Faculty

Vladimir Motin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
vlmotin@utmb.edu
Keiller, Route 0609
Departments of Pathology and Microbiology & Immunology
Phone: (409)772-3155
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Education:	Ph.D. | 1988 | Gamaleya Research Institute for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Moscow, USSR
	B.S. | 1983 | Institute for Engineering and Physics, Moscow, USSR

Overview

Yersinia pestis pathogenesis; vaccine; therapeutics.

Research Interests

Currently, my major research interest is the pathogenesis of Yersinia pestis, the etiological agent of plague. Although plague is not a public heath problem in most parts of the world, its potential for contagion, the lack of an effective vaccine, and the recent emergence of multiple antibiotic resistance strains place this organism squarely at the top of the United States’ select agent list as a potential candidate for bioterrorism use. The long-term goal of my research is to elucidate the molecular mechanisms that underlie the nature of the acute bacterial infectious process caused by Y. pestis. The identi?cation of the environmental signals that the bacteria encounter in the host cells and the potential virulence genes regulated by those signals will lead to a better understanding of the process of cross-talk between pathogen and its host during the infection. The unraveling of the Y. pestis virulence network will allow us to determine novel targets for therapeutics beyond antibiotics, to generate new vaccines and develop robust diagnostic assays.

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