The AVC Department of Pathology and Microbiology will be interviewing 4 candidates for the tenure track faculty position in Veterinary Bacteriology.  

Our first candidate, Dr. Jean Mukherjee, has over 20 years of experience in teaching, contract research, biosafety, infection control and management of a high security laboratory.  She has a broad teaching portfolio that includes veterinary and human microbiology, parasitology and pharmacology.  Her research has mainly focused on the development of antibody-based diagnostic and therapeutic agents and establishment and use of various animal models for evaluation of candidate biologic and small molecule therapeutics.  She has worked extensively with an array of biological toxins and pathogens, including, botulinum toxin, ricin, Cryptococcus neoformans, Clostridioides difficile, E. coli 0157 and ESKAPEE organisms.  During the last year, she has served as the course coordinator for VPM 2010 Bacteriology and Mycology and taught the helminthology section of VPM 1220 Parasitology within the Department of Pathology and Microbiology.    

SEMINAR:

Teaching Seminar Title:  Coxiella burnetii

The Pathogenesis and import of the causative agent of Q Fever will be presented.

Research Seminar Title:  Of mice, Microbes and Toxins.......

This presentation will include an introduction to Dr. Mukherjee's work with botulinum toxin and adaptation of the mouse neutrophenic thigh infection model for pre-clinical evaluation of emerging antibacterial therapeutics.

Tuesday, April 27, 2021 @ 1:00 pm

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