Ashrafi, Kaveh
Bernstein, Harold S.
Black, Brian L
Blanc, Paul D
Botvinick, Elias H
Boushey, Homer A
Broaddus, V Courtney
Brodsky, Frances M
Brown, James K
Bruneau, Benoit G
Caughey, George H
Chapman, Harold A
Charo, Israel F
Chatterjee, Kanu
Chuang, Pao-Tien
Clyman, Ronald I
Conklin, Bruce R
Conte, Michael S
Coughlin, Shaun R
Derynck, Rik M
Dobbs, Leland G
Eisner, Mark D
Engel, Joanne N
Erle, David J
Fahy, John Vincent
Farese, Robert V
Fielding, Christopher J
Fineman, Jeffrey R
Gardner, David G
Gartner, Zev Jordan
Glantz, Stanton A
Gold, Warren M
Gropper, Michael
Grossman, William
Hawgood, Samuel
Hill, Arthur C
Hoffman, Julien I
Ingraham, Holly A
Jan, Lily Y
Julius, David J
Kan, Yuet W
Kane, John P
Karliner, Joel S
Kornberg, Thomas B
Kurtz, Theodore W
Kwok, Pui-Yan
Lazarus, Stephen C
Lee, Randall J
Lim, Wendell A
Mahley, Robert W
Malloy, Mary J.
Mann, Michael J
Martin, Gail R
Matthay, Michael A
Mcdonald, Donald M
Mikawa, Takashi
Minor, Daniel L
Mostov, Keith E
Nadel, Jay A
Olgin, Jeffrey E
Pearce, David
Pittet, Jean-Francois
Redberg, Rita F
Reiter, Jeremy F.
Rosen, Steven D
Rowitch, David H
Scheinman, Melvin M
Schiller, Nelson B
Shaw, Robin M.
Sheppard, Dean
Shokat, Kevan M
Simpson, Paul C
Springer, Matthew L
Srivastava, Deepak
Stainier, Didier Y. R.
Teitel, David F
Von Zastrow, Mark E
Wang, Rong
Weiner, Orion D
Weiss, Arthur
Weiss, Ethan J
Werb, Zena
Woodruff, Prescott G
Xu, Allison Wanting
Young, William L

CVRI Scientists

Joanne N Engel, M.D., Ph.D.
Prof In Residence

Research Interests:
Bacterial Pathogen-Host Cell Interactions

Summary:
My laboratory is interested understanding and exploiting the complex interplay of microbial pathogens with eukaryotic cells. To that end, we have investigated the key processes of microbial attachment and entry, intracellular survival, and host cell injury in the context of two important human pathogens, Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) and Chlamydia trachomatis (CT). Each of these microorganisms has developed a unique strategy for successful survival that involves subverting and exploiting host cell pathways. Dissecting these processes will allow the development of new diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines and will provide a unique window into eukaryotic cell biology.

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