Areas of Specialty:
- Iron acquisition by active transport through the cell envelopes of bacteria
- Immunological approaches to bacterial pathogenesis
- Biophysical analyses of bacterial membrane transport in living cells
We are researching one such complex of proteins (TonB-dependent iron transport systems) in Gram-negative cells, and another network of cell envelope proteins (sortase-dependent and independent heme/hemoglobin transporters) in Gram-positive cells.
Our research focuses on the importance of iron in pathological or pathogenic conditions.
Research:
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics – Studies iron deprivation as a means of retarding cancer cell growth and as a therapy to block microbial infections in cancer patients
Expertise: Studies active transport, parthenogenesis and membrane transport in bacteria.
