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COLLABORATIONS HERE AT UCSD

	*Richard Gallo, MD, PhD* Professor and Founding Chair Department of Dermatology Skin Innate Immunity, Cathelicidin Antimicrobial Peptides		*Ajit Varki, MD* Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Medicine Sialic Acids and Siglecs in Bacterial Host-Pathogen Interactions		*Michael Karin, PhD* Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology Innate Immunity, NFkB/IKK and Inflammasome Signaling
	*Partho Ghosh, PhD* Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry M Protein Structure-Function and Group A Streptococcal Pathogenesis		*Pieter Dorrestein, PhD* Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Pharmacy Imaging Mass Spectrometry in Bacterial Interactions		*Jack Dixon, PhD* Professor of Pharmacology and Cellular & Molecular Medicine Structural and Functional Biochemistry of Bacterial Toxins
	*Ethan Bier, PhD* Professor of Biological Sciences Anthrax and Cholera Toxins Endosome Recycling and Cell Junctions		Christopher Glass, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Medicine Cholesterol Metabolism and Phagocyte Innate Immune Function		William Fenical, PhD Distinguished Professor Scripps Institution of Oceanography Antibiotic Discovery from Deep Ocean Actinomycetes
	*Laura Crotty Alexander, MD* Assistant Professor of Medicine HIF regulation of asthma Cigarette smoke and pulmonary innate immune defense		Edmund Capparelli, PharmD Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacy Developmental Pharmacology and PK/PD of Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy		*Jeffrey Esko, PhD* Professor of Cellular & Molecular Medicine Role of Proteoglycans in Bacterial Host-Pathogen Interactions
	*Bernhard Palsson, PhD* Galletti Professor of Bioengineering The Systems Biology of Bacterial Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence		Emily Troemel, PhD Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Innate Immune Responses to Bacterial Toxins		Michael Burkart, PhD Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry Novel Drug Targets for Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens
	*Liangfang Zhang, PhD* Associate Professor of Nanoengineering Biomimetic Nanoparticles to Treat and Prevent Bacterial Infections		*Hal Hoffman, MD* Professor of Pediatrics Inflammasome function in innate immune defense vs. pathogens		*David Gonzalez, PhD* Asst. Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmacy Mass spectrometry approaches to host-pathogen interactions

ACADEMIC COLLABORATIONS AROUND TOWN, THE COUNTRY & THE WORLD

	Mark Walker, PhD University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia Molecular Pathogenesis and Evolution of Streptococcal Virulence		*Randall Johnson, PhD* University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK HIF-1 Regulation of Innate Immunity and Inflammation		*Eric Oldfield, PhD* University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Medicinal chemistry of virulence factor inhibition in S. aureus
	Toby Lawrence, PhD Center for Immunology Marseille-Luminy, France Effects of bacterial toxins on macrophage immune and inflammatory responses		Emanuel Hanski, PhD Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel Genetic Regulation of Group A Streptococcal Virulence		*Bernard Beall, PhD* CDC Streptococcus Laboratory Atlanta, Georgia Molecular epidemiology and genetics of group A streptococci
	*Malak Kotb, PhD* University of North Dakota Group A Streptococcal Virulence and Immunity		*Ze'ev Ronai, PhD* Sanford-Burnham Institute La Jolla, CA Autophagy and macrophage innate immune function		Kelly Doran, PhD Department of Biology San Diego State University Bacterial interactions with the blood-brain barrier
	Suzan Rooijakkers, PhD University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands Bacterial interactions with serum and the complement system		*Annelies Zinkernagel, MD, PhD* University of Zurich Hospital Zurich, Switzerland Molecular pathogenesis of group A streptococcal infection		*Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede, PhD* University of Hannover Hannover, Germany Roles of neutrophil extracellular traps in antibacterial immunity
	Shauna McGillivray, PhD Texas Christian University Fort Worth, Texas Innate Immune Resistance Factors of Bacillus anthracis		Ramy Aziz, PhD Cairo University Cairo, Egypt & UCSD Comparative genomics of group A streptococcal virulence factors		George Liu, MD, PhD Cedar-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA Staphyloxanthin and other MRSA immune evasion factors
	Jamey Marth, PhD University of California, Santa Barbara & Sanford-Burnham Glycoprotein Remodeling in Sepsis, Ashwell-Morell Receptor Function		Nina van Sorge, PharmD, PhD University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands Streptococcal group carbohydrate antigens		Mona Johannessen, PhD Arctic University of Norway Tromsø, Norway Staphylococcal immune evasion virulence factors

BIOTECHNOLOGY & PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY COLLABORATIONS

	*Altermune Technologies* Irvine, CA and London, England Chemically programmed immunity vs. antibiotic-resistant pathogens		Aerpio Therapeutics Cincinnati, Ohio HIF-1 boosting agents for wound healing and antibacterial defense		*Cidara Therapeutics* San Diego, CA Cloudbreak^TM technology vs. fungal and bacterial pathogens
	Roche Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED) Basel, Switzlerland Antibiotic drug discovery		InhibRx San Diego, CA Novel immunotherapies for antibiotic-resistant pathogens

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