Bacterial Pathogenesis Research Group Members

Glen Armstrong
Studies on how pathogenic microbes or their toxins identify and exploit host cell receptors and how to use this information in developing superior anti-infective drugs.

Howard Ceri
Bacteria-host interactions: the role of mucosal integrity in inflammation and infection, using prostatitis as a model system. Antibiotic and biocide susceptibility in biofilms.

George Chaconas
Telomere resolution, DNA replication, antigenic variation and mechanisms of pathogenesis in Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease spirochete.

Kris Chadee
Molecular/biochemical interactions, mucosal pathogen, cellular/molecular basis by which E. histolytica adhesin stimulate cell-mediated immune response against ameba.

Jeroen De Buck
Pathogenesis and host adaptation of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis.

Carmen Fuentealba
Studies of the pathogeneis of sponaneous and experimentally induced infectious diseases. Study of renal and gastrointestinal diseases.

Rebekah DeVinney
Cellular Microbiology: E. coli O157:H7 and Vibrio parahaemolyticus interactions with intestinal epithelial cells.

Lashitew Gedamu
Molecular biology of Leishmania pathogenesis.

Shawn Lewenza
Microbial pathogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. Understanding the process of biofilm formation and inhibition.  Virulence gene regulation and environmental sensing

Shu-Lin Liu
Comparative genomics of bacteria. Genome structure and rearrangements. Sequencing of various Salmonella strains

Marie-France Roy
Host response to Salmonella Typhimurium in the mouse model of typhoid fever

Anthony Schryvers
Molecular, biochemical and structural approaches to delineate the mechanism of iron acquisition in gram negative bacteria. Development  of vaccines and therapeutic agents.

Pamela Sokol
Molecular analysis of virulence in Burkholderia cepacia and related respiratory pathogens in cystic fibrosis patients. Quorum sensing, iron and metalloprotease based therapeutics.