Directories

Research

Principal Investigators:
(Available graduate student positions are listed in red)

	Dr. Ann Karen C. Brassinga email Tel: 480-1056, 418 Buller bldg. Lab homepage The ecology and molecular pathogenesis of Legionnaires' Disease Graduate student position available
	Dr. Mike Butler email Tel: 474-6543, 418 Buller bldg. Lab homepage Animal cell biotechnology. The development of strategies for improved productivity from genetically-engineered mammalian cells.
	Dr. Silvia T. Cardona email Tel: 474-8997, 414A Buller Bldg Lab homepage Genome-wide studies on pathogenesis and antimicrobial targets of opportunistic bacteria with a focus on the cystic fibrosis pathogen Burkholderia cepacia complex. Graduate student position available
	Dr. Deborah Court email Tel: 474-8263, 301A Buller bldg. Lab homepage Mechanisms controlling the synthesis of proteins involved in mitochondrial DNA replication and structure-function studies of mitochondrial proteins.
	Dr. Teresa de Kievit email Tel: 474-8987, 411 Buller bldg. Lab homepage Biocontrol mechanisms of Pseudomonas species, focusing on gene regulation and antibiotic production for controlling fungal pathogens.
	Dr. Pavel Dibrov email Tel: 474-8059, 425 Buller bldg. Lab homepage Molecular genetics of sodium-proton antiporters.
	Dr. Georg Hausner email Tel: 474-8059, 401 Buller bldg Lab homepage Mitochondrial genetics of Neurospora crassa and its application in attenuating virulence in Dutch Elm Disease. Molecular evolution of group-I and group-II mitochondrial introns within the lower eukaryotes.
	Dr. Peter Loewen email Tel: 474-8334, 409 Buller bldg. Lab homepage Genetics and biochemistry of oxidative stress responses in bacteria focusing on catalase structure and function.
	Dr. Brian Mark email Tel: 480-1430, 127 Buller Bldg Lab homepage Three-dimensional structure and molecular function of enzymes involved in bacterial cell wall biology and antibiotic drug resistance. Structural and molecular biology of bunyaviruses.
	Dr. Ivan Oresnik email Tel: 474-7587, 414D Buller bldg. Lab homepage Molecular biology of plant-microbe interactions focusing on the rhizobia/legume symbiosis. Genetic responses of bacteria to low nutrient stress. Genetic and biochemical characterization of periplasmic redox proteins in Rhizobium.
	Dr. Richard Sparling email Tel: 474-8320, 414C Buller bldg. Lab homepage Physiology and biochemistry of biofuels (ethanol, hydrogen, methane) producing lignocellulose degrading microoorganisms and consortia.
	Dr. Vladimir Yurkov email Tel: 474-6303, 421 Buller bldg. Lab homepage The study of biological biodiversity of unique aerobic phototrophic bacteria. Microbial bioremediation of toxic heavy metals. Microbial populations in extreme environments of the deep ocean hydrothermal vents, so-called "black smokers".