Viviane Gomes, DVM, PhD, DACT
Assistant Professor
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
leitegom@msu.edu
The Gomes Laboratory research interests lie on comparative pregnancy physiology and fetal programming, with focus on adverse cardiovascular, metabolic, and reproductive outcomes in offspring prenatally exposed to maternal obesity and hypertension. Aligned with the One Health approach, which emphasizes the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health, researchers utilize mouse, dog, and horse animal models to investigate how the intrauterine environment may affect the health of future generations.
Gomes Laboratory (webpage coming soon)
MSU Scholars
May be accepting students
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András Komáromy, DrMedVet, PhD, DACVO, DECVO, FARVO
Professor
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
komaromy@msu.edu
The Komáromy Laboratory primarily studies achromatopsia (also called rod monochromacy or total congenital color blindness), an inherited retinal disease that primarily affects cone photoreceptors.
Komáromy Laboratory
MSU Scholars
May be accepting students.
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Simon Petersen-Jones, DVet Med, PhD, DECVO
Professor and Donald R. Myers and William E. Dunlap Endowed Chair in Canine Health
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
peter315@msu.edu
The Petersen-Jones Laboratory focuses on hereditary eye diseases in animals—primarily retinal degeneration phenotypes, and particularly the development of large animal models for retinal degeneration research. Current active studies include ocular melanosis, progressive retinal atrophy, cataracts in papillons, and comparative gene therapy.
Petersen-Jones Laboratory
MSU Scholars
May be accepting students.
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Hal Schott, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Professor
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
schott@msu.edu
Equine urinary tract disorders; pleuropheumonia fluid and electrolyte balance in exercising horses.
Schott Laboratory
MSU Scholars
Not accepting students.
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Brian Schutte, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Human Development
schutteb@msu.edu
The goal of the Schutte Laboratory is to identify genetic factors that are involved in craniofacial development and disease, primarily lip and palate. The Lab uses preclinical models to test hypotheses about the function of DNA variants and genes in relevant tissues at critical timepoints in development.
Schutte Laboratory
MSU Scholars
May be accepting students.
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Vilma Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan, PhD
Professor
Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology
vygsu@msu.edu
Comparative molecular genetics, canine genome mapping, cancer genetics.
Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan Laboratory
MSU Scholars
May be accepting students.