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Ira Sigar, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

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  • Associate Professor
    Microbiology & Immunology
  • 630-515-6149
  • Midwestern University, Microbiology and Immunology, 555 31st Street, Downers Grove, Illinois, 60515, United States

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Chlamydia in Sex Transmitted Diseases
Chlamydia and Herpes Simplex Virus Co-infection
Anaerobic infections

GRANTS

  • MWU INTRAMURAL GRANT
    Anaerobic isolation, metabolism and chemotherapeutic sensitivity of isolated tumor cells from patients
    People funded by this grant:
    • Plotkin B,
    • Sigar I,
    • Strizzi L,
    • Daniel V
  • MWU INTRAMURAL GRANT
    Characterization of Mammalian Cells Under Anoxic Conditions: Anoxic Cell Respiration and Susceptibility to Chemotherapeutic Agents
    People funded by this grant:
    • Plotkin B,
    • Sigar I
  • MWU INTRAMURAL GRANT
    HSV-1 Modulation of Candida Albicans and Staphylococcus aureus Initiation of Biofilm Formation
    People funded by this grant:
    • Sigar I,
    • Plotkin B
  • MWU INTRAMURAL GRANT
    Phosphoglucomutase of Chlamydia muridarum under Anaerobic Condition
    People funded by this grant:
    • Sigar I
  • MWU INTRAMURAL GRANT
    Selective Heat Shock Protein 70 Expression Prevents Chlamydia-Induced Pathology
    People funded by this grant:
    • Ciancio M,
    • Sigar I
  • MWU INTRAMURAL GRANT
    Understanding the Role of Heparan Sulfate in the Co-infection of HSV and Chlamydia Infectivity
    People funded by this grant:
    • Sigar I