Ames Virology Network

Lyric Bartholomay, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University. E-mail: lyricb@iastate.edu
Mosquito-borne viruses: from molecular (determinants of virus-vector interactions emphasizing innate immunity in the mosquito host) to ecological (surveillance and mapping mosquito-borne viruses in Iowa).

Bradley Blitvich, Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventative Medicine, Iowa State University. E-mail: blitvich@iastate.edu
Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses); molecular determinants of arbovirus-vector interactions; apoptotic regulation in mosquito vectors; epidemic potential of West Nile virus in Mexico.

Bryony C. Bonning, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University. E-mail: bbonning@iastate.edu
Insect viruses: Molecular evolution of baculoviruses; potential use of insect viruses in insect pest management.

Andrew K. Cheung, Virus and Prion Diseases of Livestock Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center. E-mail: acheung@nadc.ars.usda.gov
Identification and characterization of viruses and prions associated with economically important diseases of livestock. Develop methods to control or eradicate these diseases.

Karin Dorman , Department of Statistics, Iowa State University. E-mail: kdorman@iastate.edu
Virus evolution; bioinformatics.

John H. Hill , Department of Plant Pathology, Iowa State University. E-mail: johnhill@iastate.edu
Applied and basic aspects of control of soybean virus diseases, especially bean pod mottle and soybean mosaic viruses.

Bruce H. Janke, Department of Veterinary Diagnostic & Production Animal Medicine, Iowa State University. E-mail: bhjanke@iastate.edu
Pathogenesis of swine influenza virus infections, mechanisms of virulence of swine influenza virus, detection of swine influenza viruses.

Marcus Kehrli , Virus and Prion Diseases of Livestock Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center. E-mail: mkehrli@nadc.ars.usda.gov
Identification and characterization of viruses and prions associated with economically important diseases of livestock. Develop methods to control or eradicate these diseases. Especially transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE), postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PWMWS), bovine viral diarrhea (BVD), swine influenza (SI), and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS).

Kelly M. Lager, Virus and Prion Diseases of Livestock Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center. E-mail: klager@nadc.ars.usda.gov
Identification and characterization of viruses and prions associated with economically important diseases of livestock. Develop methods to control or eradicate these diseases.

Cathy Miller , Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventative Medicine, Iowa State University. E-mail: clm@iastate.edu
Protein and nucleic acid interactions of segmented RNA viruses with the infected host cell, particularly the function of virally derived structures (termed reovirus factories, viroplasms, or viral inclusion bodies) formed in the cytoplasm by members of the Reoviridae family of segmented dsRNA viruses. Use of a protein-protein interaction technology to investigate and define the influenza A virus protein interactome.

W. Allen Miller , Department of Plant Pathology, Iowa State University E-mail: wamiller@iastate.edu
RNA virus translation and replication mechanisms, sequence variation and evolution of luteoviruses, luteovirus-aphid vector interactions, virology education.

John D. Neill , Virus and Prion Diseases of Livestock Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center. E-mail: jneill@nadc.ars.usda.gov
Detection and control of ruminant viral pathogens.

Ken Platt , Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventative Medicine, Iowa State University. E-mail: kbplatt@iastate.edu
Natural history of arthropod borne zoonotic diseases with emphasis on West Nile virus.

Donald L. Reynolds , Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventative Medicine, Iowa State University. E-mail: dlr@iastate.edu
Viral diseases of poultry, especially Newcastle Disease and avian pneumovirus.

Jürgen A. Richt, Virus and Prion Diseases of Livestock Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center. E-mail: jricht@nadc.ars.usda.gov
Identification and characterization of viruses and prions associated with economically important diseases of livestock. Develop methods to control or eradicate these diseases.

Julia F. Ridpath, Virus and Prion Diseases of Livestock Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service-U.S. Department of Agriculture. E-mail: jridpath@nadc.ars.usda.gov
Identification and characterization of viruses and prions associated with economically important diseases of livestock. Develop methods to control or eradicate these diseases.

James A. Roth , Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventative Medicine, Iowa State University. E-mail: jaroth@iastate.edu
Immunology of infectious diseases of cattle and swine, especially bovine viral diarrhea virus, bovine respiratory syncitial virus, and nipah virus.

Steven D. Sorden , Department of Veterinary Pathology, Iowa State University E-mail: ssorden@iastate.edu
Detection and significance of persistently BVDV-infected cattle and the pathogenesis of interstitial pneumonia in feedlot cattle

Brett Sponseller , Departments of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, and Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Iowa State University. E-mail: baspon@iastate.edu
Equine immune response to viral pathogens. Equine infectious anemia virus and West Nile virus.

Eileen L. Thacker , Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventative Medicine, Iowa State University. E-mail: ethacker@iastate.edu
Swine immunology including disease processes of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV), Swine Influenza Virus.

Dan Voytas , Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University. E-mail: voytas@iastate.edu
Retrotransposable elements; genome structure and evolution.

Ronald D. Wesley, Virus and Prion Diseases of Livestock Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service-U.S. Department of Agriculture. E-mail: rwesley@nadc.ars.usda.gov
Identification and characterization of viruses and prions associated with economically important diseases of livestock. Develop methods to control or eradicate these diseases.

Steve Whitham , Department of Plant Pathology, Iowa State University. E-mail: swhitham@iastate.edu
Interactions between plants and virus pathogens.

Kyoung-Jin Yoon, Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, Iowa State University. E-mail: kyoon@iastate.edu
Viral infectious diseases of swine with emphasis on pathogenesis, diagnosis and prevention.

Jeffrey J. Zimmerman , Veterinary Diagnostic & Production Animal Medicine, Iowa State University. E-mail: jjzimm@iastate.edu
Epidemiology and ecology of infectious diseases of swine, including transmission, diagnosis, prevention, control, and economics.

Virologists at the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Tel: 515-663-7551:

Carol Belzer, Center for Veterinary Biologics, USDA. E-mail: Carol.a.belzer@aphis.usda.gov
Vaccine and recombinant vaccine master seed testing and diagnostic test kits for animal biologics.

Beverly J. Schmitt, E-mail: beverly.j.schmitt@aphis.usda.gov

Eileen N. Ostlund, E-mail: eileen.n.ostlund@aphis.usda.gov

Sabrina L. Swenson, E-mail: sabrina.l.swenson@aphis.usda.gov

Brundaban Panigrahy, E-mail: brundaban.panigrahy@aphis.usda.gov

Janet V. Warg, E-mail: janet.v.warg@aphis.usda.gov

Tina L. Buffington, E-mail: tina.l.buffington@aphis.usda.gov

Leo G. Koster, E-mail: leo.g.koster@aphis.usda.gov

John G. Landgraf, E-mail: john.g.landgraf@aphis.usda.gov