Lorena Navarro
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR-ACAD YR
lonavarro@ucdavis.edu
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Office
255 Briggs Hall
(530) 752-0260
Degrees:
2002
PhD
University of California - San Diego
Biology
1993
BS
University of California - Davis
Biological Sciences
Awards:
UC Davis Hellman Fellowship
Department and Center Affiliations:
Microbiology
Professional Societies:
American Society for Microbiology
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Specialties / Focus:
Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Graduate Groups not Housed in CBS:
Microbiology
Immunology
Publications:
Last updated 5/21/2010
Navarro, L., Koller, A., Nordfelth, R., Wolf-Watz, H., Taylor, S. and Dixon, J. E. (2007) Identification of a Molecular Target for the Yersinia Protein Kinase A. Molecular Cell, 26(4): 465-477.
Navarro, L., Alto, N. M. and Dixon, J. E. (2005) Functions of the Yersinia Effector Proteins in Inhibiting Host Immune Responses. Current Opinion Microbiol, 8(1): 21-7.
Laboratory Personnel:
Graduate Students: Alex King, Khavong Pha, Amanda Fox
Teaching Interests:
Microbiology
Courses:
MIC
101
Intro Microbiology
Spring
MIC
292
Seminar in Bacterial Secretion Systems
Winter 2012
Key Words:
Bacterial pathogenesis, Yersinia, Type Three Secretion, YpkA, Signal Transduction