Host-Pathogen Researchers
Principal Investigators
David Bradley
Immunogenetic as well as immunopathogenic events in relapsing polychondritis; Role
of microbial agents in susceptibility/resistance to the onset of arthritis
Catherine Brissette
Lyme disease, spirochetes, bacterial pathogenesis.
Project Leaders
Colin Combs
Neuroimmune interactions during aging and neurodegenerative diseases
Masfique Mehedi
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) - host interactions: by delineating the mechanism
of filopodia-driven RSV cell-to-cell spread, novel insights into RSV biology and targets
for therapeutics development will be identified.
Research Core Directors
Bryon Grove
Image and Imaging Center Core Supervisor
David Bradley
Flow Cytometry Core Supervisor
Colin Combs
Histology Core Supervisor
Shahram Solaymani-Mohammadi
Immunology/Mucosal Immunology/Gut Immunology/Mucosal inflammation Microbiome/Infectious
Diseases/Parasitology Host-Pathogen Interaction/Vaccine Development
Masfique Mehedi
Respiratory syncytial virus, Ebola virus, host-pathogen interactions, cytoskeletal
dynamics, virus cell-to-cell spread, Ebola virus RNA editing, antiviral therapeutics
Pilot Grant Awardees
2018-2019
- Kumi Combs
- Suba Nookala
- James Porter
2017-2018
- Xuesong Chen
- Min Wu
- James Porter
- Matthew Nilles