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Microbiology and Immunology

Contact: Rosemary Rochford, PhD, Chair
Location: 2204 Weiskotten Hall, 766 Irving Ave., Syracuse, NY 13210
Phone: 315 464-5453
Fax: 315 464-4417
Website: Microbiology and Immunology Program

This program awards:

  • PhD in Microbiology & Immunology
  • MS in Microbiology
BioChem

Research in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology focuses on human disease and infection and is divided into two main areas: viruses and the diseases they cause and protection against infectious disease.


The Microbiology and Virology group works on a broad range of viruses and microorganisms including:

  • HSV
  • EBV
  • CMV
  • VZV
  • KSHV
  • HTLV

Interests Include:

  • Infectivity
  • Gene regulation
  • DNA replication
  • Pathogenesis of human viruses
  • Microbes such as tuberculosis
  • Some sexually transmitted diseases
  • Virus/host interaction
  • Animal models of human disease
Visit the Department: MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

What's the
SUNY Upstate Difference?

Moffat with student

To Jennifer Moffat, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, it's rooted in two things graduate students learn here—confidence and a sense of the importance of their work

"Itís certainly a strong advantage to our students that they have direct access to PIs, and that there are very few post-docs here," said Moffat. "Students move up, and they get the best projects in the lab. It's different from most other schools, where there's a whole layer of scientists above them." Because of their ability to work on major research, students have more opportunities to win travel grants to present at conferences the world over.