The goal of our research is to understand the genetic and molecular processes underlying flea-borne bubonic plague transmission, infection, and immunity. Our research group uses biologically relevant vector and host model systems for in vivo investigations of the entire life cycle of Yersinia pestis, the bacterial agent of plague.
B. Joseph Hinnebusch, Ph.D.
Chief, Plague Section
Education:
Ph.D., 1991, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Dr. Hinnebusch received his Ph.D. in microbiology in 1991 from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, studying the molecular structure and replication of linear plasmids of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterial agent of Lyme disease. From 2002 to 2006, he was the recipient of a New Scholar Award in Global Infectious Diseases from the Ellison Medical Foundation.
David M. Bland, Ph.D.
Scientist 1
Christopher F. Bosio, Ph.D.
Microbiologist
Clayton O. Jarrett, M.S.
Biologist
Jeffrey G. Shannon, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist