Eduardo A. Groisman

Geneticist Eduardo A. Groisman, the Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis at the School of Medicine at Yale University, studies the mechanisms that enable bacteria to cause disease and further human health.

His lab seeks answers to a fundamental biological question: How does an organism know when, where, and for how long to turn a gene on or off? Groisman is addressing the question by leading investigations into bacterial species that establish intimate interactions with animal hosts. He and his lab investigate how pathogenic and commensal bacteria modify their gene expression patterns so they can survive and proliferate within host tissues and abiotic environments. The focus is on the mechanisms utilized by the gastroenteritis- and typhoid fever-causing Salmonella enterica, the bubonic plague agent Yersinia pestis, and the human gut commensal E. coli.

He received a MS in Biochemistry from the University of Buenos Aires and a PhD from the University of Chicago.