Charles Czuprynski
Department of Pathobiological Sciences
Office: 4174
Education
- BA 1976, Knox College
- PhD 1980, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Postdoctoral Trainee, National Jewish Hospital, Denver CO 1980-1983.
- Professor in Microbiology
- Director, Food Research Institute
Research
The primary interest of our laboratory is studying mechanisms of resistance to bacterial infection. Under this broad heading major projects include: 1) Host, bacterial and environmental factors that influence the pathogenesis of gastrointestinal listeriosis and salmonellosis; 2) Immunotoxicology – adverse effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on bone marrow cells and hematopoiesis; 3) Bovine respiratory disease - focus on the effects of Mannheimia haemolytica and its leukotoxin on the activities of bovine leukocytes and lung cells; 4) Histophilus somni – adverse effects on bovine endothelial cells as it relates to vasculitis.
Responsibilities
Teach Veterinary Bacteriology and Mycology (PBS 517); supervise graduate students in immunology, microbiology and toxicology; Director, UW-Madsion Food Research Institute; Director, Walter and Martha Renk Endowed Laboratory for Food Safety; Director, NIH Training Grant in Comparative Biomedical Sciences (provides research training to graduate veterinarians); Chair, Academic Committee of the Comparative Biomedical Sciences graduate program; Co-course coordinator Research Ethics and Survial Skills; Director; Coordinator, FRI Summer Undergraduate Research Scholars
Graduate Training
Recent and Current Graduate Students
| Name | Degree | Current position |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Sylte | DVM PhD | Lecturer, Univ. GA |
| Fabio Leite | DVM PhD | Assoc. Prof. Univ. Pelotas, Brazil |
| Steve Giles | PhD | Big Rose Computing, Madison, WI |
| Erica Behling-Kelly | DVM PhD | Assist. Prof. Cornell Unviersity, Sch Vet. Med. |
| Chris Kuckleburg | PhD | Scientist, Wisconsin Blood Center, Waukesha WI |
| Dhammika Atapattu | MD PhD | Scientist BioSentinel, Madison WI |
| Lyndsey Berryman | MS | Nurse Madison Metropolitan School District |
| Nicole Aulik | PhD | Assist. Prof. Winona State University |
| Jose Rivera | MS, DVM | Ph.D. student Czuprynski lab |
| Robert Sahaghian | DVM MS | Private Practice, San Francisco CA |
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Keith Poulsen Ken Brandenburg Ismail Boukahil JOanne Tsarouha |
DVM PhD MS MS |
Assist. Prof., Oregon State University PhD student, KL1 Fellow, Czuprynski lab PhD student, Czuprynski lab MS student, Czuprynski lab |
Recent and Current Postdoctoral Trainees
| Dave McClenahan, DVM PhD | Assist. Professor, Univ. Northern Iowa |
| Raksha Tiwari, DVM,PhD | Scientist, Pfizer Animal Health, Kalamazoo MI |
| Dhammika Atapattu, MD, PhD | Scientist, BioSentinel, Madison WI |
| Dagmara Kisiela, PhD | Research Assoc., Univ. Washington Med Ctr. |
| Lewis Shi, PhD | Research Assoc., St. Jude's Med Ctr. |
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Alhaji N’jai, PhD Karein Rodriguez, Ph.D. Kwadwo Owusu-Ofori, PhD Josely Figueiredo, DVM, PhD |
Scientist, Procter and Gamble, Cincinnati, OH Johnson & Johnson Milwaukee Health Department Postdoc, Czuprynski Lab |