Description: Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Toxoplasma gondii is one of the most widespread parasites on the planet, capable of infecting any warm-blooded animal, including humans. Approximately one fifth of Americans carry T. gondii in their muscle and brain tissue. Infections can be life threatening in the unborn fetus or in people whose immune systems have become compromised as a result of immunosuppressive therapy or HIV infection. The parasite uses sophisticated cell biological tricks to invade the host cell and, once inside, to redirect the ene
Congratulations to recent lab alum Rachel Stadler on being awarded a Malaria Research Program Collaborative Postdoctoral Fellowship at NIH!
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