Brian Lazzaro

My lab group studies insect-pathogen interactions, using opportunistic bacterial infection in the model host Drosophila. For instance, students may measure pathogen proliferation when the host is provided with diets that vary in quality. Specific methods include microbiology and molecular biology, as well as genetic manipulations of the pathogen and host.

Title: CIHMID Director, Professor

Department: Entomology/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Roles: Faculty Investigator, Potential MFF (REU) Host, Potential Postdoc Mentor, Potential Undergraduate Mentor

Research Areas: Animal Hosts, Bacteria, Disease Ecology and Evolution, Genetics, Genomics and Cell Biology of Infection

Lab: http://www.lazzaro.entomology.cornell.edu/

Email: bplazzaro@cornell.edu