bacteria • viruses • fungi • protozoa • horizontal gene transfer • cell-cell signaling • microbial life cycle • microbe-environment interactions • biological niches • signaling • bacterial sex • microbial development • chromosome structure
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Microbiology
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Faculty Spotlight
Barbara Imperiali
Class of 1922 Professor of Biology and ChemistryBarbara Imperiali studies the biogenesis and myriad functions of glycoconjugates in human health and disease.