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Charles Czuprynski

Charles Czuprynski


Department of Pathobiological Sciences  

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Office: 4174


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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 somnii – adverse effects on bovine endothelial cells as it relates to vasculitis; 5) Paratuberculosis – invasion and intracellular growth of M. paratuberculosis in bovine macrophages.

Responsibilities

Teach Veterinary Bacteriology and Mycology (PBS 517); supervise graduate students in immunology, microbiology and toxicology; Director  of NIH Training Grant in Comparative Biomedical Sciences (provides research training to graduate veterinarians); PI of Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Molecular and Environmental Toxicology; Chair, Academic Committee of the Comparative Biomedical Sciences graduate program; Supervise Immunology Journal Club; Interim Director, UW  Co-course coordinator DSS Research Ethics; Director, Food Research Institute 

Graduate Training

Recent and Current Graduate Students

Name Degree Current position
Matt Sylte DVM PhD Assist. Prof. Univ. GA
Fabio Leite DVM PhD Assist. Prof. Univ. Pelotas
Steve Giles PhD Scientist UW-Madison
Erica Behling-Kelly DVM PhD Resident Clinical Pathology, UW Sch Vet. Med.
Chris Kuckleburg PhD Postdoc Wisconsin Blood Center, Waukesha WI
Dhammika Atapattu MD PhD Scientist BioSentinel, Madison WI
Lyndsey Berryman  MS Nursing School Marquette Univ.
Nicole Aulik PhD Dissertator
Jose Garcia MS Veterinary student, Research Intern UW Sch Vet. Med.
Robert Sahaghian DVM PhD Candidate
Keith Poulsen DVM PhD Candidate

 

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.
Alhaji N’jai, PhD Research Assoc., Czuprynski Lab

 

Recent Publications

Publications



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