Areas of Research

Bacteriology

Deborah Anderson: Yersinia pestis; Innate Immunity; Transmission; Biocontainment

Michael Calcutt: Mycoplasmas; Animal Pathogens; Mobile Genetic Elements; Surface Antigens; Horizontal Gene Transfer

Aaron Ericsson: Gut Microbiota; Metagenomics; Next-generation Sequencing; Mucosal Homeostasis; Colorectal Cancer

Craig L. Franklin: Helicobacter; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Genetically-engineered Mice; Genetically-engineered Rats; Laboratory Animal Medicine

Tamara Gull: Bacteriology; Mycoplasma; Respiratory Disease of Large Animals; Disaster Preparedness and Response

Wendy Picking: Bacterial Pathogenesis, Vaccine Development, Molecular Biology, Protein Purification, and Antigen Discovery

William Picking: Bacterial Pathogenesis, Secretion Systems, Protein Structure, Biophysics, Biochemistry

Shuping Zhang: Bacteria; Defensins; Diagnostics; Salmonella; Surveillance

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Cell Biology

Laxman Gangwani: AD and ADRD, ALS, Genome Integrity, Neuroscience, R-loop Metabolism, SMA

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Comparative Medicine

Yuksel Agca: Reproduction; Cryobiology; Comparative Medicine; Transgenic

James M. Amos-Landgraf: Comparative Medicine; Gene Expression & Control; Molecular Genetics & Genomic Analysis; Translational Medicine

Elizabeth C. Bryda: Embryonic stem cells; Kidney Disease; Deafness; Comparative Medicine; Rodent Genetics

Daniel J. Davis: Genetic engineering; CRISPR-Cas; Animal Modeling; Transgenic technology

Aaron Ericsson: Gut Microbiota; Metagenomics; Next-generation Sequencing; Mucosal Homeostasis; Colorectal Cancer

Craig L. Franklin: Helicobacter; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Genetically-engineered Mice; Genetically-engineered Rats; Laboratory Animal Medicine

Laxman Gangwani: AD and ADRD, ALS, Genome Integrity, Neuroscience, R-loop Metabolism, SMA

Gary S. Johnson: Molecular Genetics; Whole Genome Sequencing; Genome-wide Association Mapping; Heritable Canine Diseases; Neurodevelopmental & Neurodegenerative Diseases

Kei Kuroki: Osteoarthritis; Comparative Orthopaedic; Joint Pathology

Christian L. Lorson: Molecular Genetics; Gene Therapy; Drug Development; RNA Processing; Alternative Splicing; Neurodegeneration; Spinal Muscular Atrophy; Animal Models of Disease

Hongsheng Men: Reproductive Physiology; Stem Cell Biology; Rodent Models

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Disaster Preparation

Ram Raghavan: Disaster Preparation; Molecular Diagnostics; Parasitology; Vector-borne, Emerging & Zoonotic Diseases

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Epidemiology

Ram Raghavan: Disaster Preparation; Molecular Diagnostics; Parasitology; Vector-borne, Emerging & Zoonotic Diseases

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Gene Expression & Control

James M. Amos-Landgraf: Comparative Medicine; Gene Expression & Control; Molecular Genetics & Genomic Analysis; Translational Medicine

Elizabeth C. Bryda: Embryonic Stem Cells; Kidney Disease; Deafness; Comparative Medicine; Rodent Genetics

Daniel J. Davis: Genetic engineering; CRISPR-Cas; Animal Modeling; Transgenic technology

Christian L. Lorson: Molecular Genetics; Gene Therapy; Drug Development; RNA Processing; Alternative Splicing; Neurodegeneration; Spinal Muscular Atrophy; Animal Models of Disease

Monique A. Lorson: Spinal Muscular Atrophy; Neurodegenerative Disease; Animal Models of Human Disease; Swine; Therapeutic Delivery

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Gene Therapy

Daniel J. Davis: Genetic engineering; CRISPR-Cas; Animal Modeling; Transgenic technology

Christian L. Lorson: Molecular Genetics; Gene Therapy; Drug Development; RNA Processing; Alternative Splicing; Neurodegeneration; Spinal Muscular Atrophy; Animal Models of Disease

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Immunology

Jeffrey J. Adamovicz: Vaccine Development; Animal Model Development; Study of Zoonotic Disease; Biocontainment Experimentation; Host-Pathogen Interactions

Charles R. Brown: Innate Immunity; Lyme disease; Borrelia burgdorferi; Arthritis; Eicosanoids

Aaron Ericsson: Gut Microbiota; Metagenomics; Next-generation Sequencing; Mucosal Homeostasis; Colorectal Cancer

Craig L. Franklin: Helicobacter; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Genetically-engineered Mice; Genetically-engineered Rats, Laboratory Animal Medicine

Tamara Gull: Bacteriology; Mycoplasma; Respiratory Disease of Large Animals; Disaster Preparedness and Response

Susan M. Moore: Rabies Control and Prevention, Clinical Laboratory Quality Assurance, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Global Public Health, and One Health

Solomon “Wole” Odemuyiwa: Immunomodulation by Toxins & Nutraceuticals; Mechanisms of Mediator Release from Immune Cells; Molecular Diagnostics; Molecular Epidemiology & New Virus Discovery; Viral Immune Escape Mechanisms

Wendy Picking: Bacterial Pathogenesis, Vaccine Development, Molecular Biology, Protein Purification, and Antigen Discovery

Jerod Skyberg: Biodefense; Immunotherapy; Innate Immunity

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Infectious Disease

Jeffrey J. Adamovicz: Vaccine Development; Animal Model Development; Study of Zoonotic Disease; Biocontainment Experimentation; Host-Pathogen Interactions

Deborah Anderson: Yersinia pestis; Innate Immunity; Transmission; Biocontainment

Paul Anderson: Animal Models of Infectious Disease; Biocontainment; Aerosol Biology

Brenda T. Beerntsen: Mosquito-Parasite Interactions; Mosquito Immunity; Parasites; Malaria; Lymphatic Filariasis

Michael Calcutt: Mycoplasmas; Animal Pathogens; Mobile Genetic Elements; Surface Antigens; Horizontal Gene Transfer

Craig L. Franklin: Helicobacter, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Genetically-engineered Mice, Genetically-engineered Rats, Laboratory Animal Medicine

Alexander W.E. Franz: Arbovirology; Genetic Manipulation of Mosquitoes; Innate Immunity

Tamara Gull: Bacteriology; Mycoplasma; Respiratory Disease of Large Animals; Disaster Preparedness and Response

Rosalie Ierardi: Pathology, Livestock, Food animal, Infectious disease

Wenjun Ma: Zoonotic and emerging virus diseases; Virus-host interactions; Vaccine and antiviral development; Animal models; Influenza

Susan M. Moore: Rabies Control and Prevention, Clinical Laboratory Quality Assurance, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Global Public Health, and One Health

Wendy Picking: Bacterial Pathogenesis, Vaccine Development, Molecular Biology, Protein Purification, and Antigen Discovery

William Picking: Bacterial Pathogenesis, Secretion Systems, Protein Structure, Biophysics, Biochemistry

Kamlendra Singh: HIV-1 and HIV-2, coronaviruses; Hepatitis B and C; Foot-and-Mouth Disease; Computer Aided Drug Design

Jerod Skyberg: Biodefense; Immunotherapy; Innate Immunity

Shuping Zhang: Bacteria; Defensins; Diagnostics; Salmonella; Surveillance

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Inflammatory Diseases

Aaron Ericsson: Gut Microbiota; Metagenomics; Next-generation Sequencing; Mucosal Homeostasis; Colorectal Cancer

Craig L. Franklin: Helicobacter; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Genetically-engineered Mice; Genetically-engineered Rats; Laboratory Animal Medicine

William Picking: Bacterial Pathogenesis, Secretion Systems, Protein Structure, Biophysics, Biochemistry

Jerod Skyberg: Biodefense; Immunotherapy; Innate Immunity

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Microbiology

Deborah Anderson: Yersinia pestis; Innate Immunity; Transmission; Biocontainment

Michael Calcutt: Mycoplasmas; Animal Pathogens; Mobile Genetic Elements; Surface Antigens; Horizontal Gene Transfer

Aaron Ericsson: Gut Microbiota; Metagenomics; Next-generation Sequencing; Mucosal Homeostasis; Colorectal Cancer

Craig L. Franklin: Helicobacter; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Genetically-engineered Mice; Genetically-engineered Rats; Laboratory Animal Medicine

Tamara Gull: Bacteriology; Mycoplasma; Respiratory Disease of Large Animals; Disaster Preparedness and Response

Wenjun Ma: Zoonotic and emerging virus diseases; Virus-host interactions; Vaccine and antiviral development; Animal models; Influenza

Wendy Picking: Bacterial Pathogenesis, Vaccine Development, Molecular Biology, Protein Purification, and Antigen Discovery

William Picking: Bacterial Pathogenesis, Secretion Systems, Protein Structure, Biophysics, Biochemistry

Jerod Skyberg: Biodefense; Immunotherapy; Innate Immunity

Shuping Zhang: Bacteria; Defensins; Diagnostics; Salmonella; Surveillance

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Microscopy

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Molecular Diagnostics

Jeffrey J. Adamovicz: Vaccine Development; Animal Model Development; Study of Zoonotic Disease; Biocontainment Experimentation; Host-Pathogen Interactions

Elizabeth C. Bryda: Embryonic stem cells; Kidney Disease; Deafness; Comparative Medicine; Rodent Genetics

Daniel J. Davis: Genetic engineering; CRISPR-Cas; Animal Modeling; Transgenic technology

Gary S. Johnson: Molecular Genetics; Whole Genome Sequencing; Genome-wide Association Mapping; Heritable Canine Diseases; Neurodevelopmental & Neurodegenerative Diseases

Solomon “Wole” Odemuyiwa: Immunomodulation by Toxins & Nutraceuticals; Mechanisms of Mediator Release from Immune Cells; Molecular Diagnostics; Molecular Epidemiology & New Virus Discovery; Viral Immune Escape Mechanisms

Ram Raghavan: Disaster Preparation; Molecular Diagnostics; Parasitology; Vector-borne, Emerging & Zoonotic Diseases

Shuping Zhang: Bacteria; Defensins; Diagnostics; Salmonella; Surveillance

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Molecular Genetics & Genomic Analysis

James M. Amos-Landgraf: Comparative Medicine; Gene Expression & Control; Molecular Genetics & Genomic Analysis; Translational Medicine

Elizabeth C. Bryda: Embryonic stem cells; Kidney Disease; Deafness; Comparative Medicine; Rodent Genetics

Michael Calcutt: Mycoplasmas; Animal Pathogens; Mobile Genetic Elements; Surface Antigens; Horizontal Gene Transfer

Daniel J. Davis: Genetic engineering; CRISPR-Cas; Animal Modeling; Transgenic technology

Aaron Ericsson: Gut Microbiota; Metagenomics; Next-generation Sequencing; Mucosal Homeostasis; Colorectal Cancer

Alexander W.E. Franz: Arbovirology; Genetic Manipulation of Mosquitoes; Innate Immunity

Laxman Gangwani: AD and ADRD, ALS, Genome Integrity, Neuroscience, R-loop Metabolism, SMA

Gary S. Johnson: Molecular Genetics; Whole Genome Sequencing; Genome-wide Association Mapping; Heritable Canine Diseases; Neurodevelopmental & Neurodegenerative Diseases

Christian L. Lorson: Molecular Genetics; Gene Therapy; Drug Development; RNA Processing; Alternative Splicing; Neurodegeneration; Spinal Muscular Atrophy; Animal Models of Disease

Monique A. Lorson: Spinal Muscular Atrophy; Neurodegenerative Disease; Animal Models of Human Disease; Swine; Therapeutic Delivery

Kamlendra Singh: HIV-1 and HIV-2, coronaviruses; Hepatitis B and C; Foot-and-Mouth Disease; Computer Aided Drug Design

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Neurodegenerative Diseases

Laxman Gangwani: AD and ADRD, ALS, Genome Integrity, Neuroscience, R-loop Metabolism, SMA

Gary S. Johnson: Molecular Genetics; Whole Genome Sequencing; Genome-wide Association Mapping; Heritable Canine Diseases; Neurodevelopmental & Neurodegenerative Diseases

Christian L. Lorson: Molecular Genetics; Gene Therapy; Drug Development; RNA Processing; Alternative Splicing; Neurodegeneration; Spinal Muscular Atrophy; Animal Models of Disease

Monique A. Lorson: Spinal Muscular Atrophy; Neurodegenerative Disease; Animal Models of Human Disease; Swine; Therapeutic Delivery

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Parasitology

Brenda T. Beerntsen: Mosquito-Parasite Interactions; Mosquito Immunity; Parasites; Malaria; Lymphatic Filariasis

Ram Raghavan: Disaster Preparation; Molecular Diagnostics; Parasitology; Vector-borne, Emerging & Zoonotic Diseases

Roger W. (Bill) Stich: Biology of Ticks & Tick-Borne Pathogens; Immunology & Pathology of Tick-Borne Diseases; Cellular & Molecular Interface of Tick-Pathogen-Host Interactions; Immunology & Cellular Microbiology of Obligate Intracellular Bacterial & Protozoal Parasites

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Pathology

Annabella Burnum: Pathology

Michelle DeCourcey: Pathology

Craig L. Franklin: Helicobacter; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Genetically-engineered Mice; Genetically-engineered Rats; Laboratory Animal Medicine

Rosalie Ierardi: Pathology, Livestock, Food animal, Infectious disease

Gayle C. Johnson: Diagnostic Veterinary Pathology; Veterinary Neuropathology; Rickettsioses; Animal Models; Quantitative Pathology

Dae Young Kim: Dermatopathology; Diagnostic Pathology; Infectious Disease

Kei Kuroki: Osteoarthritis; Comparative Orthopaedic; Joint Pathology

W. Jefferson Mitchell, Jr.

Fred Williams III

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Reproductive Biology

Yuksel Agca: Reproduction; Cryobiology; Comparative Medicine; Transgenic

Daniel J. Davis: Genetic engineering; CRISPR-Cas; Animal Modeling; Transgenic technology

Hongsheng Men : Reproductive Physiology; Stem Cell Biology; Rodent Models

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Toxicology

Paul Anderson: Animal Models of Infectious Disease; Biocontainment; Aerosol Biology

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Translational Medicine

James M. Amos-Landgraf: Comparative Medicine; Gene Expression & Control; Molecular Genetics & Genomic Analysis; Translational Medicine

Yuksel Agca: Reproduction; Cryobiology; Comparative Medicine; Transgenic

Elizabeth C. Bryda: Embryonic stem cells; Kidney Disease; Deafness; Comparative Medicine; Rodent Genetics

Daniel J. Davis: Genetic engineering; CRISPR-Cas; Animal Modeling; Transgenic technology

Aaron Ericsson: Gut Microbiota; Metagenomics; Next-generation Sequencing; Mucosal Homeostasis; Colorectal Cancer

Craig L. Franklin: Helicobacter; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Genetically-engineered Mice; Genetically-engineered Rats; Laboratory Animal Medicine

Laxman Gangwani: AD and ADRD, ALS, Genome Integrity, Neuroscience, R-loop Metabolism, SMA

Christian L. Lorson: Molecular Genetics; Gene Therapy; Drug Development; RNA Processing; Alternative Splicing; Neurodegeneration; Spinal Muscular Atrophy; Animal Models of Disease

Hongsheng Men : Reproductive Physiology; Stem Cell Biology; Rodent Models

Wendy Picking: Bacterial Pathogenesis, Vaccine Development, Molecular Biology, Protein Purification, and Antigen Discovery

Kamlendra Singh: HIV-1 and HIV-2, coronaviruses; Hepatitis B and C; Foot-and-Mouth Disease; Computer Aided Drug Design

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Vector-borne, Emerging & Zoonotic Diseases

Jeffrey J. Adamovicz: Vaccine Development; Animal Model Development; Study of Zoonotic Disease; Biocontainment Experimentation; Host-Pathogen Interactions

Deborah Anderson: Yersinia pestis; Innate Immunity; Transmission; Biocontainment

Paul Anderson: Animal Models of Infectious Disease; Biocontainment; Aerosol Biology

Brenda T. Beerntsen: Mosquito-Parasite Interactions; Mosquito Immunity; Parasites; Malaria; Lymphatic Filariasis

Michael Calcutt: Mycoplasmas; Animal Pathogens; Mobile Genetic Elements; Surface Antigens; Horizontal Gene Transfer

Alexander W.E. Franz: Arbovirology; Genetic Manipulation of Mosquitoes; Innate Immunity

Rosalie Ierardi: Pathology, Livestock, Food animal, Infectious disease

Wenjun Ma: Zoonotic and emerging virus diseases; Virus-host interactions; Vaccine and antiviral development; Animal models; Influenza

Solomon “Wole” Odemuyiwa: Immunomodulation by Toxins & Nutraceuticals; Mechanisms of Mediator Release from Immune Cells; Molecular Diagnostics; Molecular Epidemiology & New Virus Discovery; Viral Immune Escape Mechanisms

Ram Raghavan: Disaster Preparation; Molecular Diagnostics; Parasitology; Vector-borne, Emerging & Zoonotic Diseases

Jerod Skyberg: Biodefense; Immunotherapy; Innate Immunity

Roger W. (Bill) Stich: Biology of Ticks & Tick-Borne Pathogens; Immunology & Pathology of Tick-Borne Diseases; Cellular & Molecular Interface of Tick-Pathogen-Host Interactions; Immunology & Cellular Microbiology of Obligate Intracellular Bacterial & Protozoal Parasites

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Virology

Kamlendra Singh: HIV-1 and HIV-2, coronaviruses; Hepatitis B and C; Foot-and-Mouth Disease; Computer Aided Drug Design

Christian L. Lorson: Molecular Genetics; Gene Therapy; Drug Development; RNA Processing; Alternative Splicing; Neurodegeneration; Spinal Muscular Atrophy; Animal Models of Disease

Wenjun Ma: Zoonotic and emerging virus diseases; Virus-host interactions; Vaccine and antiviral development; Animal models; Influenza

W. Jefferson Mitchell, Jr.,:

Solomon “Wole” Odemuyiwa: Immunomodulation by Toxins & Nutraceuticals; Mechanisms of Mediator Release from Immune Cells; Molecular Diagnostics; Molecular Epidemiology & New Virus Discovery; Viral Immune Escape Mechanisms

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Faculty Spotlight

Alexander W.E. Franz

Alexander Franz, PhD won the 2014 award for best paper in the journal Insect Molecular Biology. Sponsored by the Royal Entomological Society, the award recognizes the best paper over a two-year period. The paper, “Transgene-mediated suppression of the RNA interference pathway in Aedes aegypti interferes with gene silencing and enhances Sindbis virus and dengue virus type 2 replication”. More recently, his laboratory was the first to report the use of CRISPR/Cas9 for genome editing in the mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti (PLoS One. 2015 Mar 27;10(3):e0122353. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122353. eCollection 2015).

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