Infectious Diseases Research Group
EVENTS | IDRG MEMBERS | LINKS
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Our diverse research programs of the individual groups at the University of Toronto provides an exciting breadth of focus, with interests ranging from understanding the role of individual virulence determinants in disease to characterization of the host's immune response to infection. The fact that individual groups are spread across several different university departments has lead to the establishment of an inter-departmental "Infectious Diseases Research Group" (IDRG). This 'virtual' research group functions to bring together labs with different expertise, including the microbiologists, immunologists, cell biologists and others interested in studying the processes of infectious disease, irrespective of their physical location on the university campus or in the various affiliated hospitals that are associated with the University of Toronto. The IDRG has three basic functions related to this purpose:
1. Create an informal forum
in which IDRG members are brought together on a regular basis to
discuss their ongoing work. The IDRG aims to facilitate regular interaction between IDRG members with the highlight being the University of Toronto's Annual "Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research Day".
2. Disseminate information
pertinent to members of the IDRG. We have established a central mailing
list through which IDRG members can announce student seminars, upcoming
visits/seminars by external speakers, and general news about
University, Canadian or other issues relating to infectious diseases.
3. Create a focal point
for those considering a visit or those who would like to train at the
University of Toronto. Below is a list of IDRG members that includes a
brief overview of their research that relates to infectious disease(s), web links
and contact information.
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Medical Sciences Building
1 King's College Circle
Lectures in the J.J.R. MacLeod Auditorium
Poster Session in the "Stone Lobby"
Please stay tuned...more exciting events to be posted shortly!
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ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF IDRG MEMBERS
HIV-related health services research and economic analysis |
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Branch, Don |
HIV pathogenesis and novel therapies don.branch@utoronto.ca |
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Enteric adenoviruses: structural determinants of tissue tropism |
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Mechanisms of Salmonella pathogenesis |
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Enterohemorrhagic E. coli; Verotoxin; Shiga toxins james.brunton@uhn.on.ca |
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Regulation of RNA splicing/transport in HIV infection |
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Cowen, Leah E. |
Molecular mechanisms driving the evolution of fungal pathogens |
Crandall, Ian |
Malaria adhesion and drug resistance |
Cvitkovitch, Dennis |
Biofilms; Streptococcus mutans; genetic competence; acid tolerance |
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Pathogenesis of Group A Streptococcus and Streptococcus iniae; Antimicrobial resistance |
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Neutrophil function; Signal transduction; Cell motility |
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Ellen, Richard P. |
Oral treponemes: perturbation of extracellular matrix and cytoskeleton signaling pathways of periodontal cells |
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Role of EBNA1 in Epstein-Barr virus latent infection |
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The Role of Nod-like Receptors In Innate Immunity
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Host cellular responses to the pathogenic Neisseria |
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Grinstein, Sergio |
Phagosome formation and maturation; Mechanisms of phagocytosis |
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Evolution and maintenance of virulence in plant pathogens; Type III secertion |
Jones, Nicola |
Microbial pathogenesis of Helicobacters |
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Joshi, Sadhna |
HIV-1 Gene Therapy |
Malaria: molecular epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and vaccine development |
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Kaul, Rupert |
Systemic and mucosal immune correlates of HIV
sexual transmission |
Liles, W. Conrad |
Inflammation, innate immunity, host defense, phagocyte biology, sepsis, organ injury, and emerging infectious diseases |
Verotoxin; glycolipid receptor biochemistry & cell biology; heat shock protein-sulfoglycolipid binding |
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Post-genome TB research: An integrated approach |
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Pathogenesis of infections and virulence mechanisms of Gram positive pathogens |
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Host susceptibility to infectious diseases; Immunobiology of HIV infection |
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Virulence of Staphylococcus aureus; Adhesion mechanisms; Epidemic MRSA |
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Epidemiology of invasive bacterial and influenza infection; Antimicrobial resistance |
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Anthrax toxin: receptor-mediated endocytosis, macrophage intoxication, cytokine regulation, polyvalent inhibitors |
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Ostrowski, Mario |
Immunopathogenesis of HIV infection |
Philpott, Dana |
Innate immunity to bacterial infection |
Poussier, Philippe |
Autoimmune diabetes; Gut-associated immune system; Inflammatory bowel diseases |
Monitoring the HIV epidemic in Ontario |
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Richardson, Susan |
Fungal infections in the immunocompromised host and antifungal resistance |
NeuroAIDS, psychosocial, knowledge transfer exchange strategies and health services research in HIV/AIDS |
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The role of Super-integrons in the evolution of bacterial pathogens. |
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Salit, Irving E. |
HPV;Anal Cancer;HIV |
Sherman, Phil |
Cellular microbiology |
Simor, Andrew |
Antimicrobial resistance; infection in the elderly |
Tellier, Raymond |
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Walmsley, Sharon |
HIV infection, clinical trials |
Antigen presentation and T cell activation; Role of CD137 in response to infection |
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___________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT LINKS
DEPARTMENT OF LABORATORY MEDICINE & PATHOBIOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL GENETICS AND MICROBIOLOGY MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL MICROBIOLOGY
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