Kaplan, Ray

Ray Kaplan
Professor
Infectious Diseases
Biology, molecular mechanisms, and population genetics of anthelmintic resistance in
parasitic nematodes
Biology, molecular mechanisms, and population genetics of anthelmintic resistance in
parasitic nematodes
Interactions between microbial pathogens and host immunity in the
mouse model using bacteria that naturally infect mice and
closely related strains that are important human pathogens.
Environmental Genomics; Crocodilians; Reptilian Genomics; Molecular Ecology.
We use ecological and evolutionary theory to study mosquito-parasite interactions,
ecological drivers of transmission, and how environmental change affects transmission.
Establishment of the parasite/host niche by filarial worms, specifically Brugia malayi, one of the causative agents of lymphatic filariasis.
My research focuses on mathematical and computational modeling of within-host
and between-host infectious disease dynamics.
Environmental Genomics; Crocodilians; Reptilian Genomics; Molecular Ecology.
Characterization of adhesion proteins which mediate host-parasite interactions in Plasmodium falciparum.
Molecular helminthology: in particular the interactions of
anthelmintic drugs with ion channels in the nervous systems
of parasitic helminths, and the molecular basis of drug resistance.
Molecular and evolutionary biology of insect parasites; virology, immunology, symbiont evolution, reproduction.