Bioinformatics and -omics/Computational Biology

Elucidating biological phenomena by analyzing nucleic acid and protein sequences from microbes and microbial communities

Personnel

Michael Adams

Adjunct Professor

Diana Downs

Professor

Jonathan Frye

Adjunct Research Microbiologist

Zachary Lewis

Professor

Xiaorong Lin

Gene E. Michaels Distinguished Professor in Medical Mycology

Research in Lin laboratory focuses on medical mycology: We study the molecular mechanisms of fungal pathogenesis and microbial communication and development. We also investigate targeted drug delivery and antifungal vaccine development. The long-term goal of our research is to seek better approaches for the management of fungal diseases and to…

Mary Ann Moran

Adjunct Professor

Tatum Mortimer

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Jan Mrazek

Associate Professor

Ellen L. Neidle

Professor

Elizabeth Ottesen

Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies- Advising

Anne O. Summers

Professor

Christine Szymanski

Professor, Associate Department Head

Michael Terns

Adjunct Professor

We study CRISPR-Cas immune systems that protect prokaryotes from viruses and provide powerful research tools for important biotechnology and biomedical applications.

M. Stephen Trent

Georgia Regents’ Professor, UGA Foundation Distinguished Professor Department of Infectious Diseases

William B. Whitman

Emeritus Professor of Microbiology

Prokaryotes are the dominant form of life on earth, representing an enormous biomass and number of individual cells. They are so diverse that it is misleading to give them a common name. In one way, they are really just what are left after the familiar plants, animals, fungi and protists are named. Nevertheless, they are the engines that make…