Last updated: 19th February 2008

Investigator	Institution	Research Interest
Anderson M. A.	Department of Biochemistry - La Trobe University - Australia	The distribution, biosynthesis, structure, function, mode of action and applications in agribiotechnology of flower-derived plant defensins from solanaceous
Barran Perdita E.	School of chemistry - University of Edinburgh	Structure- function relationship of beta-defensins using FT-ICR MS and molecular modelling.
Beuerman Roger	Singapore Eye Research Institute
Bevins Charles L.	University of California, Davis	The specific role that defensins epithelial antimicrobial peptides play in mucosal host defense.
Biragyn Arya	Laboratory of Immunology - Gerontology Research Center- Baltimore	Molecular mechanisms and signaling pathways of beta-defensin-mediated iDC activation.
Blecha Frank	Department of Anatomy and Physiology - Kansas State University - USA
Campopiano Dominic J.	School of chemistry - University of Edinburgh
Caughey G. H.	Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Medicine - University of California at San Francisco USA
Crovella Sergio	Dipartimento di Scienze della Riproduzione e dello Sviluppo - University of Trieste Italy	Role of beta defensins in different pathologies with particular attention to HIV-1 infection.
Dale Beverly A.	Department of Oral Biology - University of Washington Seattle