Sean Fox
Sean Fox
Instructor and Laboratory Coordinator
Department of Health Sciences
Department of Health Sciences
423-439-4569 / foxsj@etsu.edu
Lamb Hall 245
Lamb Hall 245
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences, ETSU Quillen College of Medicine
BS, Forensic Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University
COURSES TAUGHT
- Foundations in Health Sciences
- Human Genetics
- Introduction to Microbiology lecture and lab
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research team is interested in polymicrobial interactions, particularly how microorganisms fight each other, to identify new targets that could be used for therapeutic interventions. Our team is also involved in testing new antimicrobial products and their ability to inhibit or eradicate biofilms.
PUBLICATIONS
Fox SJ, Shelton BT, Kruppa MD. Characterization of genetic determinants that modulate Candida albicans filamentation in the presence of bacteria PLoS One 2013 Aug 7; 8(8):e71939.
Chiplunkar AR, Curtis BC, Eades GL, Kane MS, Fox SJ, Haar JL, Lloyd JA. The Kruppel-like factor 2 and Kruppel-like factor 4 genes interact to maintain endothelial integrity in the mouse embryonic vasculogenesis. BMC Developmental Biology 2013 13:40.