Leprosy Research Support
TB Antimicrobial Acquisition & Coordinating Facility
TB Vaccine Testing & Research Materials
John Belisle Professor (Director, MRL) Study of the physiology of M. tbto define bacterial products important in immunity and pathogenesis. john.belisle@ColoState.EDU
Randall Basaraba Associate Professor Pathology of mycobacterial diseases in animal models. Randall.Basaraba@ColoState.EDU
Patrick Brennan University Distinguished Professor Study of the physiology of M. tb and M. leprae to define biosynthetic pathways, novel drug targets, and host cell interactions. Patrick.Brennan@ColoState.EDU
Delphi Chatterjee Associate Professor Study of the biosynthesis of the major lipoglycans of M. tb and the interaction of these with the host. Delphi.Chatterjee@ColoState.EDU
Dean Crick Associate Professor Study of mycobacterial biosynthetic pathways to define new drug targets. Dean.Crick@ColoState.EDU
Mary Ann DeGroote Assistant Professor Diagnosis and treatment of human mycobacterial infections, including molecular detection of mycobacteria and pre-clinical testing of medications for tuberculosis using animal models. maryann.DeGroote@ColoState.EDU
Karen M. Dobos-Elder Assistant Professor Characterization of M.tb and M. ulcerans isolates with a focus on proteomics and diagnostics. Karen.dobos-elder@ColoState.EDU
Julia Inamine Associate Professor Study of the genetics and physiology of M. avium and M. paratb to identify diagnostic tools and factors of pathogenicity. Julia.Inamine@ColoState.EDU
Angelo Izzo Assistant Professor Study of the host immune response to TB and the role of host metalloproteinases in tissue remodeling during infection. Angelo.Izzo@ColoState.EDU
Mercedes Gonzalez Juarrero Assistant Professor Study of the dynamics of macrophage and dendritic cell populations during infection with M. tb. Mercedes.Gonzalez-Juarrero@ColoState.EDU
Mary Jackson Assistant Professor Using genetic approaches to study the biogenesis of the mycobacterial cell envelope with the goals of identifying novel virulence factors and therapeutic targets. Mary.Jackson@ ColoState.EDU
Dennis L Knudson Professor Dennis.Knudson@ColoState.EDU
Michio Kurosu Assistant Professor Join Appointment in The Department of Chemistry Study of the development of novel inhibitors of bacterial biosynthesis enzymes. michio.kurosu@ColoState.EDU
Anne Lenaerts Assistant Professor Study of animal models of TB and their use to screen anti-tuberculosis drugs. Anne.Lenaerts@ColoState.EDU
Dr. Avraham Liav Associate Professor Avraham.Liav@ColoState.EDU
Mike McNeil Professor Study of M. tb physiology to elucidate biosynthetic pathways and identify novel drug targets. MMcNeil@ColoState.EDU
Ian Orme Professor Study of the host immune response to TB and development of animal models for definition of immuno-pathogenesis and vaccine development. iorme@ColoState.EDU
Richard Slayden Assistant Professor Study of bacterial cell differentiation to define factors involved in latent TB infections. Richard.Slayden@ColoState.EDU
John S. Spencer, Assistant Professor Research focus on leprosy and tuberculosis, with an emphasis towards developing improved diagnostics, vaccines, and further understand the cell mediated and humoral immune responses representing the spectrum of leprosy disease. John.Spencer@ ColoState.EDU
Varalakshmi Vissa Assistant Professor Study of the genome of M. leprae and development of strain typing reagents. Varalakshmi.Vissa@ColoState.EDU