Pathogens and Immunity Interdisciplinary Group
University of Georgia
Protein design and engineering, design of anti-virals and immunogens,
protein chemistry and re-purposing of viral surface proteins,
computational biology
Characterizing the assembly of bacterial surface structures, Development of vaccines for viral
and bacterial pathogens, Systems approaches to understanding microbial diseases
Mechanisms of immune activation by carbohydrate antigens; design and development
of knowledge-based vaccines and therapeutics against pathogens and cancers.
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Regulation of host defense and tolerance by Stat transcription factors.
Metabolism and drug development against protozoan parasites.
Calcium signaling and storage in Toxoplasma gondii.
X-ray crystallography of macromolecules, prokaryotic transcriptional regulators.
Cell Signaling, Organelle Biogenesis, and Drug Discovery in Trypanosomes.
Cellular and molecular biology of acidocalcisomes; the role of polyphosphate in trypanosomatids.
