virulence gene
regulation; biofilms |
Other Penn Researchers in Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology:
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Keywords |
| Alwine,
Jim |
HCMV; SV40; viral transactivators; tumor virology; RNA
processing; metabolism |
| Artis, David |
Immunology and cell biology of parasitic helminth
infections; regulation of innate and adaptive immunity
in the gut |
Bergelson,
Jeff
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Virus receptors; picornavirus entry; adenovirus vectors
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| Binns,
Andy |
Agrobacterum tumefaciens; host-pathogen interaction;
type IV secretion |
| Brisson, Dustin |
Disease ecology, molecular evolution, microbial ecology/
evolution, host-pathogen interaction |
| Buxbaum, Larry |
Immunology, immunoparasitology, Leishmania, parasite,
IL-10, Fcgamma R, cysteine proteinase |
| Chang, Kyong-Mi |
Hepatitis C virus persistence and immune response
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| Cohen,
Gary |
HSV-1 glycoproteins & receptors
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| Collman,
Ron |
HIV tropism
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| 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 |
| Eisenberg,
Roselyn |
HSV-1 glycoproteins & receptors
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| Ertl, Hildegund |
Vaccines; rabies; HIV-1; HPV-16; poxvirus; mechanisms
of protection; T cell memory; maturation of dendritic
cells |
| Farrell,
Jay |
Cellular immunology and immunopathology of cutaneous
and visceral leishmaniasis |
| Finkel,
Terri |
HIV pathogenesis, apoptosis, immune cell signalling
and tolerance
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| Friedman,
Harvey |
HSV pathogenesis; immune evasion; HSV vaccines
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| Gaulton,
Glen |
HIV and murine leukemia virus entry and pathogenesis
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| Goldschmidt,
Michael |
Experimental leishmaniasis
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| Gonzalez-Scarano,
Francisco |
HIV and SIV neuropathogenesis; bunyavirus pathogenesis |
| Goulian,
Mark |
Bacterial regulatory networks; two-component signaling;
antimicrobial peptides |
| Greenbaum, Doron |
Protease Function, P.falciparum (malaria),
Chemical biology, Proteomics |
| Harty,
Ron |
Ebola virus; VSV; matrix proteins; budding; reverse-genetics;
virus-host interactions |
| 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
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| 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
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| Kolson,
Dennis |
HIV neuropathogenesis; apoptosis; survival pathways
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| Krummenacher, Claude |
HSV, glycoprotein and receptor interactions,
virus entry, cell adhesion |
| Lieberman,
Paul |
Gammaherpesvirus latency; plasmid maintenance; chromatin
structure; gene expression |
| Lok,
James |
Vector-associated parasitisms; experimental
filariasis and onchocerciasis |
| Mason, William |
Hepatitis B and C viruses
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| Montaner,
Luis |
HIV immunopathogenesis; innate immunity; cytokines
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| Murray,
John |
Molecular motors and mechanochemical transduction
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| Nachamkin,
Irving |
Campylobacter pathogenesis; molecular mimicry; diagnostic
microbiology |
| Nolan,
Thomas |
Control of Strongyloides stercoralis autoinfection;
biology and immunology of helminth infections |
| O'Doherty, Una |
HIV-1 latency; HIV-1 reservoirs, resting T cells; dendritic
cells
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| Offit,
Paul |
Rotavirus; vaccines; mucosal immunology; intestinal
immunology; microencapsulation |
| Oliver, Paula |
Lymphocyte activation
and tolerance; T cell response to pathogen infection;
HECT-type E3 ubiquitin ligases |
| Pearce,
Ed |
Schistosomiasis; parasitic helminth; Th1/Th2 responses;
dendritic cells |
| Plotkin, Joshua |
Molecular population genetics; pathogen evolution;
mathematical modeling |
| Pohlschroder,
Mecky |
Protein secretion; membrane protein insertion; archaea ffffcc |
| Rall, Glenn |
Viral infection of the CNS
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| Reiner,
Steven |
Lymphocyte differentiation and the host response to
parasitic disease |
| Ricciardi,
Robert |
Adenovirus; Human Kaposi’s Sarcoma Virus; immune
escape
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| Riley,
Jim |
HIV pathogenesis; lentiviral vectors; immune reconsititution
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| Roos, David |
Molecular/cellular parasitology; toxoplasma; plasmodium
(malaria); genomics |
| Schad,
Gerhard |
Regulation of nematode growth and development; nematode
chemosensory and mechanosensory neurons |
| Schifferli,
Dieter |
Escherichia coli and Salmonella pathogenesis; fimbriae;
vaccines
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| Scott,
Phil |
T helper cell subsets; IL-12; T cell memory; Leishmania
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| Sebert, Michael |
Streptococcus, pneumoniae pathogenesis, quorum sensing,
two-component signaling |
| Seeger, Christoph |
HBV, HCV, flaviviruses
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| Sigal, Luis |
Mechanisms of cross presentation during viral infections
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| Silvestri, Guido |
HIV/SIV, T cells, Apoptosis, Non-human primates, Cell
cycle,
T cell homeostasis |
| Skalka, Anna Marie |
Molecular aspects of retroviral replication
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| Smith,
Gary |
Mathematical modeling of parasite disease; helminth
parasites; lyme disease |
| Taylor, John |
Human hepatitis delta virus
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| Weiner,
David |
HIV vaccines; DNA vaccines; West Nile virus; cellular
immune responses |
| Weissman,
Drew |
HIV; dendritic; mRNA; RNA interference; siRNA; vaccine;
HIV coreceptor |
| Wherry,
E. John |
Viral pathogenesis; chronic infections; CD8 T Cell
differentiation; therapeutic vaccination |
| Wilson, James |
Ebola virus; viral vectors; primate parvoviruses;
SARS
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| Yuan,
Yan |
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus; virus-host
interaction; the external guide sequence technique |
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