University of Georgia
Transient evolution of pathogens. Evolutionary processes involved in cross-species transmission. Evolutionary constraints in viral epidemiology.
Metabolism and drug development against protozoan parasites.
Calcium signaling and storage in Toxoplasma gondii.
Cellular and molecular biology of polar growth in fungi.
X-ray crystallography of macromolecules, prokaryotic transcriptional regulators.
Bacterial pathogenesis; role of adhesins in virulence; vaccine development.
Development and regulation of immunological memory.
Gene regulation in bacteria; regulation of flagellar biogenesis; control of RpoN-dependent transcription in bacteria.
Mechanistic analysis of parasite induced immune suppression. Translational research
on immuno-modulation pertaining to inflammation based diseases.
Vaccine development and trials.
