Program

Our program at a glance:

Current Animal Models
Mice
Hamsters
Rats
Rabbits
Guinea pigs
Chickens

Pending Animal Models
Ferrets (pending)
Ducks (pending)

Pathogens
TB (MDR/XDR-TB)
HIV, Vaccinia
Staphylococcus (VSSA, MRSA, VISA, VRSA)
Enterococcoci, VRE, C. difficile 
Candida spp., Aspergillus spp.,Cryptococccus 
Drug resistant pathogens (KPC,Acinetobacter)
Rickettsia spp., Orientia
YFV,JEV, WNV, LACV,WEE,RVFV, SLEV, CMV
Chikungunya,Powassan, O-nyong-nyong, Influenza,

Select agents
Bacillus anthracis 
Yersinia pestis, 
Francisella tularensis 
Burkholderia mallei 
SARS

 
Reseach programs
Pathogenicity
Vaccine development 
Drug resistance
Host response
Drug discovery
Molecular diagnostics
Molecular epidemiology 
Genetic competence
Biomarker development 
Systems biology 
Emerging infections 
Structural biology
Pathogen Transmission