People who work in Viral, bacterial and parasitic pathogenesis

Outbreak and persistence of infectious disease (ecological statistics, population dynamics, species interactions, spatial dynamics, ecology of infectious disease).

Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying stress-induced, neuroendocrine-mediated modulation of the immune response to herpes simplex virus infections.

Insect biochemistry and molecular biology; molecular parasitology; medical entomology; host-parasite/pathogen interactions.

Mechanisms of environmental survival and virulence of pathogens associated with foodborne disease.

Investigating the pathogenic behavior of JC virus, especially in immunosuppressed individuals.

Interactions between bacterial pathogens and host immunology.

Viral pathogenesis focusing on the interactions between paramyxoviruses and hosts. Development of antiviral drugs and virus vectors, for vaccine development and gene therapy.

Wildlife disease ecology: the transmission and dynamics of parasites in wild animals, with particular emphasis on zoonotic infections and parasite community structure.

The pathogenesis of infectious disease: examining bacterial virulence and associated pathology in relation to host immune responses.

The role of macrophages and dendritic cells in antigen presentation, antiviral immunity and in chronic inflammation during diabetes.

Fertility and reproductive immunology in domestic farm animals. Improving diagnosis of infertility and viral infections.

Roles of host genes in restricting infection by Friend erythroleukemia virus.

Evolutionary ecology of host-parasite interactions, particularly virulence, infectiousness, vaccine-driven evolution, and drug and insecticide resistance.

The process of paramyxovirus particle formation by budding: identifying and characterizing viral proteins used in budding, and learning how these manipulate host budding machinery to allow virus release.

Virus-host interactions in the pathogenesis of viral infection.