Section of Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar series Research in Progress and Thesis Seminars Section Faculty   - Dr. Jorge Galán   - Dr. Hervé Agaisse   - Dr. Norma Andrews   - Dr. Brett Lindenbach - Dr. John MacMicking   - Dr. Walther Mothes   - Dr. Craig Roy Microbiology Graduate Program All Program Faculty Recruitment & Admissions Advisory Committees Courses & Labs Exam & Requirements Student Handbook Student Funding Search this site:		Section of Microbial Pathogenesis The Section of Microbial Pathogenesis has been established recently as a freestanding academic unit of the Yale University School of Medicine. The scientific focus of the Section is the study of microbial pathogens using multidisciplinary approaches. The Faculty share the view that the understanding of the mechanisms by which microbial pathogens cause disease requires the understanding not only of the pathogenic microorganisms themselves but also the cellular and immune responses that they stimulate in the host. Specific areas of interest include mechanisms of pathogen internalization and survival within host cells, modulation of antigen presentation and host cell signal transduction by microbial pathogens, bacterial protein secretion, and development of antigen delivery systems for multivalent vaccines. Currently, a number of infectious diseases are under study including respiratory infections caused by Coxiella burnetii, Legionella pneumophila, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, food poisoning and typhoid fever caused by Salmonella, Listeria, and Campylobacter spp., Chagas disease caused by Trypanosome cruzi, and chronic infections caused by blood-borne viruses like hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Increasingly, microbial pathogens are becoming extremely useful biological probes to understand basic cellular functions. Several project within the Section are therefore taking advantage of these biological probes to study basic cellular processes including actin cytoskeleton dynamics, mechanisms of endo and exocytosis, intracellular traffic and G protein function. Students are therefore exposed to a multidisciplinary training environment involving a great variety of research approaches. Faculty Jorge E. Galán, Professor and Chairman Hervé Agaisse, Assistant Professor Norma Andrews, Professor Brett Lindenbach, Assistant Professor John MacMicking, Assistant Professor Walther Mothes, Assistant Professor Craig Roy, Associate Professor
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