Joseph Dillard, PhD

Position title: Medical Microbiology & Immunology

Email: jpdillard@wisc.edu

Bacteria

The molecular mechanisms of disease caused by the bacterial species Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis, focusing on the release of proinflammatory or immunomodulatory peptidoglycan fragments and the secretion of DNA and proteins by the type IV secretion system.