Faculty
Birgit Scharf
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
- Ph.D., Biology, Max-Planck Institut fur Ernährungs Physiologie, Dortmund, Germany, 1992
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Physiology, Dormund, Germany, 1992 - 1993
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Biolabs, Harvard University, 1994 - 1998
- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Regensburg, Germany, 1998 - 2000
Major Field of Interest
Bacterial locomotion and signal transduction
Current Research
- Sensing of environmental signals
- Intracellular signal transduction
- Structure of the flagellar motor
- Flagellotrophic phage infection
- Function of type IV pili in symbiosis
Selected Publications
- (540) 231-0757
- (540) 231-0772 (Lab)
- bscharf@vt.edu
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Office: 113 Life Sciences I Building (Mail Code 0910)
Lab: 102 LS1
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0910
U.S.A.