The Division of Molecular Microbiology conducts basic and applied research related to bacterial, parasitic and viral diseases that are of major public health concern. Our research is focused to two broad areas:
- Understanding the fundamental principles of microbial pathogenesis.
- Development of next-generation antimicrobial drugs.
Our major topics of interest include HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance, enteric diseases, toxins, and diagnostics. Student training and development are integral components of faculty research.
Division Faculty
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Dr. Debopam Chakrabarti
- Title: Professor & Molecular Microbiology Division Head
- Office: Biomedical Research Annex (BRA) 140
- Phone: 407.882.2256
- Studies molecular mechanisms of the intraerythrocytic life cycle of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, and discovery of antimalarials from natural products and natural product-like synthetic compounds.
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Dr. Salvador Almagro-Moreno
- Title: Assistant Professor
- Office: BMS 125A
- Phone: 407.823.3982; 407.823.3987 (lab)
- Emergence and Evolution of Bacterial Pathogens
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Dr. Taj Azarian
- Title: Assistant Professor
- Office: BMS 137C
- Phone: 407-823-4682
- Bacterial Pathogen Genomics and Genomic Epidemiology
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Dr. Alexander M. Cole
- Title: Professor
- Office: BMS 236A
- Phone: 407.823.3633
- Studies host defense of human mucosal surfaces, with particular emphasis on Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage, and HIV transmission and pathogenesis.
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Dr. Amy Cole
- Title: Research Associate Professor
- Office: BMS 236
- Phone: 407.823.0918
- Studies how bacterial vaginosis-associated bacteria alter mucosal barrier defense against HIV in the female reproductive tract (FRT), in the pursuit of new drugs that provide anti-HIV activity without disturbing the FRT mucosa and resident healthy microbiome.
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Dr. Sean D. Moore
- Title: Associate Professor
- Office: BMS 336A
- Phone: 407.823.2188
- Focuses on bacterial physiology with an emphasis on how the quality of protein synthesis is affected by antibiotics and environmental factors.
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Dr. Saleh A. Naser
- Title: Associate Director, Graduate Affairs & Professor
- Office: BMS 136
- Phone: 407.823.0955
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Dr. Herve Roy
- Title: Associate Professor
- Office: Biomedical Research Annex (BRA) 128
- Phone: 407.882.2253
- Investigates lipid remodeling systems used by bacteria to adapt the biochemical properties of the plasma membrane to suit conditions in their environment.
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Dr. William T. Self
- Title: Associate Director of Undergraduate Affairs & Associate Professor
- Office: BMS 124
- Phone: 407.823.4262
- Studies the role of metalloenzymes in Clostridium difficile that play a primary role in energy metabolism, and in the role of selenoenzymes in a variety of bacterial model systems.
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Dr. Ken Teter
- Title: Professor
- Office: Biomedical Research Annex (BRA) 142
- Phone: 407.882.2247
- Studies the cell biology of AB-type protein toxins such as Shiga toxin, cholera toxin, and ricin.
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