Jessica Seeliger, PhD

Broadly speaking, my lab focuses on studying the physiology of mycobacteria, particularly mycobacterial pathogens and the mechanisms by which they create and maintain their cellular lipid membranes. We do not explicitly study host-pathogen interactions, although we are interested in how the bacteria adapt and survive in host-like environments. We use traditional microbiological techniques, including molecular genetics, and also develop and adapt biochemical methods to study proteins involved in lipid membrane-associated processes.

 We also study how sequence encoding/recoding determines mycobacterial gene expression.

 We also have a collaboration with a biotech startup on engineering the tuberculosis vaccine strain BCG for cancer immunotherapy and as a viral vaccine platform.

Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacological Sciences
631-632-1674
jessica.seeliger@stonybrook.edu
Lab webpage