Jorge E Galan, PhD, DVM
Lucille P. Markey Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis and Professor of Cell Biology; Chair, Section of Microbial Pathogenesis
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Microbiology | Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and DevelopmentCancer Immunology
Cell Biology: Cell Biology of the immune system | Cell biology of the host-pathogen interaction
Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology and Immunotherapy
Research Interests
Microbial Pathogenesis; host/pathogen interaction
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Education
- D.V.M., National University of La Plata, Argentina, 1980
- Ph.D., Cornell University, 1986
Selected Publication
- Hernandez LD, Hueffer K, Wenk MR, Galan JE. (2004). Salmonella modulates vesicular traffic by altering phosphoinositide metabolism. Science 304: 1805-1807.
Latest Honor and Recognition
- Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences (1990), Pew Foundation
Articles
May/June 2011
Expert on food-borne infectious bacteria is recognized with a top microbiology prize
Jorge Galán, Ph.D., D.V.M., the Lucille P. Markey Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis, has won the 2011 Robert Koch...
March/April 2011
Sorting out the steps in Salmonella infection
Salmonella bacteria invade the gut by piercing a needle-like structure through the intestinal lining to inject their...
May/June 2009
Beyond bug-killing ‘nukes’
In the late 1960s, when antibiotics and vaccines had all but vanquished smallpox, polio, and rheumatic fever, Surgeon...
June/July 2005
Salmonella “syringe” ready for its close-up
Salmonella bacteria are tiny, but they wreak mighty havoc on human health, causing serious, sometimes fatal, food...
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