微生物学-传染病哲学博士

尽管与疫苗和抗生素有关的许多进步，传染病仍然是公共卫生领域的首要任务。在过去的二十年中，新抗生素的开发受到严重限制，许多微生物病原体现已获得对我们整个治疗库的抵抗力。KU的研究工作集中于阐明某些细菌，病毒和真菌的致病性分子机制。同样，研究工作也旨在了解对某些病原体的免疫反应。这些努力将共同促进新型抗微生物剂和疫苗的开发。在这一领域进行研究的研究生将获得微生物发病机理和免疫反应方面的经验。堪萨斯大学在分子生物科学系设有出色且广泛代表的微生物研究计划。微生物学小组是一个充满活力的学者和杰出的研究人员共同体，从
Infectious Diseases are still a dominant public health priority, despite many advances related to vaccines and antibiotics. Development of new antibiotics has been severely limited over the past two decades and many microbial pathogens have now acquired resistance to our entire arsenal of treatments. Research efforts at KU are focused on elucidating molecular mechanisms of pathogenicity for select bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Similarly, research efforts are directed towards understanding the immune responses to certain pathogens. Together these efforts will facilitate the development of new antimicrobials and vaccines. Graduate students performing research in this area will gain experience in Microbial Pathogenesis and the Immune Responses. The University of Kansas has an excellent and broadly represented Microbiology research program in the Molecular Biosciences Department. The microbiology group is a dynamic community of scholars and distinguished investigators engaged in research at the forefront of areas including immunology, bacterial pathogenesis and genetics, virology, and fungal secondary metabolites. Microbiology researchers have access to numerous stellar core facilities (including the microscopy and imaging, biomolecular NMR, protein production, protein structure/crystallography, high throughput screening, mass spectrometry, and genome sequencing cores) and state-of-the-art equipment. Microbiology research activities are strongly supported by public and private funding sources, notably the NSF and NIH. In addition, Microbiology researchers have close ties with microbiologists in several other departments at KU-Lawrence as well as the KU Medical Center, and have much cross-disciplinary collaboration within KU (e.g. School of Pharmacy, Department of Chemistry and Center for Bioinformatics) and around the world. Our Microbiology PhD graduates have a high rate of job placement in industry and academics both locally and nationally. The Microbiology degree track offers a challenging, stimulating and nurturing environment for PhD students. Microbiology Faculty are committed to providing exceptional scientific training through mentoring in the laboratory, classwork and teaching opportunities. Graduate-level classwork covers Pathogenic Microbiology, Immunology, Virology and Microbial Genetics.