University of Rochester School of Medicine
Department of Microbiology & Immunology 
Faculty Participating in the IMV Cluster

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Brenda Knorr
University of Rochester 601 Elmwood Ave. Box 672 Rochester NY, 14642

585.275.3402

Email:
bknr@urmc.rochester.edu
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Research Areas

Biodefense Cancer Cell Biology
Gene Therapy Genomics Molecular Biology
Pathogenesis Vaccine Biology Other

Curriculum Tracks

Immunology Microbiology Virology

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Bambara, Robert HIV Reverse Transcriptase and DNA Replication.

Barth, Richard K. Genetics of Fibrosis, and Analysis of Cryptic T Cell Epitopes.

Blumberg, Neil Blood Transfusion Immunology.

Bottaro, Andrea Expression and Recombination of the Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Gene.

Bowen, William Saliva Glucosyltransferase Interactions on Surfaces

Bowers, William Development of HSV Amplicon-Based Gene Therapy for Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Butler, Scott J. Post-transcriptional Regulation of mRNA Expression in the Nucleus of Eukaryotic Cells.

Clark, Virginia L. Regulation of Virulence Factors in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Courtney, MaryAnne Antibiotic Resistance and Quorum-Sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Crispe, Nick Cell cycle control and apoptosis in T lymphocytes in vivo.

Demeter, Lisa HIV-1 Drug Resistance and Recombination.

Dewhurst, Stephen Viral Vectors and HIV/Cancer Vaccine Development; Mechanisms of NeuroAIDS; Human Herpesvirus-7.

Dziejman, Michelle Vibrio choleras as an evolving pathogen; Using genomics to identify pandemic specific genes.

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Fowell, Deborah Differentiation of CD4 T Lymphocytes in Infectious and Autoimmune Disease.

Frelinger, John G. Immunity to Tumor Antigens.

Gelbard, Harris Effects of HIV-1 infection on neuronal function, signaling, and fate in the CNS.

Gigliotti, Francis Immunopathogenesis of Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia

Haidaris, Constantine G. Pathogenesis of Pneumocystis carinii and Candida albicans

Hardy, Dwight J. Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Resistance.

Iglewski, Barbara H. Molecular Pathogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Jin, Xia Immune Responses to HIV-1; HIV Vaccine Development

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Kim, Baek HIV Reverse Transcriptase: Role in Viral Evolution, Mutagenesis and Cell Type Specificity.

Kim, Minsoo Dynamic leukocyte adhesion and migration

Koo, Hyun The role of extracellular polysaccharide matrix in the pathogenicity of oral biofilms

Lemos, José Molecular Genetics and Physiology of the Response to Environmental Stresses by Oral Bacteria.

Li, Jian-Dong Molecular and Cellular Basis of Host-Bacterial Interactions

Livingstone, Alexandra T Cell Memory.

Lord, Edith M. Cell Mediated Immunity to Tumors.

Maggirwar, Sanjay Role of NF-kB in Cell Growth and Survival

Martinez-Sobrido, Luis Evasion of the innate immune response by viruses

Marquis, Robert E. Microbial Physiology.

Menegus, Marilyn Clinical Virology Research.

Miller, Jim Molecular and Cellular Events That Regulate T Cell Signaling and Activation

Mosmann, Tim Immune Regulation by T Cell Subsets and their Cytokines.

Moynihan, Jan Psychoneuroimmunology. 

Mullen, Craig A. murine models of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation

Murphy, Shawn MHC class II gene expression

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Pavelka, Martin Biosynthesis of the Cell Wall of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Phipps, Richard P. B Cells and Prostaglandins; Fibroblasts as Effector Cells in Immunity.

Pichichero, Michael Vaccine Development and Evaluation.

Quataert, Sally Standardization of immunological techniques for clinical investigation of human immune status.

Quivey, Robert G. Jr. Regulation of Bacterial Gene Expression.

Reichman, Richard C. Human Papillomavirus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infections.

Robert, Jacques Evolution of Tumor Immunity; Tumorigenesis and Immune Surveillance

Rose, Robert Human Papillomavirus Vaccines and Gene Therapy.

Ryan, Daniel H. B Cell Development and Differentiation.

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Sahni, Sanjeev Rickettsia-Induced Transcriptional Activation. 

Sant, Andrea Class II Restricted Antigen Presentation.

Sanz, Ignacio B Cells and Antibodies in Tolerance and Autoimmunity.

Schwarz, Edward Molecular Mechanisms and Gene Therapy for Arthritis.

Sime, Patricia Modulation of Pulmonary Inflammation using Gene Transfer Techniques.

Simpson-Haidaris, Patricia Role of Fibrinogen in Acute Inflammation.

Takimoto, Toru Molecular Mechanisms of Paramyxovirus Infection, Replication and Assembly.

Topham, David T Cell Immunity to Respiratory Viruses.

Treanor, John Novel Viral Vaccines and Antivirals.

Ward, Brian Molecular Mechanisms of Poxvirus Envelope Formation.

Wright, Terry Host Responses to Pneumocystis Carinii Infection

Zeng, Mingtao Needle-Free Vaccines Against Biodefense Agents.