Microbiology
Field Description
Research areas include genetics, physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, systematic and environmental microbiology, microbial ecology, and virology. Most of the laboratories used by the field have been recently built or renovated, and a broad range of instrumentation is available for work in all aspects of microbiology and molecular biology. One semester of teaching is required for Ph.D. degree candidates.
Contact Information
Website: http://www.micro.cornell.edu
Email: microfield@cornell.edu
Phone: 607 255-3088
Email: microfield@cornell.edu
Phone: 607 255-3088
107 Wing Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Subject and Degrees
- Microbiology (Ph.D.) (Ithaca)
Concentrations by Subject
Microbiology
- microbiology
Faculty
Beth A Ahner - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: detoxification mechanisms in aquatic microorganisms; phytoremediation of trace metal contaminantsEsther R Angert - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: microbial ecology; evolution of a novel bacterial development system; microbial phylogenyLudmilla Aristilde - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: metabolic dynamics; metabolism of natural organic substrates and contaminantsAdam Bogdanove - (Ithaca) - (Divisional Member)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: Interactions of rice with pathovars of the bacterial pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae and on TAL effector DNA targeting and its applicationsKathryn Jean Boor - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: food microbiology, safety, and quality; strain differentiation and characterization of virulence determinants in E. coli 0157: H7 and Listeria monocytogenesDwight Douglas Bowman - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: biology of parasites, especially apicomplexan protozoa and nematodesIlana Lauren Brito - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: human microbiome,; horizontal gene transfer and antibiotic resistanceNicolas S Buchon - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: Using Drosophila melanogaster to study the host response to indigenous and pathogenic microbes using genomics, functional genetics and systems-level approachesDaniel H Buckley - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: environmental genomics and microbial ecology of soils; ecological significance of microbial community structure and microbial diversity in soilsJames Wilton Casey - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: molecular virology; retro virology; herpes virologyPamela V. Chang - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: The overall theme of our research is to understand how the host immune system is regulated by the gut microbiota through their secretion of small molecule metabolites. Our research focuses primarily on two areas: (1) the identification of metabolites produced by the gut microbiota that regulate the host immune system and, building on these discoveries, (2) the development of chemical tools to modulate the immune response. We employ biological and chemical approaches including the tools of molecular and cellular immunology, microbiology, chemical biology, chemistry, biochemistry, and cell biology to elucidate key communication pathways between the gut microbiota and the host immune system. Our ultimate goal is to understand how immune homeostasis is maintained in the intestines, as such discoveries would have broad implications for the development of therapeutics and prophylactics for many inflammatory diseases.Joshua Chappie - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: bacterial defenses systemsRuth N Collins - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: microbiologyAlan Raymond Collmer - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: biotechnology; microbial genetics; phytobacteriologyMatthew P DeLisa - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: biotechnology; biomolecular engineering of cellular machineryTobias Doerr - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: bacterial stress pathways; peptidoglycan remodeling in Vibrio choleraeAngela E. Douglas - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: symbiotic microorganisms, especially insects; microbial interactions with animal nutrition and immune systemsEdward Joseph Dubovi - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: animal virology; pathogenic microbiologyAnthony G Hay - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: environmental microbiology and toxicology; metabolism of xenobioticsJohn D Helmann - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: transcription factorsTory Hendry - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: host-microbe interactions, bacterial genomic evolution, ecology of microbiomesIan Hewson - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: marine microbial ecology; marine biology and ecology; biological oceanography; marine sediment microbial ecologyAilong Ke - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: x-ray crystallography; structural biology and biochemistry focusing on RNA 3-end formation and turnover and RNA-protein complexesRuth E. Ley - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: microbial ecology of the mammalian gut; host-microbial interactions and co-evolutionHening Lin - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: chemistry, biology, and application of enzymes that have important physiological functions with a combination of synthetic and biochemical methodsLeonard William Lion - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: environmental engineering; groundwater contamination; aquatic chemistryEugene Lewis Madsen - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: environmental microbiology; biogeochemistry; biodegradationYuxin Mao - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiologyHelene Marquis - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: broad-range phospholipase c and metalloprotease; signaling during bacterial cell-to-cell spreadTeresa Pawlowska - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: fungal biology; plant-microbe interactions; evolutionJoseph E Peters - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: chromosome integrity (transposition: DNA replication, recombination, and repair); functional genomicsRuth E Richardson - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: bioenvironmental engineering; application of molecular techniques to assess biodegradation processes; communication and cooperation in microbial communitiesJeffrey Warren Roberts - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: prokaryotic gene expression; transcription mechanisms; control of DNA repairDavid G Russell - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: interaction between intracellular pathogens and their host cell; biology of microbe/host interplayJames P Shapleigh - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: microbial physiology; electron transport; structure and function of electron transport proteinsMichael Louis Shuler - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: biotechnologyKenneth William Simpson - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: host bacterial interactions and intestinal inflammationJeongmin Song - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: defining the function of typhoid toxin a key virulence factor of salmonella typhi to better understand the pathogensis mechanism of salmonella typhi infectionBarbara Gillian Turgeon - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: Fungal biology- pathogenicity and matingBrian C. VanderVen - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: intracellular M. TuberculosisGary R Whittaker - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: viral pathogenesis; virus-bacteria co-infectionMartin Wiedmann - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: food microbiology; dairy science; food scienceStephen C Winans - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: biotechnology; microbial genetics; phytobacteriologyRandy W Worobo - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: antimicrobial proteins and peptides; bacteriocins with a broad spectrum of activity by a single organismJoseph B Yavitt - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: ecology; microbial ecology; biogeochemistry; wetlandsStephen H Zinder - (Ithaca)
Concentrations: Microbiology: microbiology Research Interests: microbial biochemistry; microbial ecology