Advisory Board and Editors Microbiology
Carlos M. de Noronha
Dr. Carlos de Noronha is Associate Professor within the Department of Immunology and Microbial Disease at Albany Medical College, USA.
His research focus is in the field of Microbiology, more specifically HIV, Molecular Virology, Viral Infection, Virus Diseases, Viral Immunology, Immunology of Infectious Diseases and Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Donatella de Pascale
Mainly involved in the discovery of new bioactive compounds from Antarctic and Arctic bacteria. Also working on on Antarctic psychrophilic microorganisms with potential biotechnological applications, and the dissection of the virulence determinants of some human pathogens by the use of non-vertebrate host model, like Caenorhabtidis elegans.
Robson F de Souza
Assistant Professor at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil; Past Visiting Fellow Researcher at the National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH, MD/USA; Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Sao Paulo.
Sushanta Deb
Dr. Sushanta Deb earned his Ph.D. in Evolutionary Microbial Genomics. During his early postdoctoral research, he focused on microbial ecology, microbiomes, probiotics, and comparative genomics. He later served as a Project Scientist at AIIMS Delhi, India. Currently, as a Postdoctoral Associate at Washington State University (WSU), USA, his research primarily centers on comparative genomics and metagenomics.
Jocelyne DiRuggiero
Associate professor of Biology and Earth and Planetary Sciences; member of the Center for Astrophysical Sciences; co-founder and director of the Institute for Planets and Life. We use extremophiles to address fundamental questions in biology, in particular mechanisms underlying the diversity of microbial communities, their functioning, and their responses to environmental perturbations. At the molecular level, we use archaeal model systems to investigate adaptive mechanisms to environmental stresses.
Jan Dolfing
PhD in Environmental Microbiology from Wageningen University in The Netherlands. Post-doctoral experience at Michigan State University (with Jim Tiedje) and EAWAG/ETH in Switzerland (With Rene Schwarzenbach and Joseph Zeyer).
My main interest is in the applicability and application of thermodynamic logic to microbial processes and interactions in methanogenic ecosystems. Ongoing projects include: Reductive dechlorination of chlordecone, a legacy compound used for pest control in the French West Indies.
Pu-Ting Dong
Dr. Pu-Ting Dong earned her PhD from Boston University. Her research focused on the development and application of label-free optical imaging techniques to unveil hidden biomarkers in human diseases and human pathogens.
Dr. Dong's current research and long-term goals are devoted to the development and application of novel optical imaging technologies to study various biomarkers of human diseases towards molecule-based precision diagnosis and treatment of human diseases.
Timothy P Driscoll
Associate Professor at West Virginia University Department of Biology. PhD in Genomics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology from Virginia Tech. Our research centers on the distribution, evolution, and design of interventions for zoonotic and vector-borne infectious diseases. I focus on Rickettsiales and other intracellular pathogens, using phylogenomics and related approaches to understand virulence and pathogenicity.
Alexis Dufresne
CNRS researcher in the ECOBIO lab (Ecology - Biodiversity - Evolution) at the university of Rennes 1.
My research interests center on the roles of microorganisms in ecosystem functioning of ecosystems and how microorganisms perceive and adapt to environmental changes. My current work focuses on microorganisms in groundwater and the relationship between hydrological and hydrochemical processes and the diversity and activity of microbial communities.
Peter Dunfield
Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Calgary. Alberta Ingenuity New Faculty. Formerly Senior Scientist, Extremophile Research Group, Institute for Geological and Nuclear Sciences, New Zealand, and Research Group Leader, Max-Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
Tushar K. Dutta
I am a Senior Scientist at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, involved in pursuing basic and applied research in the field of Nematology and Entomology.
As an alternative to Bt Cry toxins for insect pest management, a number of novel bacterial protein toxins (Txp40, TcaB) derived from an insect-parasitic bacterium Photorhabdus akhurstii (symbiont of nematode Heterorhabditis indica) were characterized. The mode of action and pathogenesis process of these toxins were investigated in different lepidopteran insects including Galleria mellonella, Helicoverpa armigera, Spodoptera litura and S. exigua. The potential receptor proteins and their binding sites for these toxins were unravelled from the insect midgut epithelial cells.
My other research interests include molecular basis of plant-nematode interaction. Using RNAi, functional analysis of several plant parasitism processes was deciphered including the role of Mi-cpl-1 in metabolic process, FLP and NLP neuropeptides in neuromusculation process, ODR and TAX proteins in chemotaxis process, cell wall degrading enzymes and various MSP effectors in infection process of plant nematodes. I have contributed in understanding the genetic basis of nematode resistance in rice via genome-wide association mapping coupled with omics-driven strategies. I am currently pursuing genome editing research for developing nematode resistance by adopting CRISPR-Cas9 strategy in Arabidopsis, rice and tomato.
Leo Eberl
Professor of Microbiology and Head of the Department of Microbiology, University of Zürich, Switzerland.