Faculty
Dr. Claudio Basilico
Chairman, Department of Microbiology
Graduate Advisor
Departments of Medicine and Microbiology
Departments of Dermatology and Microbiology
Departments of Pathology and Microbiology
Department of Microbiology
Department of Microbiology
Departments of Pathology and Microbiology
Departments of Medicine and Microbiology
Departments of Administration (Dean's Office) and Microbiology
Departments of Medicine and Microbiology
Departments of Pathology and Microbiology
Department of Microbiology
Dr. Claudio Basilico
Chairman, Department of Microbiology
- Regulation of cellular differentiation and bone development by FGFs (Cytokines, Growth Factors and Signal Transduction)
- Role of FGFs in cell proliferation and cancer (Oncogenesis and Cancer Biology)
Graduate Advisor
- Regulation of mRNA decay in bacterial and mammalian cells (RNA Metabolism)
- Mechanisms of gene regulation by microRNAs (Regulation of Gene Expression)
Departments of Medicine and Microbiology
- Microbiology, pathogenesis and epidemiology of bacterial enteric diseases (Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis)
- Regulation of gene expression in embryogenesis (Regulation of Gene Expression)
- Mechanisms of bacterial virulence: Yersinia enterocolitica and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis)
- Molecular mechanisms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis (Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis)
- Biogenesis, Variability and Physiological Role of Prions (Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis)
- Biology of Tuberculosis (Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis)
Departments of Dermatology and Microbiology
- Etiology of Kaposi's sarcoma (Oncogenesis and Cancer Biology)
Mechanism of Nuclear Hormone Receptor Action in Cancer, Heart Disease and Neuroendocrine Function
- Regulation of GR transcriptional activity in the brain by phosphorylation (Regulation of Gene Expression)
- Role of LXR alpha in atherosclerosis (Cytokines, Growth Factors, and
Signal Transduction)
- Regulation of AR transcriptional activity in prostate cancer (Oncogenesis and Cancer Biology)
- Role of molecular chaperones in breast cancer (Oncogenesis and Cancer Biology; Regulation of Gene Expression)
Departments of Pathology and Microbiology
- Detection and characterization of Mycobacteruim tuberculosis in clinical material (Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis)
Department of Microbiology
- Host factors in HIV-1 replication and AIDS pathogenesis (cellular restriction factors, viral accessory genes, viral nuclear import)
Department of Microbiology
- Regulation of gene expression by viruses and cytokines (Cytokines, Growth Factors and Signal Transduction; Virology)
Departments of Pathology and Microbiology
- Molecular events underlying T-lymphocyte differentiation and activation (Immune Response to Microbial Challenge)
- Molecular mechanisms of HIV entry into target cells and systemic depletion of helper T cells (Virology)
- Molecular properties of a novel retroelement in Escherichia coli (Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis)
- Regulation of gene expression and plasmid replication in Escherichia coli (Regulation of Gene Expression)
- Molecular properties of a novel retroelement in Escherichia coli (Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis)
- Regulation of gene expression and plasmid replication in Escherichia coli (Regulation of Gene Expression)
- FGFs and FGF receptors in bone development and oncogenesis (Oncogenesis and Cancer Biology)
- Regulation of protein synthesis by herpesviruses (Regulation of Gene Expression)
- Design and use of attenuated herpesviruses as anti-tumor agents (Oncogenesis and Cancer Biology)
- Mechanisms by which herpes simplex virus (HSV) counters translational shut-off (Virology)
Departments of Medicine and Microbiology
- Educational Aspects of Medical Informatics
- Molecular biology and genetics of Staphylococcus aureus (Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis)
Departments of Administration (Dean's Office) and Microbiology
Departments of Medicine and Microbiology
- Characterization of the immune response to Helicobacter pylori (Immune Response to Microbial Challenge)
- Association of Helicobacter pylori with gastric carcinoma (Oncogenesis and Cancer Biology)
- Mechanisms of colonization by Helicobacter pylori and Campylobacter jejuni (Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis)
- Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in breast cancer (Oncogenesis and Cancer Biology, Regulation of Gene Expression, and RNA Metabolism)
- Regulation of the inflammatory response by selective degradation of cytokine and proto-oncogene mRNAs, and diseases associated with deregulation (RNA Metabolism and Cytokines, Growth Factors, and Signal Transduction)
- Regulation of gene expression by the antiviral cytokine interferon (Cytokines, Growth Factors and Signal Transduction)
- Analysis of chromatin remodeling complexes in mammalian cells and components of the general transcription machinery in mammalian cells (Regulation of Gene Expression)
Departments of Pathology and Microbiology
- Microbial ecology of the vaginal vault and origins of toxic shock syndrome (Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis)
- Regulation and function of Staphylococcus aureus virulence factors (Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis)
- Immune modulation by Staphylococcus aureus (Microbial Challenge)
Department of Microbiology
- Regulation of T cells and exploitation by HIV (Immune Response to Microbial Challenge)
- Role of TNF in inflammation and Autoimmunity (Cytokines, Growth Factors and Signal Transduction)
- Mechanisms of transcriptional coactivator function (Regulation of Gene Expression)
- Regulation of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV-8) and herpessimplex virus latency (Virology)
- Role of TNF-stimulated Gene 6 (TSG-6) in Inflammation (Cytokines, Growth Factors and Signal Transduction)