Faculty members of the Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics at UCI School of Medicine are cutting-edge molecular biologists with research interests in the regulation of gene expression and host-pathogen interactions. The long-term goals of our research efforts are to understand the fundamental biological principles that mediate programmed cellular responses to infection or disease so that effective therapeutic treatments can be developed.
Research in the Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics is both comprehensive and interdisciplinary. While our faculty members invest most of their efforts in basic research, they also extend their work toward translational studies and clinical applications.
Research in our department is divided into several categories:
Bacteriology
Michael Mcclelland
Ming Tan
Thomas P. Burke
RNA Biology
Gina Lee
Klemens Hertel
Yongsheng Shi
Host-Pathogen Interaction
Anthony A. James
Bert Semler
Matthew Marsden
Michael McClelland
Ming Tan
Orkide Koyuncu
Thomas P. Burke