Tara Moriarty

Biography

Tara Moriarty BA, BSc, PhD Assistant Professor Contact information Faculty of Dentistry University of Toronto Matrix Dynamics Group, FitzGerald Building, 150 College Street, Rm 241 Toronto Ontario M5S 3E2 Phone: 416-978-6685 Fax: 416-978-5956 Email: tara.moriarty@utoronto.ca Research location: University of Toronto - St. George Campus (downtown) Primary Research Area: Infectious Diseases & Immunopathology Secondary Research Area: Molecular & Cell Biology Research Statement: Blood-borne dissemination of pathogens is responsible for most of the mortality associated with bacterial infections, but dissemination mechanisms remain largely uncharacterized. We investigate the dissemination mechanisms of invasive bacteria (especially the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi), in an effort to develop alternative therapeutic approaches for treating bacterial infection.     Tara Moriarty BA, BSc, PhD Assistant Professor Contact information Faculty of Dentistry University of Toronto Matrix Dynamics Group, FitzGerald Building, 150 College Street, Rm 241 Toronto Ontario M5S 3E2 Phone: 416-978-6685 Fax: 416-978-5956 Email: tara.moriarty@utoronto.ca Research location: University of Toronto - St. George Campus (downtown) Primary Research Area: Infectious Diseases & Immunopathology Secondary Research Area: Molecular & Cell Biology Research Statement: Blood-borne dissemination of pathogens is responsible for most of the mortality associated with bacterial infections, but dissemination mechanisms remain largely uncharacterized. We investigate the dissemination mechanisms of invasive bacteria (especially the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi), in an effort to develop alternative therapeutic approaches for treating bacterial infection.    

Research Interest

Blood-borne dissemination of pathogens is responsible for most of the mortality associated with bacterial infections, but dissemination mechanisms remain largely uncharacterized. We investigate the dissemination mechanisms of invasive bacteria (especially the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi), in an effort to develop alternative therapeutic approaches for treating bacterial infection.