Tick-Borne Diseases
Roman Ganta Lab
Research Interests
The Ganta Lab studies tick-borne diseases, with a focus on human and animal ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF). He continues his far-reaching goals of controlling the impact of these tick-borne diseases on the health of people, cattle, pets and various animals by developing preventative vaccines.
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Roman Ganta
Principal Investigator, Bond LSC
Curators' Distinguished Professor and McKee Endowed Professor of Pathobiology and Integrative Biomedical Sciences
phone(573) 884-5779
email rrgnhc@missouri.edu
Roman Ganta is a Curators’ Distinguished Professor and McKee Endowed Professor of the Department of Pathobiology and Integrative Biomedical Sciences.
LAB MEMBERS
In the news
Oct. 6, 2023
Ongoing vaccine projects address 100-year-old disease and others in fight against tick-borne diseases
Lab of Roman Ganta, Bond LSC principal investigator and McKee endowed professor of veterinary pathobiology. | Photo by Sarah Kiefer, Bond LSC By Sarah Kiefer It only takes a quiet walk through the Missouri woods to encounter ticks. As they crawl from the rich vegetation among the bushes and grass onto humans and animals alike, they wreak havoc on their hosts by passing on disease causing bacterial pathogens. One of those pathogens known to cause a 100-year-old disease is Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF). University of Missouri scientist, Roman Ganta, hopes to understand its inner workings to…
April 12, 2023
MizzouForward hire Ganta paves way for new research on tick-borne diseases at Bond LSC
Roman Ganta, Bond LSC principal investigator and professor in the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine | photo by Roger Meissen, Bond LSC By Sarah Kiefer Most people don’t find their area of research by contracting a disease, but Roman Ganta did. When Ganta caught malaria in graduate school, the illness plagued him with recurring symptoms for six to seven months. The mosquito-borne disease wasn’t uncommon at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, in New Delhi, India, where he was earning his Ph.D. in Biochemistry, and he experienced symptoms every month. Going through this illness…