For further information see the SDSU Center for Microbial Sciences RICHARD BIZZOCO, Ph.D., Indiana University (1972). Professor of Biology. Discovery/isolation of new Archaea; membrane fusion in single cell algae. KELLY S. DORAN, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego (1998). Assistant Professor of Biology. Pathogenesis of bacterial meningitis. Molecular mechanisms of blood-brain barrier invasion by Group B Streptococcus and characterization of the host innate immune response. Role of bacterial pili in disease progression. RALPH FEUER, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno, 1999. Assistant Professor of Biology. Autoimmune diseases associated with a previous viral infection. Mechanisms of enteroviral persistence and pathogenesis. Susceptibility of stem cells to virus infection and coxsackievirus-associated neonatal disease. SCOTT T. KELLEY, Ph.D., University of Colorado (1998). Assistant Professor of Biology. Phylogenetic approaches to RNA structure prediction, DNA and protein motif pattern recognition, and genome sequence analysis. Molecular systematics studies of insect and microbial communities. DAVID A. LIPSON
STANLEY MALOY, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine (1981). Professor of Biology. Research focuses on Salmonella, using a combination of genetic, molecular, biochemical, and genomic approaches to answer questions about general biological processes, and questions that relate to the evolution of pathogenesis. KATHLEEN MCGUIRE, Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (1985). Professor of Biology. Interleukin 2 stimulation of primary and HTLV-1 infected human T lymphocytes; Mimicking natural products to develop novel cancer and immunosuppressive drugs. JACQUES PERRAULT, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego (1972). Professor of Biology. Molecular biology of RNA viruses using vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) as a model for Ebola, measles, and other medically important agents; engineering of virus vectors for protein expression and gene therapy; host cell antiviral mechanisms; methods for inactivating bioterrorism virus agents. FOREST ROHWER, PHD. San Diego State University. (1997). Assistant Professor of Biology. Genomic analysis of marine phage, opportunistic infections and coral disease, diversity of coral-associated bacteria. ROGER A. SABBADINI, Ph.D., University of California, Davis (1974). Professor of Biology. Functional biochemistry and structure of transverse tubules and sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes isolated from striated muscle cells; the role of protein kinases and lipid second messengers in modulating calcium release channels; involvement of the sarcotubular membranes in skeletal and heart disease. ANCA SEGALL, Ph.D., University of Utah (1987). Professor of Biology. DNA recombination and chromosome structure. CONSTANTINE D. TSOUKAS, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco (1975). Professor of Biology. Proteins involved in differentiation and function of lymphocytes with special emphasis on human T-cells and thymocytes; use of monoclonal antibodies and hybridization techniques to study T-cell development. ROLAND WOLKOWICZ, PhD. The Weizmann Institute of Science (1998). Assistant Professor of Biology. Use of random peptide libraries and other chemical genetics approaches for the study of viral pathogenesis and the search of antiviral factors. Main focus on HIV-1.
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