Exciting things are happening in the Biology Lab at JMU! We are studying the pathogenesis of  Bordetella avium, the causative agent of turkey coryza or bordetellosis.  Undergraduate researchers discovered bacteriophage that infect Bordetella avium and are studying the biology of these phage. We utilize the tracheal ring model to study attachment of the bacterium to the cilia of the turkey.

Personal Interests Bacteriophage Blizzard Pipe Organ Ruston High School Class Reunion 2003 Dalits in India Organ Historical Society American Guild of Organists Association of Anglican Musicians Taylor and Boody Organbuilders Patrick J. Murphy & Associates, Inc.

Professional Links Temple/Miyamoto Collaboration Genomics Site The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Project Kaleidoscope Council on Undergraduate Research American Society for Microbiology Pedro's Biomolecular Research Tools National Center for Biotechnology European Bioinformatics Institute ExPASy Proteomics Server