John Dunn

 

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  Analyzing Genomes to Improve Disease Control in Poultry

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Research Interests

My lab works primarily with Marek’s disease (a herpesvirus-induced T cell cancer), with main interests including diagnosis and virus characterization, virus evolution, and disease prevention.

 

Current projects include:

• Characterize the effect of vaccination on the evolution of Marek’s disease virus field strains
• Surveillance for virulent strains of avian tumor viruses in field flocks and development of improved diagnostics for new strains
• Determine host genetic effect on virus transmission
• Define innate defense mechanisms that contribute to Marek’s disease vaccinal synergy

 

Education and Employment

1998                            BS, University of Michigan

2003                            DVM, Michigan State University

2003                            MS, Michigan State University (Epidemiology)

2009                            PhD, Michigan State University (Pathology)

2004-date                    USDA, ARS