Jorge Benach

Center for Infectious Diseases , Stony Brook University, United States of America

Professor and Director, Center of Infectious Diseases, USA

Research Interests:
The major focus of the Jorge Benach Lab is on the pathogenesis of spirochetal infections and their host responses, particularly in the developmental bactericidal antibodies that work independently of the complement system.

They are also interested in the interaction of spirochetal outer surface components with host proteases to enhance invasiveness, and to understand how this borrowed proteolytic activity enhances penetration of these organisms into the central nervous system.

Any other information:
Elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology 2007.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Public Health & Epidemiology > Epidemiology (since 24 September 2007)

Links

http://miv7.informatics.sunysb.edu/cid/benach.html