Jonathon P. Audia
Associate Professor
Physiology and Gene Regulation
 Crystal Pharmaceuticals
Greece
Biography
Dr. Jonathon P. Audia, Associate Professor, received his Baccalaureate and Masters Degrees in Science from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and his Ph.D. in Basic Medical Sciences from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. My lab studies the obligate intracellular pathogen, Rickettsia prowazekii - a category B priority pathogen and a Select Agent. Rickettsiae are transmitted by arthropods and cause human diseases such as epidemic typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. As obligate intracellular pathogens, these fascinating organisms grow exclusively in the cytoplasm of the host cell, unbound by any host cell-derived membrane structures. The goal of my research program is to further our understanding of the mechanisms evolved by rickettsial pathogens to parasitize eukaryotic host cell cytosol as its sole growth niche and cause disease
Research Interest
biochemical and cell biology approaches
