Dr. Traci Ness

Office: SC1012
Phone: 912-344-3265
Email: traci.ness@armstrong.edu

Courses Taught

• BIOL 1107 - Principles of Biology I
• BIOL 2275 - Microorganisms and Disease
• BIOL 3520 - Medical Microbiology
• BIOL 3530 - Immunology
• BIOL 4400 - Virology

Academic Profile

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow - University of Michigan, 2001-2006.
• Ph.D. - Molecular Genetics and Microbiology - University of Florida, 2001
• B.S. - Marine Science, Minor Chemistry - Eckerd College, 1995

• Adjunct Instructor - Jackson Community College, 2005-2006

Research Interests

• Innate immunology including cytokines and their receptors, toll-like receptors (TLRs) and other pattern recognition receptors, and macrophage phagocytosis and killing.
• Past research has involved studies of bacterial and viral pathogenesis, mechanisms of immune evasion by pathogens, and macrophage responses to pathogens.
• Currently, we are working to identify, clone, and sequence TLR genes in endangered sea turtles.