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The Department of Microbiology and Immunology provides a focus for research activities ranging from analysis of the molecular biology and pathogenic mechanisms of microorganisms to the host immune response to infection. Key discoveries in the fields of microbiology, immunology, cancer biology, and molecular genetics have been made in this department and world-renowned scientists have flourished in this environment.
As a basic science department of the Renaissance School of Medicine, the department offers a diversified course of study leading to the PhD degree in Microbiology and Immunology. The major areas of study are molecular mechanisms of viral, bacterial, parasitic, and fungal pathogens, and the host immune response as it relates to infection, the microbiota, and other diseases. The pre-doctoral training program offers its students the opportunity to study topics in virology, bacteriology, parasites, fungal biology, immunology, biochemistry, and cell biology utilizing the experimental approaches of the microbiologist, molecular biologist, geneticist and immunologist. Instruction and course planning involve faculty members from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and selected members from the Departments of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chemistry, Medicine, Pathology, and Pharmacological Sciences, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The department also offers research opportunities to undergraduate students.
The department has an active seminar program of outside speakers who present topics relevant to medical microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics. In addition, there is a yearly retreat in which ongoing research in the department and recent progress in the field are presented and discussed.
Our training opportunities lead the way in interdisciplinary research with clinical and basic research cooperation in the fields of infectious disease, and immunology.
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