Program in Bacterial Pathogenesis

Bacterial Pathogenesis Research at Cornell is carried out by faculty in 9 Departments across the University.   A diverse and innovative Faculty share a common goal of controlling and preventing disease and improving human, animal and plant health.  Research interests include molecular basis of pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions, immunopathology of infectious disease, molecular diagnosis, host defense mechanisms, comparative genomics, molecular evolution, food safety, quorum sensing, signal transduction, and biotechnology, design & engineering of new protein machinery.

Within these broad interests, research is targeted to the study of numerous human, animal, and plant bacterial pathogens: Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Brachyspira, Chlamydia, Escherichia coli, Helicobacter, Leptospira, Listeria monocytogenes, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Pseudomonas syringae, Salmonella, Streptomyces, and Yersinia enterocolitica.

Information about individual faculty members that participate in the Bacterial Pathogenesis Program can be found on the "Faculty" page.

The program is also part of the campus-wide program "Program in Infection & Pathobiology".