Gherardini Research Group

Transmission and Pathogenesis of Lyme and Relapsing Fever Spirochetes

Frank Gherardini, Ph.D.

Chief, Gene Regulation Section

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Specialty(s): Infectious Disease

Education:

Ph.D., 1987, University of Illinois

Dr. Gherardini received his doctorate in 1987 from the University of Illinois, studying enzymes involved in the utilization of galactomannans by Bacteroides ovatus. From 1991 to 2001, he was a tenured professor in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Georgia. In 2001, Dr. Gherardini joined the Rocky Mountain Laboratories, where he is chief of the Gene Regulation Section and a senior investigator in the Laboratory of Bacteriology.

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Frank Gherardini, Ph.D.

Daniel P. Dulebohn, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist

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Education: Ph.D., 2008, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Molecular Biologist and Biochemist studying pathogenic spirochetes.

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Crystal R. Richards, Ph.D.

Microbiologist

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Education:

Ph.D., 2011, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

Research into the role of Arginine in the Immunometabolism of Pathogenic Spirochetes

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Sandra Stewart, M.S.

Microbiologist

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Education:

M.S., 1998, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Research into the transmission of Relapsing Fever Spirochetes.

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Former Research Group Members

Former Graduate Students:

Matt Chenoweth: Ph.D. 2004. Professor of Biology, Dept. of Biology, Dalton State, Dalton, GA.

Jennifer (Treglown) Downey: Ph.D. 2004. Associate Director, Analytical Systems, Insil. Bio. Simi, CA.

Andrea de Oliviera: M.S. 2004. Location unknown.

Former Postdoctoral Fellows:

Dr. Shu-Ying Liu, Ph.D. Research Associate, Dept. of Vet. Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Dr. Stephane Benoit, Ph.D. Senior Research Scientist, Dept. of Microbiology, University of Georgia Athens, GA.

Dr. J. Posey. Ph.D. Chief, Section on Applied Research, CDC, Atlanta, GA.

Dr. Jorge Garcia-Lara, Ph.D. Lecturer Medical Microbiology, University of Central Lancaster, UK

Dr. Mark A. Fisher, Ph.D. Associate Professor (Clinical), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dr. J. Warawa, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY.

Dr. M. Burtnick, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV.

Dr. P. Brett, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV.

Dr. J. Boylan, Ph.D., Manager, Transitional Medicine Vaccines and Pre-treatments, Dept. of Defense Washington, DC

Dr. David Revelli, Ph.D. Research Scientist, Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute. University of Colorado, Denver, CO.

Dr. Travis Bourret Ph.D. Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Creighton University, Creighton, NE.

Dr. Sebastien Bontemps-Gallo, Ph.D. Research Associate, National Center for Scientific research, University of Lille, Lille France.

Dr. D. Dulebohn, Ph.D. Staff Scientist, Laboratory of Bacteriology, NIAID, NIH RML, Hamilton. MT.

Dr. Sarah Sidirpoulos, Ph.D. Professor, Biology Department, Oakland Community Colege Auburn Hills MI

Dr. Crystal Richards, Ph.D. Microbiologist, Laboratory of Bacteriology, NIAID, NIH RML, Hamilton. MT.

Dr. Cara DeAngelis, Ph.D. Assistant Program Director, Global Lyme Alliance, Samford CT

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