Robert Abramovitch, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
abramov5@msu.edu
The Abramovitch Laboratory is researching how M. tuberculosis (Mtb) senses and adapts to environmental cues encountered by the bacterium during the course of disease.
Abramovitch Laboratory
MSU Scholars
May be accepting students.
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Rupali Das, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology
dasrupal@msu.edu
Studying how invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells recognize and respond to malignant or infected cells.
Das Laboratory
MSU Scholars
Currently accepting students.
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Jack Harkema, DVM, PhD, DACVP, ATSF
University Distinguished Professor, Albert C. and Lois E. Dehn Endowed Chair in Veterinary Medicine, and Director of the Laboratory for Environmental and Toxicologic Pathology and the Mobile Air Research Laboratories (AirCARE1 and 2)
Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation
harkemaj@msu.edu
Mechanisms underlying airway epithelial injury, repair, and dysrepair caused by inhaled xenobiotics (air pollutants, allergens, viruses, microbial toxins).
Laboratory for Environmental and Toxicologic Pathology
MSU Scholars
Not accepting students.
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Gisela Soboll Hussey, DVM, MS, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation
husseygi@msu.edu
The Soboll Hussey Laboratory uses in vitro models of the equine, feline, and canine respiratory tract to research respiratory immunity and modulation of immunity for protection from viral disease.
Soboll Hussey Laboratory
MSU Scholars
May be accepting students.
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John Kaneene, DVM, MPH, PhD, FAES, FAVES
University Distinguished Professor
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
kaneene@cvm.msu.edu
Kaneene's research emphasis includes the epidemiology and mechanisms of antibiotic resistance, surface water contamination, bovine tuberculosis, and disease surveillance.
Kaneene Laboratory
MSU Scholars
Not accepting students.
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James Pestka, PhD
University Distinguished Professor
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
pestka@msu.edu
Mechanisms for omega-3 fatty acid suppression of triggering the autoimmune disease lupus.
Pestka Laboratory
MSU Scholars
Currently accepting students.
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Srinand Sreevatsan, BVSc, MVSc, MPH, PhD
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies and Professor
Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation
sreevats@msu.edu
Research in the Sreevatsan Laboratory is highly interdisciplinary and encompasses all aspects of cellular, molecular pathogen-host interactions and epidemiology and ecology of infectious disease and collaborations across the country and the globe. A translational aspect of these studies is the development of novel unambiguous disease detection platforms and applications into immunoprohyllaxis.
Sreevatsan Laboratory
MSU Scholars
May be accepting students.
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James Wagner, MBA, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation
wagnerja@msu.edu
Investigates pathophysiological mechanisms of health effects caused by exposure to environmental and occupational air pollutants.
Laboratory for Environmental and Toxicologic Pathology
MSU Scholars
Not accepting students.