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Anaplasma marginale Genome Sequencing Project
Babesia bovis
Genome Sequencing Project
MicroArray Laboratory
Monoclonal Antibody
Center
Program in Genomics
Zoonoses Research Unit (ZRU)
Faculty Areas of
Research
Timothy V. Baszler,
Professor, DVM, Ph.D.; Diplomate American College of Veterinary
Pathologists. Immunology of neosporosis; improved diagnosis of infectious
diseases in domestic animals spongiform encephalopathies.
Thomas E. Besser, Professor, DVM, Ph.D.; Diplomate American College of
Veterinary Microbiologists. Food Safety microbiology; E. coli O157:H7;
neonatal enteric disease.
Kelly A. Brayton, Assistant Professor, PhD. Microbial genomics and
mechanisms of antigenic variation of vector-borne pathogens.
Wendy C. Brown, Professor, MPH, Ph.D. Cellular and molecular mechanisms
of immunity to infectious diseases; strategies to develop vaccines that induce
protective T-cell dependent immunity; comparative analysis of cellular immune
responses and immunomodulatory cytokines of domestic animals.
Douglas R. Call, Associate Professor,
Caroline Engle Faculty Fellow, Ph.D. Evolutionary ecology of
antibiotic resistance, detection and characterization of food-borne pathogens,
and development and application of microarrays for genotyping and expression
analyses.
Susan
Carpenter, Professor, Ph.D. Virology, lentivirus interactions with their
hosts.
William C. Davis, Professor, Ph.D. Comparative analysis of the immune
systems in food and companion animals; the role of cytokines in regulation of
the immune response to pathogens and derived subunit vaccines; genetic basis
of disease susceptibility.
A. Singh Dhillon, Professor, DVM, Ph.D. Salmonella; avian diseases; infectious laryngotracheitis virus; Newcastle disease virus.
William J. Foreyt, Professor, Ph.D. Veterinary and wildlife
parasitology; epizootiology; parasitic and disease interactions among domestic
livestock, wildlife, and humans.
Stephen A. Hines, Professor,
Berger Keatts Distinguished Professor, DVM, Ph.D.; Diplomate American
College of Veterinary Pathologists. Immunology and molecular pathogenesis of
intracellular pathogens; molecular approaches to prevention and diagnosis of
hemoparasitic diseases of domestic animals; equine pulmonary immunology.
Douglas P. Jasmer, Professor, Ph.D. Molecular parasitology;
host-parasite interactions; nematode parasites.
Donald P. Knowles, Professor, DVM, Ph.D.; Diplomate American College of
Veterinary Pathologists. Virology; immunology and host-parasite interactions.
Charles W. Leathers, Professor, DVM, Ph.D.; Diplomate American College
of Laboratory Animal Medicine. Laboratory animal pathology; diagnostic
applications of electron microscopy.
Kevin K. Lahmers,
Assistant Professor, DVM, Ph.D. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of
immunity and infectious diseases.
Terry F. McElwain, Professor, DVM,
Ph.D.; Diplomate American College of
Veterinary Pathologists. Molecular basis of host parasite interaction and
development of protective immunity in vector-borne diseases.
Robert H. Mealey, Assistant Professor, DVM, Ph.D. Protective cellular
immune responses to infectious diseases of the horse, with emphasis on the
cytotoxic T lymphocyte response to equine infectious anemia virus.
J. Lindsay Oaks, Assistant Professor, DVM, Ph.D.
Diplomate American College of Veterinary Microbiologists, Pathogenesis of viral
infections and mechanisms of viral persistence. Current focus is on subclinical equine infectious anemia virus infection and the in vivo and
cellular mechanisms that down regulate viral replication and allow avoidance
of immunologic detection. Secondary interest in infectious diseases of
raptors.
Guy H. Palmer, Professor, DVM, Ph.D.; Diplomate American College of
Veterinary Pathologists. Molecular basis of transmission and development of
protective immunity in vector-borne diseases.
Kathleen A. Potter, Associate Professor, DVM, Ph.D.; Diplomate American
College of Veterinary Pathologists. Eosinophil biology and function. Bovine
Marfan syndrome.
David J. Prieur, Professor and Chair, DVM, Ph.D. Animal models of human
genetic diseases; inherited diseases of animals.
Fred R. Rurangirwa, Associate Professor, BVSc, MS, Ph.D. Molecular
basis of immunity, diagnosis and vaccine development against infectious
diseases of domestic ruminants. Rickettsia-vector interaction.
Ashish Sawant,
Assistant Professor, BVSc, Ph.D. Veterinary Public Health.
Kevin R. Snekvik,
Clinical Assistant Professor, DVM, Ph.D. Diplomate American College of
Veterinary Pathologists. Infectious diseases of fish.
Sri Srikumaran,
Professor, Rocky Crate-FNAWS Endowed Chair, BVSc, PhD. Infectious diseases
of wildlife: etiology, mechanisms of pathogenesis, protective immune
responses, and development of control measures.
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