My general research interests are in the areas of microbial pathogenesis and molecular techniques for infectious disease diagnostics. Current studies include investigation of a novel, rapid method for identification of S. aureus in positive blood cultures and elucidation of molecular mechanisms that contribute to C. difficile pathogenesis.
Program Faculty
- Thomas J. Kirn
- Professor
- Department: Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
- Program(s): Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Graduate Program
- Phone: 1.7322355338
- Email: kirntj@rwjms.rutgers.edu
- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- MEB, Room 226
- One Robert Wood Johnson Place
- New Brunswick, NJ 08901
- Key Words: Molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases, molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis, mucosal immunology
