Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Michigan State University
2215 Biomedical Physical Sciences East Lansing, MI 48824-4320
Undergrad and Grad Info:
517-884-5287
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| Name | Office | Office Phone | E-Mail Address |
| Arvidson, Cindy | 5192 BPS | (517) 884-5364 | Bacteriology; protein targeting, virulence, and regulation of gene expression in the pathogenic Neisseriae. |
| Arvidson, Dennis | 5195 BPS | (517) 884-5366 | Bacterial pathogenesis: Structure and function of proteins involved in bacterial pathogenesis. X-ray crystalography of bacterial virulence factors. |
| Bagdasarian, Michael | 5178 BPS | (517) 884-5358 | Pathogenesis/Genetics: Molecular biology; molecular pathogenesis; protein targeting in prokaryotes. |
| Breznak, John *(E) | University Distinguished Professor Emeritus | ||
| Ciche, Todd A. | 5179 BPS | (517) 884-5359 | ciche@msu.edu | Host-microbe interaction: Symbiosis in the insect pathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora and the enteric bioluminescent bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens. |
| Dazzo, Frank B. | 6174 BPS | (517) 884-5394 | Microbial ecology/physiology: Beneficial plant-microbe interactions; computer-assisted microscopy. |
| Garrity, George M. | 6162 BPS | (517) 884-5387 | garrity@msu.edu | Bacterial systematics: Ecology; bioinformatics; computational biology. |
| Hausinger, Robert | 6193 BPS | (517) 884-5404 | Microbial physiology: Enzymology and microbial physiology; metallocenter assembly mechanisms; biodegradation; DNA repair enzymes; metal ion utilization and interactions. |
| He, Sheng Yang | 222 Plant Bio. Bldg. | (517) 353-9181 | Plant bacterial pathogenesis: Molecular genetics of plant-pathogen interactions; type III protein secretion. |
| Jackson, Julius H. | 6178 BPS | (517) 884-5398 | Microbial physiology/genetics: Microbial physiology and genetics; genomic evolution and theory; gene and chromosome evolution. |
| Kashefi, Kazem | 6191 BPS | (517) 884-5402 | Microbial diversity, redox transformations, and community dynamics of extreme environments; biotechnological applications of extremophilic organisms. |
| Kroos, Lee R. | 422 Biochem | (517) 355-9726 | Microbial genetics/physiology: Regulation of gene expression during development; prokaryotic RNA polymerases and regulatory proteins; Bacillus sporulation; cell-cell interactions during Myxococcus fruiting-body formation. |
| Lennon, Jay T. | Kellogg Biological Sta | (269) 671-2340 | Microbial diversity/ecology: Food webs; ecosystem functioning; ecological and evolutionary roles of viruses in ecosystems. |
| Lenski, Richard E. | 6177 BPS | (517) 884-5397 | Experimental microbial evolution/genetics: Ecology, genetics, and evolution of microbial populations, computational biology, genome dynamics. |
| Marsh, Terence L. | 6171 BPS | (517) 884-5391 | Microbial Community Analysis, Evolution of microbial populations and genome plasticity. |
| Merrill, John E. | 100 North Kedzie Hall | (517) 432-1316 ext.143 | Biotechnology: Biotechnology of algae; algal photosynthetic pigments; bioremediation and aquaculture of algae. |
| Mueller, Tina | 6105 BPS | (517) 884-5369 | Microbial physiology: Enzymology and microbial physiology; metallocenter assembly mechanisms; biodegradation; DNA repair enzymes. |
| Reddy, C. Adinarayana | 6198 BPS | (517) 884-5406 | Microbial Physiology/Ecology: Physiology, ecology, and molecular biology of lignin biodegradation by wood-rotting fungi; fungal degradation of xenobiotics:; bioremediation, veterinary bacteriology. |
| Reguera, Gemma | 6190 BPS | (517) 884-5401 | reguera@msu.edu | Microbial Physiology/Genetics: Electron transfer and biofilm physiology; biotechnological applications, architecture and physiology; bacterial cell-to-cell communication, nanowires. |
| Reusch, Rosetta N. | 6163 BPS | (517) 884-5388 | Bacterial Physiology: Metabolism and functions of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate and inorganic polyphosphates; polyhydroxybutyrate-associated proteins; genetic competence; gene transfer; ion channels. |
| Schmidt, Thomas M. | 6180 BPS | (517) 884-5400 | Microbial Ecology: Microbial ecology and evolution; analysis of patterns and extent of microbial diversity in the environment; microbial community composition links to ecosystem processes, understanding microbial life histories. |
| Tiedje, James M. | 540E/545 PSSB | 353-9021 | Microbial Ecology: Microbial ecology of soil and sediments, especially community structure genomics and DNA microarray studies of environmentally important bacteria; biodegradation of soil and sediments. |
| Walker, Edward | 6169 BPS | (517) 884-5389 | Emerging infectious diseases; vector-borne diseases; Lyme disease, eastern equine encephalomyelitis, West Nile viral encephalitis, human malaria |
| Waters, Christopher M. | 5180 BPS | (517) 884-5360 | Chemical signaling in the human pathogen Vibrio cholerae, signaling in bacterial pathogenesis. |
| Williams, Barry | 40 Giltner | (517) 432-3484 | Microbial Genetics: Evolutionary genetics; the molecular genetic basis of evolutionary diversification and adaptation, population genomics, comparative ecological genomics. |
