Experts Guide

El-Rady's research focuses on medical mycology -- fungi that can infect humans and animals -- molecular biology, human genetics and microbiology. He can discuss how the range of pathogenic fungi is expanding, including some fungi that can cause more serious infections, particularly in people with compromised immune systems.

Schmidt's research focuses on Bloom Syndrome, BLM helicase, chromosome breakage; DNA replication, recombination and repair and repair of spontaneous and induced DNA damage.

Shaw is a molecular biologist who researches Staphylococcus aureus, a highly virulent and widely successful human pathogen that is among the most common cause of infectious disease and death in the United States. He can discuss Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) and related topics.

Breitbart is a biological oceanographer whose research interests include DNA, genomics, microbiology, microbes, molecular biology, RNA, virology and viruses. She led groundbreaking research that identified the cause of the 2022 mass die-off long-spined sea urchins in the Caribbean and along Florida’s east coast.

Eswara's research focuses on staph, anthrax, endospores and antibiotic resistance. His lab studies cell division regulation and the identification of proteins unique to bacteria that could be used to develop new antibiotics for use against multi-drug resistant bacteria.