Richard Gallo, MD, PhD
Professor & Founding Chair
Dept. of Dermatology
Skin Innate Immunity, Cathelicidin AMPs
Ajit Varki, MD
Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Medicine
Sialic Acids and Siglecs in Bacterial Host-Pathogen Interactions
Michael Karin, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology
Innate Immunity, NFkB/IKK and Inflammasome Signaling
Partho Ghosh, PhD
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
M Protein Structure-Function and GAS Pathogenesis
Pieter Dorrestein, PhD
Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Pharmacy
Imaging Mass Spectrometry in Bacterial Interactions
Jack Dixon, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology and Cellular & Molecular Medicine
Structural and Functional Biochemistry of Bacterial Toxins
Ethan Bier, PhD
Professor of Biological Sciences
Anthrax and Cholera Toxins Endosome Recycling and Cell Junctions
Christopher Glass, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Medicine
Cholesterol Metabolism and Phagocyte Innate Immune Function
William Fenical, PhD
Distinguished Professor Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Antibiotic Discovery from Deep Ocean Actinomycetes
Laura Crotty Alexander, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
HIF regulation of asthma
Cigarette smoke and pulmonary innate immune defense
Edmund Capparelli, PharmD
Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacy
Developmental Pharmacology and PK/PD of Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy
Jeffrey Esko, PhD
Professor of Cellular & Molecular Medicine
Role of Proteoglycans in Bacterial Host-Pathogen Interactions
Bernhard Palsson, PhD
Galletti Professor of Bioengineering
The Systems Biology of Bacterial Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence
Emily Troemel, PhD
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Innate Immune Responses to Bacterial Toxins
Michael Burkart, PhD
Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Novel Drug Targets for Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens
Liangfang Zhang, PhD
Associate Professor of Nanoengineering
Biomimetic Nanoparticles to Treat and Prevent Bacterial Infections
Hal Hoffman, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Inflammasome function in innate immune defense vs. pathogens
David Gonzalez, PhD
Asst. Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmacy
Mass spectrometry approaches to host-pathogen interactions
George Liu, MD, PhD
Professor and Chief Infectious Diseases
Staphyloxanthin and other MRSA immune evasion factors
