Timothy Cover
Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation (VI4)
Vanderbilt Digestive Diseases Research Center (VDDRC)
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC)
Research projects in the Cover laboratory are focused on bacterial infections, bacteria-host interactions, and the role of microbes in development of cancer. We are particularly interested in the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role as a causative agent of stomach cancer.
Research projects in the Cover laboratory are focused on bacterial infections, bacteria-host interactions, and the role of microbes in development of cancer. We are particularly interested in the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role as a causative agent of stomach cancer.
Keywords: Bacteria-host interactions , Pathogenesis of bacterial infections , Microbe-induced cancer , Bacterial protein toxins , Bacterial protein secretion , Inflammation
Research Area: Host-Pathogen Interactions , Bacteriology , Cancer Biology , Molecular Pathology , Gene Regulation , Genomics , Imaging , Immunology , Proteomics/Metabolomics , Structural Biology