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  1. Animal models.
  2. Antibody therapy for microbial infections
  3. Clinical microbiology and antimicrobial susceptibility.
  4. Design and synthesis of derivatives of antibiotics for resistant bacteria that circumvent existing resistance mechanisms
  5. Design of Novel antibiotics.
  6. Developing assays for mechanism-based high throughput screening for discovery of lead compounds.
  7. Development of anti-staphylococcal peptide antibiotics.
  8. Host defense against microbial infections/ pathogen inactivation.
  9. Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance.
  10. Microbial physiology and molecular microbiology.
  11. Microbial physiology and molecular microbiology (Epidemiology).
  12. Microbial physiology and molecular microbiology (Host defense mechanisms).
  13. Pathogenesis of infection.
  14. Protein structure-function, phage display, enzymology.
  15. S.aureus capsule expression.
  16. Staphylococcal genomics and microarrays.
  17. Therapeutic trials and clinical infectious diseases.

 

1.  Animal models.

Ambrose L. Cheung, M.D.

 

Dartmouth Medical School

 

 

206 Vail
Hanover, NH 03755

Phone:

 

603-650-1340

Fax:

 

603-650-1362

E-Mail:

 

ambrose.cheung@dartmouth.edu

 

 

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2.  Antibody therapy for microbial infections.

Tibor P. Keler, Ph.D.

 

Medarex, Inc.

 

 

Research and Development
1545 Rt. 22 East
P.O. Box 953
Annandale, N.J. 08801-0953

Phone:

 

908-713-6000

Fax:

 

908-713-6013

E-Mail:

 

tkeler@infi.net

 

 

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3.  Clinical microbiology and antimicrobial susceptibility.

Merrill Biel, M.D., Ph.D.

 

Advanced Photodynamic Technologies

 

 

2715 4th St., S.E., Suite 70
Minneapolis, MN 55414

Phone:

 

612-871-1144

Fax:

 

612-379-8916

E-Mail:

 

bielx001@maroon.tc.umn.edu

 

 

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4.  Design and synthesis of derivatives of antibiotics for resistant bacteria that circumvent existing resistance mechanisms.

Tad H. Koch, Ph.D.

 

University of Colorado

 

 

Department of Biochemistry
Campus Box 215
Boulder, Colorado 80309-0215

Phone:

 

303-492-6193

Fax:

 

303-492-5894

E-Mail:

 

tad.koch@colorado.edu

 

 

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5.  Design of Novel antibiotics.

Shahriar Mobashery, Ph.D.

 

Wayne State University

 

 

Department of Chemistry
410 W. Warren Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202

Phone:

 

313-577-3924

Fax:

 

313-577-8822

E-Mail:

 

som@mobashery.chem.wayne.edu

 

 

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6.  Developing assays for mechanism-based high throughput screening for discovery of lead compounds.

Bernard Weisblum, M.D.

 

University of Wisconsin

 

 

Dept. of Pharm
1300 University Avenue
395 Medical Sciences Building
Madison, WI 53706

Phone:

 

608-262-0972

Fax:

 

608-262-1257

E-Mail:

 

weisblum@macc.wisc.edu

 

 

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7.  Development of anti-staphylococcal peptide antibiotics.

John J. Iandolo, Ph.D.

 

University of Oklahoma

 

 

Dept. of Microbiology/Immunology
Health Sciences Center
940 Stanton L. Young Blvd
Oklahoma City, OK
k 73104

Phone:

 

405-271-2133

Fax:

 

405-271-3117

E-Mail:

 

john-iandolo@uokhsc.edu

 

 

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8.  Host defense against microbial infections/ pathogen inactivation.

David M. Mann, Ph.D.

 

Clearant, Inc.

 

 

14915 Broschart Road
Suite 200

Rockville, MD 20850

Phone:

 

301-738-1699

Fax:

 

301-738-9012

E-Mail:

 

drdmmann@email.msn.com

 

 

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9.  Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance

Arnold S. Bayer, M.D.

 

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

 

 

Building RB2
1000 W Carson Street, Rm 225
Torrance, CA 90509

Phone:

 

310-222-6422

Fax:

 

310-782-2016

E-Mail:

 

 bayer@humc.edu

 

 

 

Bernard Weisblum, M.D.

 

University of Wisconsin/Dept. of Pharm

 

 

1300 University Avenue
395 Medical Sciences Building
Madison, WI 53706

Phone:

 

608-262-0972

Fax:

 

608-262-1257

E-Mail:

 

weisblum@macc.wisc.edu

 

 

 

Brian J. Wilkinson, Ph.D.

 

Illinois State University

 

 

Department of Biological Sciences
Normal, IL 61790-4120

Phone:

 

309-438-7244

Fax:

 

309-438-3722

E-Mail:

 

 bjwilkin@ilstu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

David C. Hooper, M.D.

 

Massachusetts General Hospital

 

 

Infectious Diseases Section
55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114
-2696  

Phone:

 

617-762-3812

Fax:

 

617-726-7416

E-Mail:

 

 dhooper@partners.org

 

 

 

 

 

Gordon L. Archer, M.D.

 

Virginia Commonwealth University

 

 

Microbiology/Immunology
P.O. Box 980049
Richmond, VA 23928-0049

Phone:

 

804-828-9711

Fax:

 

804-828-3097

E-Mail:

 

 garcher@hsc.vcu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Richard A. Proctor, M.D.

 

University of Wisconsin Medical School

 

 

Microbiology/Immunology
1300 University Avenue
407 SMI
Madison, WI 53706

Phone:

 

608-263-5591

Fax:

 

608-262-8418

E-Mail:

 

 rap@facstaff.wisc.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Shahriar Mobashery, Ph.D.

 

Wayne State University

 

 

Department of Chemistry
410 W. Warren Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202

Phone:

 

313-577-3924

Fax:

 

313-577-8822

E-Mail:

 

 som@mobashery.chem.wayne.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Susan Boyle-Vavra, Ph.D.

 

The University of Chicago

 

 

5841 South Maryland Avenue
UCCH C-621 MC 6054
Chicago, IL 60637

Phone:

 

773-702-6176

Fax:

 

773-702-1196

E-Mail:

 

sboyleva@midway.uchicago.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Tad H. Koch, Ph.D.

 

University of Colorado

 

 

Department of Biochemistry

Campus Box 215
Boulder, Colorado 80309-0215

Phone:

 

303-492-6193

Fax:

 

303-492-5894

E-Mail:

 

 tad.koch@colorado.edu