About Us

What We Do

Welcome to our official site! The Morris Labs include the research teams of Dr. Meredith and Jim Morris as they study important human pathogens in the Eukaryotic Pathogen Innovation Center (EPIC) at Clemson University. Through the efforts of graduate students, fellows, research technicians, and undergraduates, we work to understand fundamental questions about protozoan pathogen cell biology, including the cellular mechanisms required for development of compartments for glucose metabolism, methods the parasites use for uptake of sugars, and the consequences of nutrient availability on parasite differentiation.  All of this is done in an effort to gain a better understanding of how these harmful organisms, which include the African trypanosome and pathogenic free-living amoebae, live and develop in order to identify possible targets for drug therapy.

Research in the Morris labs is in part funded by the Nation Institute of Health, including a COBRE grant awarded to Clemson University's Eukaryotic Pathogen Innovation Center.