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Name
Office (Phone#)
Email Research Interests Undergraduate projects
Stephen T. Abedon
Mansfield Campus (419-755-4343)
abedon.1@osu.edu Bacteriophage Evolutionary Ecology. --
Brian M. Ahmer
934 Riffe
(292-1919)
ahmer.1@osu.edu Regulatory Networks in Pathogenic bacteria --

Juan D. Alfonzo

440 Biosci

(292-0004)

alfonzo.1@osu.edu Editing and Modification of tRNA: Roles in Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Disease  
Paula Wolf Bryant
909 Biosci
(247-7694)
bryant.218@osu.edu The Role of MHC Class II-restricted Antigen Presentation in Pathogen and Tumor Immunity --
Charles J. Daniels
428 Biosci
(292-6777)
daniels.7@osu.edu Molecular Biology of the Archaea: Transcription and Gene Regulation in the Archaea, RNA Processing and Genome Analysis --

Kurt Fredrick

417 Biosci

(292-6679)

fredrick.5@osu.edu
Our work is aimed at understanding how the ribosome functions.
Students have the opportunity to learn techniques in molecular biology, biochemistry, and microbiology.

John Gunn

270 Tzagournis Medical Research Facility

(292-6036)

gunn.43@osu.edu Our laboratory is primarily interested in the molecular mechanisms used by Salmonella spp. to survive harsh conditions it encounters within the human host, including those within the gallbladder and within the macrophage phagosome. Additional research is focused on pathogenesis and intramacrophage survival of the biodefense agent, Francisella tularensis.  
Tina M. Henkin
904 Riffe
(688-3831)
henkin.3@osu.edu My laboratory is interested in regulation of gene expression in bacteria at the level of premature termination of transcription, with Bacillus subtilis as our model system. --
Michael Ibba
556 Biosci
(292-2120)
ibba.1@osu.edu Our lab works on protein synthesis in archaea and bacteria. Undergraduates gain experience in the areas of microbiology, molecular biology and biochemistry through participating in ongoing research projects.

Pravin T. Kaumaya
316 Medical Res.
Ctr

(292-7028)

kaumaya.1@osu.edu
Peptide and Protein Design, Antigenic and Immunogenic Determinants, Peptide and Protein Folding, Cancer Vaccines, Immunotherapy, Autoimmune Diseases, and Transplantation --

Joseph A. Krzycki
914 Riffe

(292-1578)

krzycki.1@osu.edu Our lab works on methanogens, members of the Archaea that make most of the world's biologically produced methane. We recently discovered that these organisms possess a never before seen amino acid. This amino acid is encoded by amber codons in certain genes required to make methane. Amber codons are usually stop codons---but in these methanogens, they now act as sense codons. Undergraduates in our lab would work on some aspect of how this novel amino acid is made, and why the methanogens have changed their genetic code to include a new amino acid. They would also work on projects to uncover other organisms in nature that possess this novel amino acid.
Mark Morrison
Animal Science
230 Plumb Hall
(688-5399)
morrison.234@osu.edu Molecular Biology of Cellulose Degradation and Bacterial Adhesion to Surfaces One student is working on a proteomics-based analysis of bacterial responses to growth on cellulose and other polysaccharides. Another student is using Ribosomal Intergenic Spacer Analysis (RISA) to examine the microbial communtities present in the digestive tract of animals.
Robert S. Munson
Pediatrics
Children's Hospital
(722-2778)
munson.10@osu.edu -- --

Chad Rappleye

540 Biosci

(292-2718)

rappleye.1@osu.edu Virulence mechanisms of fungal pathogens Undergraduates will be involved in the analysis of various fungi using techniques in molecualr biology, bioinformatics, and protein analysis.
John N. Reeve
376 Biosci
(292-2301)
reeve.2@osu.edu We are investigating the molecular biology of microorganisms that live in boiling thermal vents and frozen in ice in glaciers. Specifically, we are determining how their proteins and DNA are stabilized and still function in such extreme environments --
Abhay Satoskar
218 Aronoff
(292-3243)
satoskar.2@osu.edu The leishmaniases comprise several diseases caused by intracellular protozoan parasites belonging to Leishmania species leading to a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations and a global health problem. Our laboratory is interested in understanding the immune mechanisms that determine outcome of "New world" cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis caused by L. mexicana and L. donovani respectively.

Larry Schlesinger

216 Tzagournis Medical Research Facility

(293-8636)

larry.schlesinger@osumc.edu Our laboratory is interested in understanding those components of the innate immune system that regulate the host response during primary M. tuberculosis infection in the lung. Areas of focus are on receptor-ligand interactions that mediate phagocytosis and intracellular trafficking in human macrophages.  

Stéphanie Seveau

541 Biosci

( 247-7671)

seveau.1@osu.edu The laboratory analyzes the molecular mechanisms involved in host cell invasion by intracellular pathogens. The undergraduate students participate to ongoing research projects and acquire essential laboratory skills in microbiology, cellular biology, and biochemistry. Using new technologies of quantitative fluorescence microscopy students are initiated to state-of-the-art live cell imaging.
F. Robert Tabita
700 Riffe
(292-4297)
tabita.1@osu.edu Our laboratory studies the biochemistry and molecular mechanisms by which microorganisms assimilate and sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is the most abundant greenhouse gas on earth and control of its metabolism is vital to climate change and the production of organic carbon. We also study how microbes produce biofuels (hydrogen gas) via photochemical transformations of both inorganic and organic starting materials. Students would be involved in projects that use molecular microbiology, biochemistry, genomics, and proteomics techniques.
Olli H. Tuovinen
622 Biosci
(292-3379)
olli.tuovinen@osu.edu Environmental and Industrial Microbiology --
Marshall V. Williams
2074 Graves Hall
(292-0717)
williams.70@osu.edu Herpesviruses and Mutagenesis --
Ahmed E. Yousef
217 Parker Hall
(292-7814)
yousef.1@osu.edu Food Microbiology, Microbial Safety of Food --

 

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Department of Microbiology
The Ohio State University
376 Biological Sciences Building
484 West 12th Ave.
Columbus, Ohio USA 43210-1292
Phone: 614-292-2301
Fax: 614-292-8120

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