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Microbiology
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Department of  Microbiology and Immunology

Faculty
By Appointment
Primary Appointment Faculty
Secondary Appointment Faculty
Emeritus Faculty

 

Primary Appointment Faculty

  • Daniel Amsterdam, Ph.D., Professor
    Epidemiology of antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens; molecular and immunologic detection.
  • Richard Bankert, Ph.D., V.M.D., Professor
    For additional information:  WCMPI
    Molecular and cellular networks in human tumor microenvironments and anticancer immunotherapies.


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  • Piero Bianco, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
    For additional information:  Single Molecule Center
    Single molecule studies of DNA motor proteins
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  • Anthony Campagnari, Ph.D., Professor
    For additional information:  WCMPI
    Role of lipooligosaccharides in the pathogenesis of Haemophilus ducreyi; identification and characterization of vaccine antigens for Moraxella catarrhalis-induced otitis media.


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  • Arlene Collins, Ph.D., Associate Professor
    Neuropathogenesis of human coronavirus; viral virulence determinants and immune mechanisms of viral pathogenesis and host protection; role of cysteine protease inhibitors in coronavrius replication.


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  • Terry Connell, Ph.D., Professor
    For further information:  WCMPI
    Bacterial pathogenesis; molecular analysis of extracellular protein secretion by Vibrio cholerae; iron acquisition systems of Bordetella spp; mucosal immunology; recombinant vaccine development.

  • Nejat Egilmez, Ph.D. Associate Professor
    Our primary area of interest is tumor immune suppression.   More specifically we are investigating how tumors suppress anti-tumor immunity and whether this process can be reversed via the use of pro-inflammatory adjuvants and/or functional blocking/elimination of suppressive mechanisms. For further information: WCMPI
     
  •  Anders Hakansson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
    Our laboratory is interested in better understanding how the gram-positive, extracellular pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae interact with host cells in the respiratory tract.
     For further information: WCMPI

  • John Hay, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman
    For additional information:  WCMPI
    Molecular biology and pathogenesis of human viral infections, including varicella zoster virus (chicken pox and shingles), chronic fatigue sysdrome (CFS), and Hantaan virus (the type virus of Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome).


  • Thomas Melendy, Ph.D., Associate Professor
    For additional information: RPCI, WCMPI
    Factors and mechanisms of DNA replication of papillomaviruses, SV40, and human cells; control of DNA replication by S-phase DNA damage checkpoint pathways.

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  • Edward Niles, Ph.D., Professor
    For additional information:  WCMPI
    Vaccinia virus transcription and mRNA processing; Schistosoma gene expression.


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  • Laurie Read, Ph.D., Associate Professor
    For additional information:  WCMPI
    Molecular mechanisms of RNA editing and RNA turnover in Trypanosoma brucei; posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression in Trypanosoma brucei and Plasmodium falciparum.


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  • Michael Russell, Ph.D., Professor
    For additional information:  WCMPI
    Mucosal immunology; functions of IgA; mucosal vaccine development especially in relation to dental caries, periodontal disease, and gonorrhea; enterotoxins as mucosal immunomodulators.


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  • William Ruyechan, Ph.D., Professor
    For additional information:  WCMPI
    Molecular biology of herpesviruses; protein-nucleic acid interactions; DNA replication and gene regulation.

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  • Harshad Thacore, Ph.D., Associate Professor
    Molecular biology of virus-cell interactions; virus entry into cells; mechanism of induction and action of interferons; role of cellular signal transduction in the cytokine network.


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  • Noreen Williams, Ph.D., Professor
    For additional information:  WCMPI
    Mechanisms of regulation of gene expression in Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi, and Plasmodium falciparum; DNA replication in T. brucei.

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Secondary Appointment Faculty

Emeritus Faculty

C. John Abeyounis, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Immunology; transplantation

Ernst H. Beutner, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Immunology; dermatology

Thomas D. Flanagan, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Virology

Joseph H. Kite, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Immunology

Howard Kuramitsu, Ph.D., Professor
Molecular genetic analysis of the virulence factors of oral pathogens; genetic engineering of novel antibacterial constructs.

Joseph Merrick, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus [CV]
Biochemistry of bacterial polyesters; polyhydroxyalkanoates; genomic sequence analysis of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni.

Felix Milgrom, M.D., Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Immunology; transplantation

James F. Mohn, M.D., Professor Emeritus
Immunology; blood groups

Ichiro Nakamura, Ph.D., Professor
Cellular immunology and immunogenetics of murine natural killer cell functions; immunogenetics of the H-2, the mouse major histocompatibility complex.

Carel J. van Oss, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Immunochemistry

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