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Hélène Marquis, DVM, PhD

Professor Emerita of Microbiology

Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
C5 137 VMC
Ithaca, NY 14853

Profile

Research/Clinical Interests

Dr. Marquis is interested in the pathogenesis of bacterial diseases affecting mammalian and aquatic animals.

Education

  • DVM (University of Montreal)
  • PhD (Texas A&M University)

Biography/Professional Experience

Dr. Marquis is a professor emerita of Microbiology and Immunology. She received a doctorate degree in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Montréal in Canada and was awarded a Ph.D. in Veterinary Microbiology from Texas A&M University for her studies on the outer membrane proteins of Brucella spp. with Dr. Thomas Ficht. She was a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Daniel Portnoy at the University of Pennsylvania, working on the pathogenesis of Listeria monocytogenes. In 1997, she assumed a position of assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She moved to Cornell University in July 2001.

Professional/Academic Affiliations

American Society for Microbiology

Publications

Link to all publications

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Additional Information

Marquis’ Lab Current Members

Graduate Students

Nathaniel Sibinga, MS, PhD Candidate

Marquis’ Lab Alumni

Diagnostician for Fish Lab Diagnostic Services

Loredana Locatelli, DVM PhD

Visiting Professor

Kari Brossard Stoos, PhD

Post-doctoral Fellows
  • Delbert Abi Abdallah, PhD
  • Min Cao, PhD
  • Elizabeth J. Hager, PhD
  • Emily Slepkov, PhD
  • P.S. Marie Yeung, PhD
  • Nicholas Zagorsky, PhD, MA
Graduate Students
  • Rachael Labitt, DVM, MS
  • Bryant Blank, DVM MS DACLAM (major advisor)
  • Brian Forster, PhD (major advisor)
  • Hee-Sun Kim, PhD (co-mentor)
  • Evgenia Nazarova, PhD (rotation student)
  • Heather O’Neil, PhD (major advisor)
  • Kari Roberts, PhD (rotation student)
  • Aleksandra Snyder, PhD (rotation student)
Undergraduate Students
  • Eli Rosenberg, PhD
  • Jennifer Ren, BA
  • Marvin Ho, BA
  • Yoojin Na, MD
  • Karthik Kota, MD
  • Justin J Park, MD
DVM Students (Summer Projects)
  • Amanda J Kreuder, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVIM-LAIM
  • Andrew J. Chambers, DVM