Faculty

Youping Deng - Bioinformatics, comparative genomics, database design   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

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?