Larner College of Medicine

Gary Ward

Professor

Director, Vermont Immunobiology and Infectious Disease Training Program

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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

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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