Baker Institute for Animal Health

Principal Investigator: Gregory Acland (Cornell University, Baker Institute for Animal Health) Collaborating Investigator: (University of Pennsylvania - New Bolton Center) Sponsor: NIH Title: "Models of Hereditary Retinal Degeneration"

Principal Investigator: Gregory Acland (Cornell University, Baker Institute for Animal Health) Collaborating Investigator: Jeanette S. Felix (OptiGen, LLC) Sponsor: OptiGen, LLC - Grants for Growth Title: “Genetic Test for Hereditary Cataract in Dogs”

Principal Investigator: Dr. Ernest Bailey (University of Kentucky) Collaborating Investigator: Dr. Douglas Antczak (Cornell University, Baker Institute for Animal Health) Sponsor: Morris Animal Foundation Title: "Liner Mapping and Microarray Development"

Principal Investigator: Anna Kukekova (Cornell University, Baker Institute for Animal Health) Collaborating Investigator: Lyudmila Trut (Russian Institute of Cytology and Genetics) Sponsor: NIH Title: "Molecular Genetics of Social Behavior"

Collaborating Investigator: John Parker (Cornell University, Baker Institute for Animal Health) Collaborating Investigator: Marcelo Ehrich (Tel Aviv University) Sponsor: U.S. - Israel Bionational Science Foundation Title: "The Vesicular Trafficking Machinery: A Crossroad of Virus Reproduction, Virally Induced Apoptosis and Cellular Defense in Reovirus Infection"

Principal Investigator: Colin Parrish (Cornell University, Baker Institute for Animal Health) Collaborating Investigator: Edward Holmes (The Pennsylvania State University) Sponsor: NIH/The Pennsylvania State University Title: "The Evolutionary and Biological Bases of Host Switching in Viruses"

Principal Investigator: Colin Parrish (Cornell University, Baker Institute for Animal Health) Collaborating Investigator: Mavis Agbandje-McKenna (University of Florida) Sponsor: NIH Title: "Antigenic Structure of Adeno-Associated Virus Capsids and Antibody Escape Mutants"

Principal Investigator: Colin Parrish (Cornell University, Baker Institute for Animal Health) Collaborating Investigator: Jin Moonsoo (Cornell University, Department of Biomedical Engineering) Collaborating Investigator: Anne Moscona (Cornell Weill Medical College) Collaborating Investigator: Matteo Porotto (Cornell Weill Medical College) Sponsor: Cornell University/Weill Medical College Title: "Engineering Virus-Receptor Interactions to Determine Their Roles in Cell Infectious and Diseases"

Principal Investigator: Colin Parrish (Cornell University, Baker Institute for Animal Health) Fellow: Laura Palermo (Cornell University, Baker Institute for Animal Health) Collaborating Investigator: Anne Moscona (Cornell Weill Medical College) Sponsor: Morris Animal Foundation Title: "Effects of Virus-Receptor Interaction on Paramyxoviruses and Parvoviruses Infections"

Principal Investigator: Colin Parrish (Cornell University, Baker Institute for Animal Health) Collaborating Investigator: Michael Rossmann (Purdue University) Sponsor: NIH Title: "Parvovirus Structure, Capsid Assembly, and Receptors"

Principal Investigator: Alexander Travis (Cornell University, Baker Institute for Animal Health) Co-Principal Investigator: Alfonso Torres (Cornell University, Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences) Collaborating Investigator: Dale Lewis (Wildlife Conservation Society - Zambia) Collaborating Investigator: Robert Delve (The Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture) Sponsor: United States Agency for International Development (USAID-SANREM) Title: "Developing a Participatory Socio-Economic Model for Food Security, Improved Rural Livelihoods, Watershed Management, & Biodiversity Conservation in Southern Africa"

Principal Investigator: Alexander Travis (Cornell University, Baker Institute for Animal Health) Collaborating Investigator: Irena Levitan (University of Pennsylvania) Sponsor: NIH Title: "Organization and Functions of Lipid Rafts in Spermatozoa"