Members
The program includes faculty, graduate students and postdocs from multiple departments spanning over four different colleges. When a faculty joins the program, his/her lab members (all or selected) are also given membership in the program.
Faculty (in alphabetical order)
Faculty List by Research Area / Faculty List by Graduate Field (both to be created)
The faculty in the program work in wide range of research areas.
| Faculty | Research Interest | Department | Graduate Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Altier ca223@cornell.edu (607)253-3926 |
Pathogenesis of Salmonella, regulation of virulence. | Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sci. | Comparative Biomedical Sciences |
| Doug Antczak dfa1@cornell.edu (607)256-5633 |
Pregnancy immunology; immunogenetics; equine immunology. | Baker Institute of Animal Health; Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology |
| Judy Appleton jaa2@cornell.edu (607)256-5648 |
Mucosal immunity in the intestinal tract, specifically intestinal immunity expressed against parasitic nematodes | Baker Institute of Animal Health; Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology |
| Avery August aa749@cornell.edu (607)253-3401 |
Signal transduction pathways that regulate immune cell activation and function in vitro and in vivo, particularly those signals regulated by Tec family tyrosine kinases | Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology; Pharmacology |
| Joel Baines jdb11@cornell.edu (607)253-3391 |
Molecular biology and biochemistry of herpesvirus assembly, envelopment, and cellular exit. Herpesvirus neurovirulence. Cell biology of herpesvirus induced changes in cultured cells | Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Microbiology |
| Gary Blissard gwb1@cornell.edu (607)254-1366 |
Structure and function of baculovirus envelope proteins and their roles in viral entry into host cells, and exit by virion budding. Genetics and molecular biology of baculovirus gene expression | Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research | Comparative Biomedical Sciences |
| Kathryn Boor kjb4@cornell.edu (607)255-3111 |
Research interests focus on the pathogenesis of foodborne diseases and particularly on links between bacterial stress response systems and virulence and regulation of gene expression during infection. | Food Science | Food Science & Techonology; Microbiology |
| Dwight Bowman ddb3@cornell.edu (607)253-3406 |
Soil transmitted parasites, parasites of wildlife, biosurveillance | Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Microbiology; Zoology & Wildlife Conservation |
| Paul Bowser prb4@cornell.edu (607)253-4029 |
Infectious and non-infectious diseases of fish, pathogenesis of important bacterial pathogens of cultured and wild fish, evaluation of new therapeutic compounds for use in cultured food fish | Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Environmental Toxicology |
| Elizabeth Buckles elb36@cornell.edu (607)253-3826 |
Molecular pathogenesis of avian viruses and effects of disease on wild animal populations | Biomedical Sciences | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Zoology & Wildlife Conservation |
| Margaret Bynoe mab76@cornell.edu (607)253-4023 |
The molecular basis of antigen induced immune suppression and the modulation of the innate immune system response in immunity against cancer | Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology |
| Samuel Cartinhour sc167@cornell.edu |
Analysis and modeling of gene regulation in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000, with particular emphasis on subsystems relevant to pathogenesis | Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology | Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology |
| James Casey jwc3@cornell.edu (607)253-3579 |
Eukaryotic gene regulation, oncogenic transformation, viral replication, viral pathogenesis, toxicology | Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Environmental Toxicology; Microbiology |
| Yung-Fu Chang @cornell.edu (607)253-3675 |
The molecular biology of bacterial pathogens of veterinary and zoonotic importance, vaccine development, and immunopathogenesis of Lyme arthritis and ehrlichiosis | Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sci. | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Zoology & Wildlife Conservation |
| Ted Clark tgc3@cornell.edu (607)253-4042 |
Biology of the parasitic protist Ichthyophthirius multifilis (Ich), fish immunology, vaccine development | Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology |
| Ruth Collins rnc8@cornell.edu (607)253-4123 |
Functions and analysis of Rab GTPases; polarized growth and exocytosis; post-translational modifications of proteins regulating intracellular traffic; YIP1 proteins | Molecular Medicine | Biochemistry, Molecular & Cellular Biology; Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Genomics (minor); Pharmacology |
| Alan Collmer arc2@cornell.edu (607)255-7843 |
Explores the molecular basis of bacterial plant pathogenicity, with a focus on effector proteins, secretion pathways, and functional genomics of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 | Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology | Plant Biology; Plant Pathology& Plant-Microbe Biology; Microbiology |
| Susan Daniel sd386@cornell.edu (607)255-4675 |
Virus entry, particularly binding and fusion between virus and cell membrane Impact of cell membrane chemistry on virus entry processes | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Matthew DeLisa md255@cornell.edu (607)254-8560 |
Molecular mechanisms that facilitate protein secretion of virulence determinants in bacteria | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Biomedical Engineering; Chemical Engineering; Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Microbiology |
| Eric Denkers eyd1@cornell.edu (607)253-4022 |
Immunity to the intracellular protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii | Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; |
| Rod Dietert rrd1@cornell.edu (607)253-4015 |
Genetic regulation of macrophage function; immunotoxicity | Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology; Environmental Toxicology |
| Julia Felippe mbf6@cornell.edu (607)253-3119 |
Cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in B cell response; neonatal immunology and response to vaccination; immunomodulation using biologic response modifiers; cancer immunotherapy; characterization of primary and secondary immunodeficiency | Clincial Science | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology |
| William Fry wef1@cornell.edu (607)255-7863 |
Investigates the basic biology and genetics of oomycete pathogens and their interactions with plant hosts | Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology | Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology; Plant Protection |
| Jerrie Gavalchin jg234@cornell.edu (607)255-1182 |
Autoimmunity. The development of immunologic strategies to inhibit or prevent autoimmune responses and the effect of infection on the development of autoimmune conditions | Animal Science | |
| Maureen Hanson mrh5@cornell.edu (607)254-4833 |
RNA editing in organelles; Functional genomics of chloroplast RNA binding proteins; Dynamic organization of the plant cell; Expression of therapeutic proteins and industrial enzymes in plants | Molecular Biology and Genetics | Biochemistry, Molecular & Cellular Biology; Genetics & Development; Plant Biology; |
| Maria Harrison mjh78@cornell.edu (607)254-6472 |
The arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Genetic and genomics approaches are used to investigate the molecular basis of the symbiotic associations formed by plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi | Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research | Plant Biology; Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology |
| David Holowka dah24@cornell.edu (607)255-6140 |
Molecular basis and cell biology of immunoreceptor signaling; roles for specific lipids and membrane structure in signal transduction and trafficking processes | Chemistry and Chemical Biology | Biophysics; Immunology |
| Daniel Klessig dfk8@cornell.edu (607)254-4560 |
The major focus of his research is to help determine, at molecular and cellular levels, how plants protect themselves against microbial pathogens | Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research | Plant Biology; Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology |
| Sondra Lazarowitz sgl5@cornell.edu (607)255-7830 |
Molecular genetics of plant virus movement and host resistance to virus infection; Nuclear shuttling and protein-membrane interactions | Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology | Biochemistry, Molecular & Cellular Biology; Plant Biology; Plant Pathology& Plant-Microbe Biology; Microbiology |
| Cynthia Leifer cal59@cornell.edu (607)253-4258 |
Understanding innate immunity from the inside out: Toll-like receptors, signaling, dendritic cells, and controlling microbial infection | Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology |
| Hélène Marquis hm72@cornell.edu (607)253-3273 |
Pathogenesis of Listeria monocytogenes, mechanisms of regulation of specific virulence factors | Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Food Science & Technology; Microbiology |
| Greg Martin gbm7@cornell.edu (607)254-1208 |
nvestigates molecular basis of plant disease resistance and susceptibility. Research in his laboratory focuses on understanding how plants recognize and defend themselves against pathogens | Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research | Plant Biology; Plant Pathology& Plant-Microbe Biology; |
| Mary Martin mem235@cornell.edu (607)255-3520 |
Center for Animal Resources & Education | ||
| Joann McDermid jmm585@cornell.edu (607)255-2490 |
immunology and infectious diseases, particularly HIV and TB, in Africa | Division of Nutritional Sciences | Nutrition; Epidemiology |
| Stephan Menne sm119@cornell.edu (607)253-3596 |
Pathogenesis of woodchuck hepatitis virus in woodchucks as a model for chronic infection with the hepatitis B virus in humans, with a focus on innate and adaptive cell-mediated immunology, vaccinology, immunotherapy, and antiviral therapy with third generation nucleoside analogs | Clincial Science | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; |
| John Parker jsp7@cornell.edu (607)256-5626 |
Cell biology, biochemistry and molecular biology of mammalian orthoreovirus-host cell interactions. Use of reoviruses as oncotherapeutic agents | Baker Institute of Animal Health; Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; |
| Colin Parrish crp3@cornell.edu (607)256-5649 |
Structure and function of canine parvovirus, crystallography, virus assembly, mechanism of host cell invasion | Baker Institute of Animal Health; Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Genetics & Development |
| Keith Perry klp3@cornell.edu (607)254-8243 |
Vector transmission of plant viruses, structure of cucumber mosaic virus, plant pathogen detection, disease-free foundation potato seed production | Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology | Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology |
| Joseph Peters jep48@cornell.edu (607)255-2271 |
Molecular mechanisms that facilitate the dissemination of mobile DNA elements encoding antibiotic resistance and other pathogenicity determinants. Transposition as a tool for functional genomics |
Microbiology | Genetics & Development; Microbiology; |
| Brian Rudd bdr54@cornell.edu (607)253-4418 |
Developmental immunology; host response to infection | Microbiology & Immunology | Immunology |
| David Russell dgr8@cornell.edu (607)253-4272 |
The biology of intracellular infection, with emphasis on Mycobacteria | Microbiology & Immunology | Biochemistry, Molecular & Cellular Biology; Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology; Microbiology |
| Donald Schlafer dhs2@cornell.edu (607)253-3352 |
Infectious diseases of domestic animal (From the perspective of Diagnostic Pathology ; Foreign Animal Diseases (research - African Swine Fever); Enteric viral Diseases; Pathophysiology of Infectious Disease involving reproduction - focusing of abortifacient diseases | Biomedical Sciences | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; |
| Marci Scidmore ms299@cornell.edu (607)253-4059 |
The biology of intracellular infection by the Chlamydia bacterium | Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Microbiology |
| Kenneth Simpson kws5@cornell.edu (607)253-3251 |
Pathogenesis, immunology, and zoonotic transmission of Helicobacter infection | Clincial Science | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; |
| Bettina Wagner bw73@cornell.edu (607)253-3813 |
Allergy and development of allergy predisposition in horses, Comparative analysis of immune system genes in veterinary species, Development of new tools for diagnosis of infectious diseases and immunological research in animals | Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sci. | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology |
| Gary Whittaker grw7@cornell.edu (607)253-4019 |
Endocytosis of influenza virus, structure-function studies on influenza HA, entry of coronaviruses and rhabdoviruses into host cells | Microbiology & Immunology | Biochemistry, Molecular & Cellular Biology; Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Microbiology |
| Martin Wiedmann mw16@cornell.edu (607)254-2838 |
Research interests focus on pathogenesis, evolution, molecular ecology and epidemiology of foodborne and zoonotic pathogens. | Food Science | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Microbiology |
| Steve Winans scw2@cornell.edu (607)255-2413 |
Detection by pathogens of host-released chemical signal molecules, cell-cell signalling in bacteria | Microbiology | Microbiology; Plant Biology; Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology |
Other Programs
The Infection & Pathobiology are associated with the following programs. Many of our faculty members also participate in them: