University of Virginia Health System

Roger  Abounader,  M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology Roles and targeting of c-Met in brain tumors; c-Met/PTEN interactions in gliomas; PTEN/mutant-p53 interactions in gliomas; microRNAs in brain tumors Timothy  P.  Bender,  Ph. D. Professor of Microbiology Regulation of gene expression during lymphocyte development Ann  L.  Beyer,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Ribosomal RNA transcription & processing Amy  H.  Bouton,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Signaling Pathways that Regulate Tumor Growth, Metastasis, and Response to Anticancer Agents; Adhesion Signaling In Macrophages; Bacteria-Host Cell Interactions David  L.  Brautigan,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Protein Ser/Thr Phosphatases in Cell Signaling and Cell Cycle Jay  C.  Brown,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Structure and Assembly of the Herpes Simplex Virus Capsid. Alison  K.  Criss,  Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Microbiology Cellular and molecular mechanisms of Neisserial pathogenesis Daniel  A.  Engel,  Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology Drug discovery and molecular biology of influenza; Adenovirus transcriptional regulation. Victor  H.  Engelhard,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Immune responses to tumors and immunotherapy / Impact of self-tolerance on anti-tumor immunity / Processing and presentation of MHC-restricted antigens Loren  D.  Erickson,  Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Microbiology Cellular and molecular mechanisms of B lymphocyte function; Genetic susceptibility in systemic lupus erythematosus and multiple myeloma; Immunotherapeutics in the treatment of B cell disorders Jay  W.  Fox,  Ph.D. Professor and Assistant Dean of Research Support of Microbiology Basement Membrane Structure and Metalloproteinases Ian  J.  Glomski,  Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Microbiology Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of B. anthracis pathogenesis; detection and prevention of anthrax. Joanna  B.  Goldberg,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis Young  S.  Hahn,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Immune Suppression by Hepatitis C Virus Marie-Louise  Hammarskjold,  M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Post Transcriptional Gene Regulation and the Molecular Biology of Human Retroviruses Deborah  A.  Lannigan,  Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology Kinases, Drugs and Breast Cancer Ulrike  M.  Lorenz,  Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology Involvement of the protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 in signal transduction pathways Ian  G.  Macara,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Mammary Gland Morphogenesis, Stem Cells, and Breast Cancer; Mechanisms of Cell Polarity; Polarity Proteins as Tumor Suppressors; Protein Methylation. Marcia  J.  McDuffie,  M.D. Professor of Microbiology Genetic analysis of autoimmunity David  W.  Mullins,  Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Microbiology Immunotherapy; Tumor Immunology J.  Thomas  Parsons,  Ph.D. Professor and Chair of Microbiology Adhesion Signaling in Normal, Cardiovascular and Cancer Cells Sarah (Sally)  J.  Parsons,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Molecular mechanisms of Src family tyrosine kinases in mitogenesis, tumorigenesis, and neuronal activity. Lucy  F.  Pemberton,  Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology Nuclear Transport in Chromatin Assembly and Transcriptional Regulation Kodi  S.  Ravichandran,  B.V.Sc., Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Intracellular signaling in lymphocytes and phagocytes David  M.  Rekosh,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Human Immunodeficiency; Virus Gene Expression Martin  A.  Schwartz,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Integrin Signaling and Its Relevance to Mechanotransduction, Cancer and Vascular Disease M.  Mitchell  Smith,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Functional Genomics of Histones, Chromatin, and Protein Acetylation Signaling in Cancer and the Cell Cycle Michael  J.  Weber,  Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Signal Transducing Kinases in Cancer