Mcrobiology - Our concerns research
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Microbiology
Bacteria
Bacteria are a major topic of interest among the Microbiology Track faculty. Specific areas of interest include:
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Bacterial cell morphology; and bacterial manipulation of host physiology.
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Molecular mechanisms of bacterial.
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Bacterial secretion and effectors systems.
Fungi
Researchers are study a wide variety of eukaryotic fungi including:
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Isolation, identification and distribution of fungi.
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Plants pathogen fungi.
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Toxicity fungal.
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Cellular and molecular used in gene bank.
Environmental Microbiology
Faculty interests also encompass environmental microbiology and microbial ecology, with a particular emphasis on interactions between microbes and environmental contaminants.
Immunology and Host Response
Immunology and the host response to infection is a major area of interest among our Faculty. Specific topics of interest include the role of cytokines in the host response to infection; mechanisms of pathogen detection and elimination by innate immune detection and effector systems; and the role of adaptive immune response to infection.
Molecular Genetics
The faculties have combined interests in microbiology and molecular genetics. Research topics of interest include DNA recombination and repair; structure and enzymatic function of nucleic acids and proteins; molecular biology of ion movement across membranes; and molecular mechanisms of cell differentiation and cell cycle progression.
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