Lab Director
David Thanassi
Professor and Chair
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Postdoctoral fellows
Patrick McLaughlin
Research Associate
Nadine Henderson
Name: Nadine Henderson
Educational and Career Background
Laboratory of Dr. David Thanassi, 2002 - present
B.S., 1991, University of California, Davis
M.S., 1993, Indiana University
Scottish Crop Research Institute, 1994 - 1996
University of Dundee (Scotland), Department of Anatomy and Physiology, 1996 - 1997
University of Dundee (Scotland), Department of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, 1997
2000
Stony Brook University, Department of Pathology, 2000 - 2002
Research Focus/ Reason for Research Focus
I study the structure and mechanism of chaperone usher pathways that assemble adhesive pili
that are required for E coli pathogenesis.
Hobbies
Birding and reading
Favorite Quote
Obstacles do not block the path, they are the path. Zen proverb
Graduate Students
Todd Benziger
Microbiology and Immunology
Maheen Rashid
Molecular and Cell Biology
Angela DeRosa
Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
