6/17/2025
The Agaisse Lab is associated with the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology (MIC). Our laboratory studies the bacterial pathogen Shigella flexneri, which causes approximately 270 million cases of…
6/17/2025
Alu RNA transcripts promote advanced dry age-related macular degeneration:Geographic atrophy (GA) is the advanced form of dry age-related macular degeneration and is a leading cause of blindness in the Unites…
6/17/2025
Research Projects Engineering T cells to overcome suppressive signals in the tumor microenvironment Engineered T cell therapy can effectively kill ovarian cancer cells, but there are still tumor-driven hurdles that T cells…
6/17/2025
Project Title: Pathogenesis of Infections by Herpes Simplex Virus Herpes simplex virus is widespread in the human population with most people exposed during childhood. Nearly all adults have specific antibodies. HSV-1…
6/17/2025
A main goal of research in the Brown Lab centers on the genetics of host resistance to viral infection, and the role of natural killer (NK) cells in viral immunity.…
6/17/2025
Membranes and membrane proteins participate in some of the most important and interesting cellular processes. Energy transduction, cell signaling, membrane excitability, secretion and immune recognition are examples of a few…
6/17/2025
Arf family GTPases and their function in membrane trafficking and cell motility Cell biology of bacterial infection The innate immune response to bacterial infection
6/17/2025
The Chalfant Laboratory has historically focused on two major, but diverse areas of basic science in regard to Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology. Specifically, the Chalfant Laboratory studies mechanisms of…
6/17/2025
Research description: Herpes simplex viruses type 1 and type 2 are significant human pathogens. Approximately 65% of the US population are infected with HSV-1 and 20% with HSV-2. The viruses persist…
6/17/2025
Membrane proteins facilitate the transfer of information across lipid bilayers, comprise approximately 25% of a typical proteome, and represent over half of all drug targets. The membrane proteins that mediate…
