Mary Pat Craver, Ph.D.
e-mail address: marycrav@umich.edu

Mentor: Gary Huffnagle, Ph.D.

Techniques Used:

Flow cytometry, molecular biology, tissue culture, microscopy


Research Description:

Analysis of host immunity to Cryptococcus neoformans during an allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis mouse model

Publications:

Frickel EM, Sahoo N, Hopp J, Gubbels MJ, Craver MP, Knoll LJ, Ploegh HL, Grotenbreg GM. 2008. Parasite stage-specific recognition of endogenous Toxoplasma gondii derived CD8+ T cell epitopes. J Infect Dis. 198:1625-33.

Craver, M.P.J and Knoll, L.J. 2007 Increased efficiency of homologous recombination in Toxoplasma gondii Dense Granule Protein 3 demonstrates that GRA3 is not necessary in cell culture but does contribute to virulence
Mol. Biochem. Parasit. 153:149-57.

Craver, M.P.J and Knoll, L.J. 2006. Pathogenic mechanisms of food- and waterborne parasitic disease. Food consumption and disease risk: consumer pathogen interactions. Ed. Morris Potter. Woodhead Pub lim. Cambridge, England.

Sukhnanand S., Alcain S., Warnick L.D., Su W.L., Craver M.P., McDonough, P., Boor K.J., Wiedmann M. 2005. DNA sequence-based subtyping and evolutionary analysis of selected Salmonella enterica serotypes. J. Clin Microbiol. 43: 3688-98.

Sukhnanand S., Dogan B., Ayodele M.O., Zadoks R.N., Craver M.P., Dumas N.B., Schukken Y.H., Boor K.J., Wiedmann M. 2005. Molecular subtyping and characterization of bovine and human Streptococcus agalactiae isolates. J Clin Microbiol. 43: 1177-86.

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