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Name
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Research Interest
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Contact Information |
James Bangs, Ph.D.
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Parasites – Basic cellular, biochemical, and molecular biology of African trypanosomes using Trypanosoma brucei as a model organism. |
457A Bardeen Medical Labs
1300 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706-1532
(608) 262-3110
jdbangs@wisc.edu
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Curtis Brandt, Ph.D.
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Viruses – Pathogenesis of herpes simplex virus; virulence genes in herpetic eye disease and herpes encephalitis; antivirals; interactions between cytokines and herpes viruses, and gene delivery, gene therapy. |
6630 Medical Sciences Center
1300 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706-1532
(608) 262-8054
crbrandt@wisc.edu
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Bruce Christensen, Ph.D.
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Parasites – Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying susceptibility of mosquitoes to infection by filarial worms and Plasmodium. |
Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences
School of Veterinary Medicine
1656 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1581
(608) 262-3177
christensen@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu
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Charles Czuprynski, Ph.D.
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Bacteria & Fungi – Immunoregulation of antibacterial resistance; phagocyte biology; cytokines; listeriosis; pasteurellosis; Johne's disease; inflammatory bowel disease. |
4174 Veterinary Medicine Building
2015 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-5662
czuprync@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu
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Joseph Dillard, Ph.D.
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Bacteria – The molecular mechanisms of disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. |
471A Medical Sciences
1300 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-2837
jpdillard@wisc.edu
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Katrina Forest, Ph.D.
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Bacteria – Molecular structure and function of proteins which enable some bacteria to be pathogens, in particular, using x-ray crystallography to study the Type IV pilins. |
230C Biochemistry Building
420 Henry Mall
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-3566
forest@bact.wisc.edu
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Heidi Goodrich-Blair, Ph.D.
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Bacteria & Parasites – Molecular mechanisms of Xenorhabdus nematophilus mutualism with nematodes and pathogenesis toward insects. |
387 Biochemistry Building
420 Henry Mall
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-4537
hgblair@bact.wisc.edu
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Nancy Keller, Ph.D.
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Fungi – The molecular genetic processes controlling expression of ST/AF biosynthesis and host metabolites which effect fungal growth and ST/AF biosynthesis. |
882 Russell Laboratories
1630 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-9795
npk@plantpath.wisc.edu
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Bruce Klein, M.D.
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Fungi – Cellular and molecular basis of immunity to medical fungi; genetics of virulence; molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis. |
K4-BX4108 Clinical Science Center
Room K4-434
600 Highland Ave
Madison, WI 53792
(608) 263-6203
bsklein@wisc.edu
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Laura Knoll, Ph.D.
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Parasites – The host/pathogen interactions of the intracelluar parasite Toxoplasma gondii. |
495 Medical Sciences
1300 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706-1532
(608) 262-3161
ljknoll@wisc.edu
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Mirek Malkovsky, M.D.,
Ph.D., F.R.C.Path.
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Viruses – Pathogenesis and treatment of HIV-induced disorders, gene therapy and immunotherapy of malignant tumors, heat shock proteins, gamma/delta T lymphocytes, immunoregulation. |
445A Bardeen Medical Labs
1300 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706-1532
(608) 263-6316
mmalkovs@wisc.edu
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John Mansfield, Ph.D.
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Parasites – Cellular and molecular immunology, immunogenetics of resistance to infectious disease, and molecular genetics of virulence. |
206 Food Research Institute
1925 Willow Dr.
Madison WI 53706
(608) 262-2596
jmm@bact.wisc.edu
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Suresh Marulasiddappa,
DVM, Ph.D.
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Viruses – The principal focus of our research is to understand the cellular and molecular basis of T cell memory. We are interested in elucidating mechanisms underlying the apoptosis of virus-specific effector T cells and survival of memory T cells following an acute infection of mice with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV). |
3172 Veterinary Medicine Building
2015 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-9791
sureshm@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu
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Margaret McFall-Ngai, Ph.D.
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Bacteria – Symbiotic associations between animals and prokaryotes, signaling between partners during establishment and maintenance of a symbiosis, the influence of bacteria on animal development, and the evolution of animal-bacterial interactions. |
4385A Medical Sciences Center
1300 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-2393
mjmcfallngai@wisc.edu
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Donna Paulnock, Ph.D.
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Parasites – Cellular and molecular analysis of macrophage activation; role of macrophages in infectious diseases and cancer. |
451 Bardeen Medical Lab
1300 University Ave.
Madison, WI 53706-1532
(608) 263-5857
paulnock@wisc.edu
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Matyas Sandor, Ph.D.
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Bacteria & Parasites – The role of T cells in granulomatous immune responses induced by various infectious agents including Schistosoma mansoni, Leishmania donovani and Mycobacterium bovis. |
5468 Medical Sciences Center
1300 University Ave.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-8715
msandor@wisc.edu
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Stacey Schultz-Cherry, Ph.D.
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Viruses – Basic cellular, biochemical, and molecular biology of human influenza virus and astrovirus pathogenesis. |
417 Medical Sciences Center
1300 University Avenue
Madison WI 53706-1532
(608) 265-6462
slschul2@wisc.edu
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Gary Splitter, DVM, Ph.D.
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Bacteria & Viruses – Host-pathogen interactions to better understand host defense and pathogen evasion mechanisms that define a disease process. |
203 AHABS Building
1656 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-3177
splitter@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu
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Robert Striker, M.D., Ph.D.
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Viruses – The molecular details of Hepatitis C Virus's susceptiblity to evolutionary pressure and the mechanism and applicability to other RNA viruses of novel inhibitors of viral polymerases. |
4638 Medical Sciences Center
1300 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706-1532
(608) 262-4725
rtstriker@wisc.edu
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David Watkins, Ph.D.
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Viruses – The MHC of the rhesus macaque and use this information to understand cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) responses to simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection. |
515 Service Memorial Institute
470 N. Charter St.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-3380
watkins@primate.wisc.edu
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William Weidanz, Ph.D.
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Parasites – The roles of T cells, T cell subsets, antigen reactive T cell lines and clones in immunity to malaria; characterization of responding T cell populations; identification of parasite inhibitory cells and molecules. |
2340A Medical Sciences Center
1300 University Ave.
Madison, WI 53706-1532
(608) 262-9027
wweidanz@wisc.edu
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Rodney Welch, Ph.D.
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Bacteria – Bacterial pathogenesis; molecular genetics; protein secretion; and structure/function of bacterial toxins. |
483A Medical Sciences
1300 University Ave.
Madison, WI 53706-1532
(608) 263-2700
rawelch@wisc.edu
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Susan West, Ph.D.
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Bacteria – Molecular pathogenesis of medical and veterinary pathogens. Specifically, identifying the environmental signals which stimulate virulence factor expression and the molecular mechanisms which control virulence factor expression. |
3160 Veterinary Medicine Building
2015 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-7884
wests@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu
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Jon Woods, M.D., Ph.D.
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Fungi – The basic biology and pathogenetic mechanisms of the dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. |
420A Medical Sciences Center
1300 University Avenue
Madison, Wi 53706-1532
(608) 265-6292
jpwoods@wisc.edu
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