Larner College of Medicine

Gary Ward

Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Director, Vermont Immunobiology and Infectious Disease Training Program

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gary.ward@med.uvm.edu
(802) 656-4868
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gary.ward@med.uvm.edu
+18026564868

Stafford Hall 316B
95 Carrigan Drive
Burlington, VT 05405
United States
Ward Lab website
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Alma mater(s)
  • Ph.D., Cell Biology of Fertilization, University of California, San Diego
  • Postdoctoral Training, Biochemistry of Cell Cycle Control, University of California, San Francisco
  • Senior Staff Fellow, Parasites that cause Malaria and Toxoplasmosis, NIH, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases
Affiliated Department(s)

Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Cellular, Molecular and Biological Sciences (CMB)

The (Vermont) Collaborative for Immunity and Host-Microbe Interactions (CIHMI)

Vermont Immunobiology & Infectious Disease training program

 

Areas of expertise

cell biology of host-parasite interaction, toxoplasma gondii, antiparasitic hit-to-lead studies.

BIO

PhD in 1985 from The University of California, San Diego, studying cell biology of fertilization with Dr. Victor Vacquier. Postdoctoral training with Dr. Marc Kirschner at The University of California, San Francisco, studying the biochemistry of cell cycle control. Senior Staff Fellow in the Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases at the NIH, working on the parasites that cause malaria and toxoplasmosis. Joined the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in 1996.

Courses

  • MMG 6200, Cellular Microbiology (Course Director)
  • CLBI 6010, Cell and Molecular Biology
  • CLBI 7010, Critical Reading and Analysis
  • MD 540, Foundations of Clinical Sciences

Publications

NIH Publications

Bio

PhD in 1985 from The University of California, San Diego, studying cell biology of fertilization with Dr. Victor Vacquier. Postdoctoral training with Dr. Marc Kirschner at The University of California, San Francisco, studying the biochemistry of cell cycle control. Senior Staff Fellow in the Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases at the NIH, working on the parasites that cause malaria and toxoplasmosis. Joined the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in 1996.

Courses

  • MMG 6200, Cellular Microbiology (Course Director)
  • CLBI 6010, Cell and Molecular Biology
  • CLBI 7010, Critical Reading and Analysis
  • MD 540, Foundations of Clinical Sciences

Publications

NIH Publications

microscopic cell
Four Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites (outlined in red) growing within a host cell (dark green)

Lab Team

Gary Ward, PI
Anne Kelsen, Senior Lab Technician
Kaesi Morelli, Postdoctoral Fellow
Kyle Kasprzak, Undergraduate Researcher