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

Daniel G. Colley

Daniel G. Colley

Professor and Director of the Center for Tropical and Emerging Grobal Diseases

Immunobiology of human schistosomiasis. Immunoregulation and resistance to reinfection

Roberto Docampo

Roberto Docampo

Professor and GRA Eminent Scholar

Metabolic pathways of trypanosomatids and malaria parasites

Kimberly D. Klonowski

Kimberly D. Klonowski

Associate Professor

Immunology: lymphocyte migration

Dennis Kyle

Dennis Kyle

Professor of Infectious Diseases and Cellular Biology, CTEGD Director, GRA Eminent Scholar Chair in Antiparasitic Drug Discovery

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

Patrick J. Lammie

Patrick J. Lammie

Adjunct Research Biologist

Immunoparasitology; immunoregulation; lymphatic filariasis; crytosporidiosis

Kojo A. Mensa-Wilmot

Adjunct Professor

Chemical biology; parasitology; signal transduction; drug discovery

Silvia N.J. Moreno

Silvia N.J. Moreno

Distinguished Research Professor

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

Vasant Muralidharan

Associate 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

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