ANIMAL IMMUNOLOGY FACULTY AND THEIR RESEARCH INTERESTS

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

For plant defense faculty, see the Department of Microbiology.

Cynthia Baldwin, Associate Professor. Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. Cellular Immunity: Intracellular Microbes and gamma/delta T Cells.

Sam Black, Associate Professor. Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. Molecular Basis of Innate Immunity Against Parasitic Protozoa

Richard A. Goldsby, Professor. Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. Antibody Diversification; Salmonella Typing and Subtyping.

Eric Martz, Professor. Department of Microbiology. Since 1995: Macromolecular visualization in education and research. Until 1997: Mechanisms of Cellular Immunity, Especially of Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) Mediated Killing. Function and Activation of the Integrin LFA-1.

Leonard C. Norkin, Professor. Department of Microbiology. Interaction of DNA Tumor Virus SV40 with Permissive and Semipermissive cells; MHC Class I as the SV40 Receptor; Signalling by MHC Class I on Nonlymphoid Cells.

p53, a tumor suppressor molecule studied in Barbara Osborne's lab at UMass.
(From 1tup.pdb by Cho et al.)
Barbara A. Osborne, Professor. Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. Immunoglobulin Gene Diversification; Induction of Apoptosis in Lymphocytes.

Elizabeth Stuart, Lecturer. Department of Microbiology. Anti-idiotypic stimulation of protective immunity at mucosal surfaces. Ultrastructure of PHA Inclusions from Pseudomonas oleovorans and P. putida. Novel, recombinant approaches to epitope display and antigen carrier/adjuvant systems.


Bruce MacDonald was among our immunology faculty until his untimely death in September, 1997. Here is his Obituary.
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