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Undergraduate Research Projects

   Faculty Research Projects
Dr. Daniel Colley
(706) 542-4112
546 Biological Sciences Building
dcolley@uga.edu

  • Immune responses in worm infections
  • Lymphocyte activation mechanisms
  • Immunoregulatory interactions
  Dr. Harry Dailey
(706) 542-2690
A222 Life Sciences Bldg.
hdailey@uga.edu
  • Regulation of heme synthesis in cultured mammalian cells
  • Biochemical and molecular characterization of the enzymes of heme synthesis
  Dr. Timothy Hoover
(706) 542-2675
548 Biological Sciences Building
trhoover@uga.edu

  • transcriptional activation
  • flagellar biosynthesis in Helicobacter pylori
  • biology of budding bacteria
  Dr. Anna Karls
(706) 583-0822
255 Biological Sciences Building
akarls@uga.edu

  • Regulation of DNA transposition
  • Biochemistry of specialized DNA recombination
  Dr. Duncan Krause
(706) 542-2671
523 Biological Sciences Building
dkrause@uga.edu

  • Microbial pathogenesis
  • Molecular biology of mycoplasmas
  • Mycoplasma cell biology
  Dr. Wendy Dustman
(706) 542-2622
214B Biological Sciences Building
wdustman@uga.edu

  • Aquatic microbial ecology
  • Microbial diversity
  Dr. Robert Maier
(706) 542-2323
808 Biological Sciences Building
rmaier@uga.edu

  • Roles of oxidative stress resistance factors and nickel binding proteins in Helicobacter colonization
  • Hydrogen utilization by pathogens
  Dr. Jan Mrazek
(706) 542-1065
550 Biological Sciences Building
mrazek@uga.edu

  • DNA sequence analysis
  • Microbial comparative genomics
  • Microbial bioinformatics
  Dr. Ellen Neidle
(706) 542-2852
529 Biological Sciences Building
eneidle@uga.edu

  • Bioremediation by Acinetobacter
  • Genetic regulation
  • Physiology of biodegradation
  Dr. Joy Peterson
(706) 542-4115
550B Biological Sciences Building
jpeterso@uga.edu
  • Fermentation biotechnology
  • Isolation and characterization of microbes and enzymes with industrial applications
  • Alternative fuel (ethanol) production from recombinant bacteria
  Dr. Mark Schell
(706) 542-2815
210 Biological Sciences Building
schell@uga.edu

  • Genetic and biochemical basis of microbial pathogenicity
  • Molecular biology of gene regulation in prokaryotes
  • Plant-microbe interactions
  Dr. Lawrence Shimkets
(706) 542-2681
816 Biological Sciences Building
shimkets@uga.edu

  • Cell-cell communication
  • Genetic regulation
  • Chemotaxis
  Dr. Eric Stabb
(706) 542-2414
828 Biological Sciences Building
estabb@uga.edu

  • Molecular genetics of Vibrio fischeri
  • Light organ symbiosis between Vibrio fischeri and Euprymna scolopes
  Dr. Anne Summers
(706) 542-2669
263A Biological Sciences Building
summers@uga.edu
  • Targets for controlling the spread of bacterial multidrug resistance
  • An enzyme that destroys methyl mercury
  • Biosensors based on transcription factors
  Dr. William Whitman
(706) 542-4219
541 Biological Sciences Building
whitman@uga.edu

  • Methane synthesis by bacteria
  • Isolation of interesting bacteria
  • Nutrition and growth of soil bacteria
  Dr. Juergen Wiegel
(706) 542-2651
215 Biological Sciences Building
jwiegel@uga.edu
  • Isolation and/or characterization of thermophile anaerobic bacteria or isolation of mutants of those bacteria
  • Degradation of recalcitrant, hazardous waste compounds by anaerobic bacteria
  • Enumeration of specific organismal groups in special environments