Groups in the Microbiology and Virology track investigate microbe-host and microbe-environment interactions. This includes symbiotic and pathogenic interactions, antibiotic/antiviral resistance, microbe evolution, inflammatory diseases, and pathogen-induced cancer.


Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences
Giant DNA viruses and genomics of microbial groups

Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
Molecular biology of Brucella infection

Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
Co-evolution of mosquito-borne viruses and hosts

Professor
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptogenesis

Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
Protein kinases in Toxoplasma gondii

Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences
Understanding and remodeling the gut microbiota

Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Department of Biochemistry
Basic biology of the causal agent of Lyme disease

Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
RNA viruses – mechanisms, diagnostics, and therapeutics

Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences
Tackling antibiotic resistance

Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences
Pili in Clostridium perfringens

Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences
Endospore formation in gram-positive bacteria

Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences
Mechanisms and consequences of bacterial motility

Associate Professor
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
Cellular junctions in health and disease

Research Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
Biology of arthropod-borne viruses

Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences
Function and regulation of bacterial pili