UMass Chan faculty present translational research at BRIDGE Fund Innovation Showcase
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Beth McCormick, PhD
The Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research Chair
Chair of the Department of Microbiology
Founding director of the Program in Microbiome Dynamics and Center for Microbiome Research
Chris Sassetti, PhD
Vice-chair of the Department of Microbiology
To address important biological questions relevant to a broad range of diseases and encompassing multiple levels of biological organization, including an understanding of how different pathogens affect their target organ systems.
Microbiology department researchers use multidisciplinary approaches that integrate genomics, proteomics, high-resolution imaging and computational methods to characterize networks of microbe-host interactions at the molecular, cellular and organismal levels.
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