Whittier Science 127
Spring 2024
M: 11:30-1:30; W 1-2; Th 10 - 11:50, or by appointment.
Mechanisms of infectious disease
Bordetella pathogenesis
After graduating from °µÍø±¬ÁÏapp, Dr. Julio earned his doctorate at UC Santa Barbara, where he studied bacterial pathogenesis. He spent two years as a research scientist at a start-up focused on developing cancer vaccines. He returned to UCSB in 2003 to study Bordetella, which causes whooping cough. He returned to °µÍø±¬ÁÏapp in 2006 and continues his work on Bordetella pathogenesis using a combination of genetics, biochemistry and animal models of disease. He researches the bacteria’s ability to colonize respiratory tracts and modulate host immunity and explores why some Bordetella strains infect a variety of mammals but others target only humans. He and his wife, Cheryl, have four daughters.