Department SummaryThe MIMG department mission is to provide the highest quality research and education possible in the interdisciplinary fields of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics. To meet this goal, we work together as scientists, educators and students to identify and address the most relevant problems in microbial pathogenesis and physiology, host cell biology and immune defense, and the host-pathogen interface. Position SummaryThe research in the our lab is focused on invasion, host-pathogen interaction, and replication in the obligate intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii. T. gondii infects approximat