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Anthony Griffiths
Anthony Griffiths is a professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
Paul de Figueiredo
Paul de Figueiredo is a professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology in the School of Medicine as well as in the Department of Pathobiology and Integrative Biomedical Science in the College of Veterinary Medicine. He is also a principal investigator at the Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center. Paul holds degrees from Rice University (BA, Mathematics and Political Science), Stanford (MA, Religious Studies), and Cornell (PhD, Biochemistry, Molecular, and Cell Biology), and completed postdoctoral training at MIT and the University of Washington. He has broad experience and training in molecular biology, cell biology, microbiology, and biochemistry, with…
Wendy Picking
Wendy Picking is developing prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines to bacterial pathogens that cause enterica and respiratory infections. These vaccines are based on protein antigens and are formulated into a multimeric presentation to begin to mimic the appearance of the bacterial pathogen to the host immune system. Picking was born in Lincoln, KS in north central Kansas. After growing up on the farm, she attended the University of Kansas where she received a BA in biochemistry and PhD in molecular genetics. She completed post-doctoral training at University of Texas in Austin and Washington University in St. Louis studying molecular biology and…
Wes Warren
Wesley Warren is a professor of comparative genomics in Department of Animal Sciences, Department of Surgery, Institute for Data Science and Informatics. Dr. Warren is a recognized leader in the field of comparative genomics with a theme of looking at biology with a molecular lens. His scientific journey started with basic animal physiology and has progressed to single cell transcriptome analysis of a broad spectrum of species. Dr. Warren’s research involves the use of whole genome comparative methods to examine genetic adaptation events within existing or newly discovered model organisms as a means to better understand human…
Marc Johnson
Marc Johnson is a professor of molecular microbiology and immunology (MMI). The Johnson lab studies viral metagenomics through air and water sampling. A primary focus of the lab is to work with public health to develop tools for monitoring the presence of new and emerging pathogens through wastewater surveillance. Through their wastewater surveillance work, the lab also studies ‘cryptic lineages’, which are evolutionarily advanced viral lineages from individual with very long persistent infections that are detected from wastewater. In addition to wastewater, the lab collects air and wastewater samples from diverse sources to establish a more complete picture of…
Walter Gassmann
As Bond LSC’s director, Gassmann works with the Vice Chancellor for Research to develop and implement plans for growth of the MU research enterprise. That includes partnering with academic units to attract research groups to MU and Bond LSC — one of the research centers administered by the Division of Research, Innovation, and Impact (RII). He supervises Bond LSC staff that assist in making all our center’s amazing science possible. He enjoys mentoring junior researchers in his lab, who study the plant innate immune system and the pathogens that attack plants. Gassmann was born in Karachi, Pakistan. He…
Donald H. Burke-Agüero
Donald H. Burke-Agüero is a professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.