Biography
Scott R. Barnum (b. 1957), Professor of Microbiology, Instructor in Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, completed undergraduate studies in biology at Loyola College in Baltimore (B.S., cum laude, 1979). He completed his graduate studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (Ph.D., Microbiology, 1985) on the biosynthesis and catabolism of complement factor D. Postdoctoral studies were pursued at the Research Institute of Scripps Clinic on the structure of several complement genes. He joined the UAB faculty in 1989, where studies examining the production and regulation of complement in the central nervous system have been initiated. Outside interests include dogs, gardening, skeetshooting and music.
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