Jason A Rosenzweig
Department of Biology, College of Science and Technology
Texas Southern University, USA
Dr. Jason A Rosenzweig joined Texas Southern University in 2008 and currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology. Rosenzweig is a Co-Investigator on several grants funded by NASA and the NIH. Rosenzweig earned his Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Department of Microbiology and Immunology in 2006.
Dr. Rosenzweig lab is bacterial pathogenesis lab that focuses on host-pathogen interactions as well as bacterial stress responses. The two organisms studied in the Rosenzweig lab are Yersinia pestis KIM (pgm-) strain as well as Streptococcus pyogenes. Various mutant strains are characterized in cell culture infection assays as well as in their ability to cope with other environmental and/or physical/mechanical stresses.
