Research Experience for Undergraduates in Microbiology
Summer Research Projects 2010

We anticipate having 10 students in our Summer Program in 2010. Eight of these will be supported by NSF REU funds; the other two by Department funds. Faculty who will be taking REU-funded students are indicated with an asterisk (*) and listed first.

NSF REU Mentors

Dr. John E. Butler, Professor*
Development of the Antibody Repertoire

Dr. Craig D. Ellermeier, Assistant Professor*
Production and sensing of a novel antimicrobial peptide

Dr. Michael G. Feiss, Professor*
Genome recognition, processing and translocation in the large dsDNA viruses

Dr. Alexander R. Horswill, Assistant Professor*
Acetate assimilation in Staphylococcus aureus

Dr. Jon C.D. Houtman, Assistant Professor*
Characterizing the mechanism for the clustering of the adaptor protein LAT in human T cells

Dr. John R. Kirby, Associate Professor*
Genetics of behavior and development in Myxococcus xanthus

Dr. Linda L. McCarter, Professor*
Surface-induced differentiation of Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Dr. Richard J. Roller, Professor*
Herpes simplex virus interactions with host cell membranes

Dr. George V. Stauffer, Professor*
Small regulatory RNA molecules

Dr. David S. Weiss, Associate Professor*
Bacterial cell division

Dr. Timothy L. Yahr, Associate Professor*
Regulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa type III secretion

Other Mentors

Dr. Michael A. Apicella, Professor
Biofilm formation in pathogenic Neisseria

Dr. Gail A. Bishop, Professor
Optimizing the potential of B lymphocytes in cellular vaccines

Dr. Steven Clegg, Professor
Molecular mechanisms of enterobacterial attachment to eucaryotic cells and tissues

Dr. Charles D. Cox, Professor
(a) The biochemistry and genetics of hemoglobin utilization by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(b) The steep Lactobacillus species and corn wet milling

Dr. John T. Harty, Professor
T cell responses to infection

Dr. Bradley D. Jones, Associate Professor
Host cell invasion by Salmonella typhimurium

Dr. Al J. Klingelhutz, Associate Professor
Human papillomavirus and the development of cancer

Dr. Wendy J. Maury, Associate Professor
Regulation of enveloped virus entry and pathogenisis

Dr. C. Martin Stoltzfus, Professor
HIV mRNA Splicing

Dr. Steven M. Varga, Associate Professor
Viral Immunology of RSV

Dr. Mary E. Wilson, Professor
Pathogenesis of infection with the parasitic protozoan, Leishmania

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