Associate Professor
Infectious Disease
School of Medicines
Belgium
Dr. Kenneth M. Peterson is an Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Louisiana State University Health Science Center. His research focuses on the coordinate regulation of Vibrio cholerae virulence determinants in response to intraintestinal signals. Dr. Kenneth M. Peterson is an Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Louisiana State University Health Science Center. His research focuses on the coordinate regulation of Vibrio cholerae virulence determinants in response to intraintestinal signals.
Bacterial pathogenesis; bacterial genetics; virulence gene regulation; horizontal gene transfer; pathogen evolution; intestinal colonization; bacterial adherence; bacterial toxins; bacterial chemotaxis; vaccine development; protein-protein interactions; signal transduction.