Faculty

Mohamed Elasri - Mechanisms of pathogenesis in Staphylococcus aureus   Rudolph Ellender - Environmental microbiology and bacterial source tracking   Yanlin Guo - Cellular signaling mechanisms that regulate angiogenesis   Bobby Middlebrooks - Comparative immunology and marine mammal health   George Santangelo - Eukaryotic transcription regulation   Glen Shearer - Molecular biology of pathogenic fungi   Shiao Wang - Molecular ecology   Shahid Karim - Molecular mechanisms of pathogen-tick-host intervention.   Jeong Ho Kim - Glucose signal transduction in yeast.   David Buford - Yeast genetics and molecular biology.   Rebecca Fillmore - Molecular mechanisms underlying disease states.   Tim McLean - Algal molecular ecology; funtional genomics.   Sandra Leal - Developmental biology; neurobiology.

Examples of Ongoing Research

• How is pathogenicity controlled in bacteria?
• Does population growth on the Gulf Coast increase fecal coliform pollution along beaches? Can we trace specific sources of pollution?
• Which genes control the transformation of the fungal pathogen, Histoplasma capsulatum, from a mold to yeast state?