Graduate Group in Microbiology
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Graduate Group Faculty Members
  Tel # Email Address Dept. Location
Rodrigo Almeida Ecology of insect-associated microbes (disease ecology and insect symbiosis). 642-1603 rodrigo@nature.berkeley.edu CEE 203 Wellman
Lisa Alvarez-Cohen: Application of biological processes for the elimination of environmental contaminants. 643-5969 alvarez@ce.berkeley.edu CEE 726 Davis
Jillian Banfield: Interactions between microorganisms and minerals; esp. mineral weathering and crystal growth, biomineralization, and geochemical cycling. 642-9488 jill@seismo.berkeley.edu ESPM 369 McCone
James Berger: Structural and functional studies of protein/protein and protein/nucleic acid assemblies from microbial organisms 643-9483 jmberger@berkeley.edu MCB 329A Hildebrand
Carolyn Bertozzi: Investigating biological functions of glycoconjugates and developing new therapeutic strategies. 643-1682 bertozzi@cchem.berkeley.edu Chem & MCB 820 Latimer
Michael Botchan: Mechanisms and regulation of eukaryote DNA replication initiation, esp. in drosophila chromosomes and papilloma viral DNA. 642-7057 mbotchan@berkeley.edu MCB 171A Koshland
Steven Brenner: Computational genomic and metagenomics 643-9131 brenner@compbio.berkeley.edu PMB 461A Koshland
Thomas Bruns: Ectomycorrhizal ecology and fungal molecular systematics. 642-7987 pogon@berkeley.edu PMB 341A Koshland
Bob B. Buchanan: Microbial physiology and biochemistry especially pertaining to bioremediation. 642-3590 view@nature.berkeley.edu PMB 411 Koshland
Gertrude Buehring: Bovine leukemia virus: its genetics, cellular effects, and possible role in causing human breast cancer. 642-3870 buehring@berkeley.edu SPH 237 Warren
Richard Calendar: Bacillus anthracis vaccine, a phage-based integration vector for Listeria monocytogenes, and phage recombination. 642-5951 rishard@berkeley.edu MCB 506 Barker
W. Zacheus Cande: Molecular cytogenetic analysis of meiosis in fission yeast. Evolution of mitosis and the cytoskeleton using Giardia intestinalis. 642-1669 zcande@berkeley.edu PMB/MCB 341A LSA
Ignacio Chapela: Fungal components for pharmaceutical and agrochemical use, development of biocontrol agents; sustainable forest management. 643-2452 ichapela@nature.berkeley.edu ESPM 334 Hilgard
Douglas Clark: Physiological and biochemistry of extremophilic micoorganisms, particularly from high temperature pressure environments. 642-2408 Clark@cchem.berkeley.edu ChemE 497 Tan
John Coates: Anaerobic microbial respiration. Development of bioremediative strategies to attenuate organic and inorganic contaminants. 643-8455 jcoates@nature.berkeley.edu PMB 271 Koshland
Laurent Coscoy: The molecular mechanisms of immune evasion employed by KSHV (human herpesvirus 8). 643-4128 lcoscoy@berkeley.edu MCB 142 LSA
Mary Firestone: Soil microorganism physiological ecology: nitrogen transformations trace gas production, water relations, and biodegradation. 642-3677 mkfstone@nature.berkeley.edu ESPM 333 Hilgard
Suzanne Fleiszig: Pathogenesis of pseudomonas aeruginosa - bacterial infection of the cornea. 643-0990 fleiszig@berkeley.edu OPTM 688 Minor
Louise Glass: Molecular genetics of sexual development and programmed cell death in filamentous fungi. 643-2399 lglass@uclink.berkeley.edu PMB 341 Koshland
Britt A. Glaunsinger: Mechanisms by which gamma-herpesviruses promote global decay of cellular mRNAs during lytic infection. 642-5427 jbritt@nature.berkeley.edu PMB 371 Koshland
Eva Harris : Mechanism of dengue virus infection and pathogenesis; Molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases. 642-4845 eharris@socrates.berkeley.edu SPH 239 Warren
Andrew Jackson: Genetics, replication, and pathogenesis of RNA viruses infecting plants. 642-3906 andyoj@berkeley.edu PMB 211A Koshland
David Jenkins: Microbiology of wastewater treatment processes, including control of nuisance and polyphosphate-accumulating microorganisms. 642-5337 jenkins@ce.berkeley.edu CEE 635 Davis
Caroline Kane: Gene regulation in eukaryotic microbes at the level of transcript elongation using biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics. 642-4118 kanecm@berkeley.edu MCB 408 Barker
Jay Keasling: Microorganism metabolic engineering for environmentally friendly product synthesis or contaminant biodegradation. 642-4118 keasling@berkeley.edu ChemE 411A Latimer
Arash Komeili: Magnetosomes as model systems for organelle biology and biomineralization in prokaryotes. 642-2140 komeili@nature.berkeley.edu PMB 261 Koshland
Daniel Koshland: Structure function relationship in receptors and bioengineering of novel proteins. 642-0416 dek@berkeley.edu MCB 406 Barker
Sydney Kustu: Studies of biological gas channels for NH3 and CO2 (the Rhesus proteins) in microbes and other organisms. 642-9308 kustu@nature.berkeley.edu PMB 481A Koshland
Han Lim: Gene networks and molecular mechanisms that generate phenotypic diversity. Bacterial differentiation, evolution and pathogenesis. 643-5915 hanlim@berkeley.edu IB 3060 VLSB
Steve Lindow: Molecular and ecological studies of plant associated bacteria. 642-4174 icelab@socrates.berkeley.edu PMB 331A Koshland
Fenyong Liu: Biology of, and therapeutic intervention for human herpes viruses. 643-2436 liu_fy@berkeley.edu SPH 326 Barker
Sangwei Lu: Pathogenesis and stress response of Salmonella serovars; foodborne diseases 643-0810 sangwei@berkeley.edu SPH 239 Warren
Terry Machen: Interactions between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and airway epithelial cell in cystic fibrosis. 642-2983 machen@socrates.berkeley.edu MCB 231A LSA
Krishna Niyogi: Molecular genetics and ecophysiology of eukaryotic microalgae. 643-6602 niyogi@nature.berkeley.edu PMB 441A Koshland
Daniel Portnoy: Molecular and cellular basis of microbial pathogenesis. 643-3925 portnoy@berkeley.edu MCB/SPH 508 Barker
Lee Riley: Epidemiology with molecular biology to characterize pathogenesis of infectious agents e.g. tuberculosis and diarrheal diseases. 643-6350 lwriley@berkeley.edu SPH 223 Warren
Jasper Rine: Molecular genetics, functional genomics and cell biology of yeast, with an emphasis on epigentics. 642-7047 jrine@berkeley.edu MCB 522 Barker
Kathleen Ryan: Cell cycle control and asymmetric cell division in Caulobacter crescentus; proteolysis and subcellular localization of cell cycle regulatory proteins. 643-9387 kryan@nature.berkeley.edu PMB 371 Koshland
Michael Shapira: Host-Pathogen interactions, molecular immunology. 642-8154 mshapira@berkeley.edu IB 4111B VLSB
Randy Schekman: The mechanism of membrane assembly vesicular traffic n the secretory pathway of unicellular and multicellular eukaryotic cells. . 642-5686 schekman@uclink4.berkeley.edu MCB 626 Barker
George Sensabaugh: Biochemical and evolutionary genetics related to problems of human health and diseases. . 642-1271 schekman@uclink4.berkeley.edu SPH 319 Mulford
Kimmen Sjolander: Phylogenomics, metagenomics, phylogenetic tree reconstruction, remote homolog recognition, protein structure prediction 642-9932 kimmen@berkeley.edu BioE 308C Stanley
Brian Staskawicz: Molecular genetics of plant pathogen interactions. 642-3721 stask@nature.berkeley.edu PMB 241A Koshland
Richard Stephens: Pathogenic mechanisms of intracellular agents that cause infectious disease. 643-1537 rss@berkeley.edu SPH 235 Warren
John Taylor: Molecular evolutionary biology of fungi. 642-5366 jtaylor@socrates.berkeley.edu PMB 321A Koshland
Russell Vance: Innate immune sensing of intracellular bacterial pathogens. 643-2795 rvance@berkeley.edu MCB 415 LSA
Matthew Welch: Host-pathogen interactions, esp. how pathogens exploit the host cytoskeleton for growth and spread during infection. 642-5525 welch@berkeley.edu MCB 305 LSA
Patricia Zambryski: Agrobacterium-plant cell interaction. Arabidopsis (flower development), Plasmodesmata structure and function. 643-9203 zambrysk@nature.berkeley.edu PMB 221A Koshland
David Zusman: Cell-cell communication and signal transduction, and regulation of gene expression, in fruiting bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. 642-2293 zusman@berkeley.edu MCB 31 Koshland
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Dept. Abbreviations
BioE = Bioengineering CEE = Civil & Environmental Eng. ChemE = Chemical Engineering
Chem = Chemistry ESPM = Environ. Science, Policy & Mgmt IB = Integrative Biology
MCB = Molecular & Cell Biology NST = Nutrition Sciences & Toxicology OPTM = Optometry
PMB = Plant & Microbial Biology SPH = School of Public Health  
 

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