Cells in Infection and Immunity

Parasite cell and molecular biology, host parasite interaction, parasite metabolism, immune response and memory, pathogenesis, adaptations to parasitism, mechanisms of host defense, lymphocyte migration, cytokines

Personnel

Roberto Docampo

Distinguished Research Professor and GRA Eminent Scholar

Metabolic pathways of trypanosomatids and malaria parasites

Kimberly D. Klonowski

Associate Professor

Immunology: lymphocyte migration

Dennis Kyle

Professor of Infectious Diseases and Cellular Biology, Director, Center for Tropical & Emerging Global Diseases, GRA Eminent Scholar Chair in Antiparasitic Drug Discovery

Drug discovery for malaria and brain-eating amoebae; antimalarial resistance mechanisms

Silvia N.J. Moreno

Distinguished Research Professor

Metabolism and drug development against protozoan parasites. Calcium signaling and storage in Toxoplasma gondii.

Vasant Muralidharan

Professor

Molecular and cellular biology of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum

Rick L. Tarleton

Regents Professor

Immunoparasitology; immunity to Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas disease; vaccine development