Theme Projects

Theme I: B cell related prophylaxis and therapeutics

Arturo Casadevall (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
B cell related intervention

W. Ian Lipkin (Columbia University)
Passive immunotherapeutics in WNV disease 

Ralph Steinman (Rockefeller University)
RCE in biodefense and emerging infectious disease

Theme II: Bacterial pathogenesis and therapeutics

James Bliska (SUNY, Stony Brook)
Antibodies to the Yop translocon and immunity to plague

Theme III: Vaccine platforms

Ronald Crystal (Weill Medical College, Cornell University)
Anti – B. anthracis vaccination and passive protection

Jorge Galan (Yale University)
Salmonella type III secretion for biodefense vaccines

William Jacobs, Jr. (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
rBCG vaccines for bioterrorism agents

Peter Palese (Mt. Sinai School of Medicine)
Newcastle Disease virus vaccine vectors

John Rose (Yale University)
Optimizing VSV-based vaccine vectors

Theme IV: Viral pathogenesis and therapeutics

Christopher Basler (Mt. Sinai School of Medicine)
Characterization of viral interferon antagonists

Adolfo Garcia-Sastre (Mt. Sinai School of Medicine)
Role of Dengue virus non-structural proteins in inhibiting innate immunity

Mady Hornig (Columbia University)
Age-related endocrine and immune factors in viral encephalitis

Erich Mackow (SUNY, Stony Brook)
Hantavirus reverse genetics

Charles Rice (Rockefeller University)
Development of conditional-live pathogens