Name
Office (Phone#) |
Email |
Research
Interests |
Undergraduate
projects |
Stephen
T. Abedon
Mansfield Campus (419-755-4343) |
abedon.1@osu.edu |
Bacteriophage
Evolutionary Ecology. |
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Brian
M. Ahmer
934 Riffe
(292-1919) |
ahmer.1@osu.edu |
Regulatory
Networks in Pathogenic bacteria |
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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 |
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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 |
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| 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. |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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Marshall V. Williams
2074 Graves Hall
(292-0717) |
williams.70@osu.edu |
Herpesviruses and Mutagenesis |
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Ahmed E. Yousef
217 Parker Hall
(292-7814) |
yousef.1@osu.edu |
Food Microbiology, Microbial Safety
of Food |
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