Department of Microbiology & Immunology

 


Department Chairman

Manser, Ph.D., Timothy L.
Professor and Chair
Email: manser@mail.jci.tju.edu

Research Interests: Regulation of the Development of B Cell Immunity and Autoimmunity

Department Faculty

Abraham, Ph.D., David 
Professor
Email: David.Abraham@jefferson.edu

Research Interests: Parasite Immunology


Alugupalli, Ph.D., Kishore 
Assistant Professor
Email: Kishore.Alugupalli@mail.jci.tju.edu

Research Interests: B Cell Memory; Innate Immunity; Bacterial Pathogenesis


Anikeyeva, Ph.D., Nadezhda 
Research Assistant Professor


Bosma, Melvin J.
Adjunct Research Professor


Buchberg, Ph.D., Arthur M.
Associate Professor
Email: buchberg@mail.jci.tju.edu

Research Interests: Cancer Genetics, Genetics of Cancer Susceptibility


Buescher, Jerome 
Clinical Assistant Professor
Email: Jerome.Buescher@jefferson.edu

Research Interest: Microbiology education


Calkins, Ph.D., Catherine 
Professor
Email: Catherine.Calkins@mail.tju.edu

Research Interests: Cellular Immunology, centered on autoimmunity and anti-viral responses


Campbell, Kerry S.
Adjunct Research Associate Professor
Email: kerry.campbell@fccc.edu


Dietzschold, D.V.M., Bernhard 
Professor
Email: Bernhard.Dietzschold@jefferson.edu


Eisenlohr, V.M.D., Ph.D., Laurence C.
Professor
Email: Laurence.Eisenlohr@mail.jci.tju.edu

Research Interests: Antigen Processing/Presentation and T Cell Responses


Fong, Louise Y.Y.
Assistant Professor
Email: Louise.Fong@mail.tju.edu


Hardy, Ph.D., Richard R.
Adjunct Research Professor
Email: rr_hardy@fccc.edu


Landel, Ph.D., Carlisle 
Research Assistant Professor
Email: clandel@jci.tju.edu


McGettigan, Ph.D., James P
Research Assistant Professor
Email: james.mcgettigan@jefferson.edu


Paumet, Fabienne 
Assistant Professor
Email: Fabienne.Paumet@jefferson.edu

MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF PHAGOCYTOSIS: how do pathogens subvert this process? *Unraveling membrane trafficking involved in the phagocytic pathway and its regulation *How do bacteria interfere with the host phagocytic system to escape lysosomal degradation?
CHARACTERIZATION OF EUKARYOTIC MEMBRANE FUSION MACHINERY
*Identification and characterization of primitive membrane fusion machineries (similar to SNARE proteins?)
*Characterization of the specificity of fusion encoded in the SNARE proteins
*Characterization of intramolecular SNARE regulation


Rahman, S.M. Ziaur 
Research Assistant Professor
Email: Zrahman@mail.jci.tju.edu


Rall, Ph.D., Glenn F.
Adjunct Research Associate Professor
Email: glenn.rall@fccc.edu


Schnell, Ph.D., Matthias J.
Professor
Email: Matthias.Schnell@jefferson.edu

Research Interests: viral pathogenesis, HIV-1, and vaccines development


Sigal, Luis 
Adjunct Associate Professor


Siracusa, Ph.D., Linda D.
Professor
Email: Siracusa@mail.jci.tju.edu

Molecular genetics and biology of hair and skin development and disease processes; identification and characterization of cancer susceptibility genes.


Sykulev, M.D., Ph.D., Yuri K.
Associate Professor
Email: ysykulev@mail.jci.tju.edu

Research Interests: Immunobiology of cytotoxic lymphocytes


Wiest, Ph.D., David L
Adjunct Associate Professor
Email: DL_Wiest@FCCC.edu


Zhang, Ph.D., Jianke 
Assistant Professor
Email: jzhang@mail.jci.tju.edu



Emeritus Professors

  • Charles Panos, PhD
  • Susan Rittenhouse, PhD