Margaret J. McFall-Ngai, PhD
Professor
Medical Microbiology and Immunology
School of Medicine and Public Health
5205 Microbial Sciences Building
1550 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Education
BS 1973, University of San Francisco (Biology)
PhD 1983, UCLA (Biology)
Postdoctoral Fellow 1984-1986, UCLA, Jules Stein Eye Institute
Postdoctoral Fellow 1986-1988, UC San Diego, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Research Interests
Dr. McFall-Ngai studies the symbiotic associations between animals and prokaryotes, with particular emphasis on signaling between partners during the establishment and maintenance of a symbiosis. Her laboratory also investigates the influence of bacteria on animal development, the evolution of animal-bacterial interactions, and the 'design' of tissues that interact with light (i.e., the biochemical basis of transparency and reflectivity).