People

The LaMontagne Center includes members from four University areas: The College of Natural Sciences, The Cockrell School of Engineering, The School of Pharmacy and The Dell Medical School.

Leadership

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Shelley M. Payne

  • Professor
  • Director, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease
  • Marie Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair
  • Distinguished Teaching Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
Building: NMS
Room Number:2.104
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Jaquelin P. Dudley

  • Professor
  • Associate Director, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease
  • Professor of Oncology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Program

Faculty

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Ethel Bayer-Santos

  • Assistant Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Program

The EBSlab is focused on (micro)biological conflicts and the weapons used by bacteria to target competitors. The group uses Salmonella and a specialized contractile nanoweapon called T6SS to understand how enteric pathogens overcome colonization resistance imposed by members of the microbiota and establish an infection. The effectors secreted by the T6SS comprise a pool of proteins with interesting new biochemical activities, providing opportunities for several interdisciplinary projects encompassing microbiology, cell biology, biochemistry, structural biology and bioinformatic. 

 

Telephone Number:(512) 471-0966
Building: NMS
Room Number:2.116/2.210
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Lydia M. Contreras

  • Professor
  • Paul D. & Betty Robertson Meek Centennial Professorship in Chemical Engineering
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Program
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Maria Croyle

  • Professor
  • Molecular Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery
  • Glaxo Wellcome Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Program
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Bryan W. Davies

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Program
Building: NMS
Room Number:3.118
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Lauren I. Ehrlich

  • Professor
  • Associate Professor of Oncology
  • Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund
  • L. Leon Campbell, Ph.D. Distinguished Professorship in Microbiology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Program
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Andrew Ellington

  • Professor
  • Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Regents Chair in Molecular Biology
  • Wilson M. and Kathryn Fraser Research Professorship in Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Program
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George Georgiou

  • Professor
  • Dula D. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering #2
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Program
Building: CPE
Room Number:4.410
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Vernita Gordon

  • Professor
  • Physics
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Program

Elizabeth B. Gleeson Professorship in Plan II (Fellow)
Trull Centennial Professorship in Physics #1 (Fellow)

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Rasika M. Harshey

  • Professor
  • Mary M. Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair in Microbiology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Program
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Jon M. Huibregtse

  • Professor
  • Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Arnold Sr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Program
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Ken Keiler

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Program
Building: NMS
Room Number:3.306
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Yi Lu

  • Professor
  • Richard J. V. Johnson - Welch Regents Chair in Chemistry
  • Chemistry
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Program
Building: WEL
Room Number:4.244
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Despoina Mavridou

  • Assistant Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Program
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Jennifer Maynard

  • Professor
  • Z. D. Bonner Professorship of Chemical Engineering
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Program
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Jason McLellan

  • Professor
  • Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Program
Building: NHB
Room Number:4.342
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Lauren Ancel Meyers

  • Professor
  • Director, Center for Pandemic Decision Science and COVID-19 Modeling Consotium
  • Integrative Biology
  • Statistics and Data Sciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Program
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Ian J. Molineux

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
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Kristin Mondy

  • Associate Professor
  • Department of Internal Medicine, Dell Medical School
  • Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Dell Medical School
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Nancy Moran

  • Professor
  • Warren J. and Viola Mae Raymer Chair
  • Integrative Biology
  • Biodiversity Center
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Howard Ochman

  • Professor
  • Joseph J. & Jeanne M. Lagowski Regents Professorship in Molecular Bioscience
  • Molecular Biosciences
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Hugh Smyth

  • Professor
  • Molecular Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery, College of Pharmacy
  • Alcon Centennial Professor
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Christopher S. Sullivan

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
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Arielle Woznica

  • Assistant Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences