Biography Disease Ecology Research in the Goldberg Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison focuses on the ecology‚ epidemiology, and evolution of infectious disease. We combine field and laboratory methods to understand how pathogens in dynamic ecosystems are transmitted among hosts‚ across complex landscapes‚ and over time. We also endeavor to understand how and why pathogens …
Biography Parasitology, Immunology Our research centers on studying the host/pathogen interactions of the intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii. T. gondii is well known for causing encephalitis in immunocompromised patients and is a member of the coccidian family of parasites that include Plasmodium (causative agent of malaria) and Cryptosporidium (causative agent of diarrhea). My laboratory uses the …
Biography Microbe-Diet-Host Interactions A major focus of my lab is to understand how interactions between gut microbes, diet and host genetics modulate development of cardiometabolic disease.
Biography Bacterial Pathogenesis, Immunology Our lab is interested in how intracellular pathogens parasitize host cells and how the host, in turn, recognizes these pathogens and defends against them. We use the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, a Gram positive foodborne pathogen, as a model organism to address these questions. L. monocytogenes is capable of infecting a wide …