Biological and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
Research Areas
Immunology & Infectious Disease Faculty
| Pregnancy immunology; immunogenetics; equine immunology | |
 Judy Appleton |
Immunity to nematode parasites colonizing mucosal sites |
 Avery August |
Regulation of T-cell activation, development and function; regulation of T-cell differentation; regulation of mast cell function; regulation of eosinophil |
 Joel Baines |
Study of virus/cell interface, focusing on herpes simplex virus augments its own replication byt manipulation of innate immunity, the cytoskeleton and cellular metabolism |
 Dwight Bowman |
Immune response of hosts to parasites; immunodiagnostics; vaccine validation |
 Margaret Bynoe |
Cellular immunology; immunochemistry; immunopathology; infection and immunity; molecular basis of antigen-induced immune suppression and the modulation of the innate immune system response in autoimmune diseases and immunity against cancer. |
 Yung-Fu Chang |
Vaccine development; adjuvant and vaccine delivery system; immunopathology of infections disease; molecular basis of bacterial pathogenesis; host defense mechanisms |
 Theodore Clark |
Moleculary parasitology; fish immunology |
 Eric Denkers |
Immunity to protozoan parasites |
 Rodney Dietert |
Genetic regulation of macrophage function; immnuotoxicity |
 Gerald Duhamel |
Mechanisms of infectious diseases with particular emphasis on molecular mechanisms of bacterial infections in animal models of human diseases, primarily understanding host-pathogen relationships |
 Maria Julia Bevilaqua Felippe |
Cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in B cell response; neonatal immunology and response to vaccination; immunomodulation using biologic response modifiers; cancer immunotherapy; characterization of primary and secondary immunodeficiencies |
 Jerrie Gavalchin |
Pathogenetic mechanisms in autoimmunity |
 Robert Gilbert |
Theriogenology; bovine health and reproduction; pathogens involved in regulation of immune responses by hormonal or nutritional factors |
 David Holowka |
Molecular immunology; biophysical chemistry and cell biology |
 Cynthia Leifer |
Understanding innate immunity from the inside out; toll-like receptors; signaling; dendritic cells; controlling microbial infection |
 John March |
Metabolic and signal engineering; biotechnology; biological engineering |
 Helene Marquis |
Pathogenesis of listeria monocytogenes; listeria-based vaccines; immunomodulatory function of listeria |
 John Parker |
Mechanisms of apoptosis induction by the mammalian reoviruses and regulation; process of infection, entry, and cellular response to feline calicivirus |
 Colin Parrish |
Virus structure, function and evolution using parvovirus and influenza as models for viral emergence and host switching |
 Ling Qi |
Unfolded protein response; immunity and inflammation; obesity and diabetes |
 Brian Rudd |
Developmental immunology; host response to infection |
 David Russell |
The biology of intracellular infection, with emphasis on mycobacteria |
 Ynte Schukken |
Immune response in pate gestation; immune response to intramammary infections in the bovine |
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Host-pathogen interactions of chlamydia |
 Kenneth Simpson |
Host pathogen interactions in inflammatory bowel disease and helicobacter infection of the gastrointestinal tract |
 Holger Sondermann |
Protein structure and function; bacteria pathogensis; biochemistry and biophysics |
 Daryl Van Nydam |
Immune response to zoonotic infectious diseases in neonates; immune response interaction with energy balance in periparturient mammals |
 Bettina Wagner |
Antibody structure and functions; immune mechanisms of allergy; neonatal tolerance; immunogenetics; immune reagents for veterinary species |
 Gary Whittaker |
Viral pathogenesis; virus-bacteria co-infection |
