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PURDUE
UNIVERSITY
Microbiology and Immunology Training Program
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Programs of Study
Postgraduate training programs for both the MS
and PhD degrees are offered
in the study of bacteriology, immunology, parasitology and virology. Both degrees
require independent research and preparation of
an original thesis and require a minimum of two and four years, respectively.
Course work is selected jointly by the student
and his/her major advisor, with the
advice of the individual graduate advisory committee,
to suit the student's background, interests and research
problem. Formal course work may be selected
from offerings within the Department of Pathobiology
and from other departments within the University.
Courses in general biochemistry, molecular biology,
immunology, microbial pathogenesis, statistical methods,
bacteriology, virology
and other discipline-based courses are often selected
as part of individual plans of study. Assistance in
preparation for Board Certification for the American
College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine is available.
Stipend Support
Limited numbers of teaching and research assistantships
are available on a
competitive basis. Opportunity for gaining
teaching experience is provided for
all students, regardless of the nature of their
stipend support.
Research
The research focuses on the understanding of the
molecular pathogenesis and immunology of veterinary
and human infectious diseases as well as the development
of novel diagnostic tests, therapeutics and methods
to prevent infections. Investigations are conducted
at the whole animal, tissue, cellular, and molecular
levels and are supported by electron microscopy, flow
cytometry, confocal microscopy, and imaging facilities
within the school. Protein synthesis, hybridoma,
DNA-sequencing, mass spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic
resonance, transgenic mouse facility, and other state
of the art technologies are available on campus.
The Indiana State Animal Disease Diagnostic
Laboratory provides a significant resource in the
practical training of individuals interested in
specialty board certification, e.g. microbiology
and pathology.
Eligibility
Applicants must hold the BS or DVM degree or equivalent
training in the biological sciences and
be admitted by both the Department of Comparative Pathobiology
and the Purdue University Graduate School.
Applicants
We are particularly interested in recruiting
women and minorities in our program because these
groups are underrepresented in our professional
disciplines. Interested candidates should
send letters of inquiry and requests for application
forms to:
Graduate Secretary
Comparative Pathobiology Department
School of Veterinary Medicine
725 Harrison Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2027
Fax: 765-494-9830
E-mail contact: lhudson@purdue.edu
Purdue University is an Equal Opportunity/Equal
Access Affirmative Action Employer/Educator
Microbiology and Immunology Section
Faculty and Research Interests
J.W. Camp, Ph.D., Professor of Veterinary Parasitology and Secretary of Faculties. Epidemiology and ecology of parasitic diseases; parasite induced changes in morphology, physiology, and behavior of invertebrate and vertebrate hosts; Identification of peptide sequences related to apicomplexan protein from Sarcocystis neurona.
S.A. Crist, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor.
J.K. Davis, D.V.M., Ph.D., Professor of Laboratory Animal Medicine. Laboratory animal medicine, infectious disease, and animal models.
B.D. Elzey,
Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor.
H.
HogenEsch, D.V.M., Ph.D.,Head, Department of Comparative Pathobiology,
Professor of Immunopathology.
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists.
Mucosal immunology and mucosal vaccines; adjuvants;
dendritic cells; immunobiology of the skin.
K.R.
Kazacos, D.V.M., Ph.D., Professor of Veterinary
Parasitology; Director, Clinical Parasitology Laboratory. Pathogenesis, pathology and
epidemiology of parasitic diseases; immunobiology
of helminth infections; parasitic zoonoses; visceral,
ocular, and neural larva migrans; Baylisascaris
spp.
Chang H. Kim,
Ph.D., Associate Professor of Immunology. Current
studies in
the lab include: 1. Roles of chemokine and chemokine
receptors in
trafficking of leukocytes in normal and diseased
conditions; 2. Chemokine
and chemokine receptors in forming immunity against
pathogens and cancer
cells. 3. Regulation of gene expression during T
cell development to
effector cells. Our favorite model cell types are
various T cell subsets
(conventional and CD1d-restricted) and hematopoietic
stem and progenitor
cells obtained from human and mice. for more information
visit:
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~kim17/index.html
T.L.
Lin, D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D., Professor
of Veterinary Pathology; Senior Veterinary Diagnostic Pathologist, Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory. Diagnostic pathology;
molecular pathology and immunohistopathology of
infectious, toxic and neoplastic diseases; and avian,
swine, and fish, laboratory animal pathology.
S.K.
Mittal, D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D., Professor
of Virology, University Faculty Scholar, Director of Laboratory of Gene Therapy, Microbiology and Immunology Section Head, Member of Purdue Cancer Center. Viral expression vectors;
recombinant vaccines; gene therapy; adenovirus;
gene expression; role of adenovirus early region
1 and early region 3 in pathogenesis; mucosal immunity. Innate immunity, pandemic influenza including bird flu.
R.M. Pogranichniy, D.V.M., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Comparative Pathobiology. Veterinary diagnostic and infectious disease of production animals, emerging infectious diseases (diagnosis, pathogenesis, and vaccine development).
T. Ratliff, Ph.D., Director of Purdue Cancer Center. Immunotherapy of Prostate Cancer, Immunotherapy of Bladder Cancer, Communication between innate and adaptive immune compartments via platelets, Prostate Inflammation, Bladder Inflammation.
P.W.
Snyder, D.V.M., Ph.D., Associate Professor of
Veterinary Pathology.
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists.
Immunopathology; immunotoxicology; toxicologic pathology;
developmental biology, environmental medicine.
R. Vemulapalli, M.V.Sc., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Veterinary Immunology/Microbiology. Infectious diseases; microbial virulence factors; host immune responses; preventive and therapeutic vaccine development; immuno-modulation; bacterial vaccine vectors; nucleic acid vaccines; novel strategies to enhance vaccine efficacy.
C.C.
Wu, D.V.M., Ph.D., Professor of Veterinary Microbiology; Head, Bacteriology and Mycology Section, Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory.
Cellular and molecular
mechanism of microbial pathogenesis; host-parasite
interactions (humoral, cellular, and mucosal immunity);
immunological and molecular detection and differentiation
of microbial pathogens; recombinant and DNA vaccines;
avian and swine infectious diseases (infectious
bursal disease, turkey poult enteritis, mycoplasmosis,
porcine pleuropneumonia, porcine respiratory and
reproductive syndrome, salmonellosis); cat scratch
disease; and clinical microbiology (diagnostics
and antimicrobial susceptibilities).
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