Bryan W. Davies
- Professor
- Department of Molecular Biosciences
- Lorene Morrow Kelley Professorship in Microbiology
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Contact Information
NMS
Room Number:3.118
Research
The Davies laboratory discovers and engineers microbial functions to benefit human health and environmental resilience. Research is active in the following areas:
- Discovering and developing microcins for pathogen and microbiome control.
- Engineering bacteria-directed control of host immune, endocrine, and nervous systems.
- Developing bacteria as gene delivery vehicles.
- Building bacterial display and export systems to discover and deliver bioactive proteins.
Research Areas
- Infectious Disease, Immunology and Microbiology
- Vaccines and/or Therapeutics
- Health Promotion or Disease Prevention
Fields of Interest
- Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Disease
- System and Synthetic Biology
- Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery
- Microbial Processes
- Biological Mechanisms of Aging & Dementia
Centers and Institutes
- Texas Biologics
- John Ring LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology
Education
- Postdoctoral Training, Harvard University
- Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, MIT
- B.Sc. in Biochemistry, McMaster University