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Robin W. Morgan, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Animal and Food Sciences

Delaware Biotechnology Institute 15 Innovation Way

University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716-2103 (302) 383-4806 (phone)

Email: [email protected] EDUCATION

• Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina, B.S., Biology, 1977 • The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, Ph.D., Biology, 1982 • University of California, Berkeley, California, Post-doctoral fellow, Biochemistry,

1982-1985 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Dean and Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Delaware, July 2002-July 2012

• Acting Dean, Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, and Director of Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Delaware, July 2001-June 2002

• Associate Dean for Research and Associate Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Delaware, 2000-2001

• Professor, Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; 1996-present

• Joint appointment in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, 1993-present

• Joint appointment in the Department of Biology, University of Delaware, 1990-present

• Assistant Department Chairperson, Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 1992-2000

• Associate Professor, Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 1991-1996

• Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Science and Agricultural Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 1985-1991

SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• University of Delaware Leadership Council, 2010-2011 • Advisory Board Member, Center for Public Horticulture, 2008-2012 • Board of Trustees, The Independence School, 2009-present • Board of Directors, Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc., 2001-2012 • Board of Trustees, Longwood Gardens, 2005-present • Council of Farm Organizations, 2001-2012

• Panel Member, NIH-NCI SBIR Panel, 2011 • Board of Directors, University of Delaware Technology Corporation, 2007-2009 • Panel Member, Animal Health and Well-Being Virology Panel, USDA-NRICGP,

1993, 1994, 1997 (Manager), 2001 • Participant, SAES Leadership Development Course, 1992-93 • Editorial Board, Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, 1985-1992 • Judge, Delaware Junior Science and Humanities Program, 1989-1992 • Phi Kappa Phi • Member of the American Society for Virology, 1985-2004 • Member of the Environmental Mutagen Society, 1982-1993 • Member of the American Society for Microbiology, 1985-2004 • Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science • Associate Member of the American Association of Avian Pathologists

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

• Honorary American FFA Degree, 2012 • Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc. Outstanding Achievement Award, 2009 • AAAP Phibro Animal Health Excellence in Poultry Research Award, 2008 • Honorary State of Delaware FFA Degree, 2003 • P. P. Levine Award, AAAP/AVMA, 1993 • College of Agricultural Sciences Academic Advising Award, 1991 • NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1982-1985 • NIH Predoctoral Training Fellowship, 1977-1982 • Environmental Mutagen Society Travel Award, 1980 • John A. Yarbrough Biology Award, 1976

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1. Hoffman, George R. and Robin W. Morgan. (1976) The effect of ultraviolet light on the

frequency of a genetic duplication in Salmonella typhimurium. Radiation Research 67: 114-119.

2. Hoffman, George R., Robin W. Morgan, and Ralph E. Harvey. (1978) Effects of chemical and physical mutagens on the frequency of a large genetic duplication in Salmonella typhimurium. I. Induction of duplications. Mutation Research 52: 73-80.

3. Hoffman, George R., Robin W. Morgan, and Ruth Kirven. (1978) Effects of chemical and physical mutagens on the frequency of a large genetic duplication in Salmonella typhimurium. II. Stimulation of duplication-loss from merodiploids. Mutation Research 52: 81-86.

4. Morgan, Robin W., Jerrold M. Ward, and Philip E. Hartman. (1981) Detection of mutagens-carcinogens: Carcinogen-induced lesions pinpointed by alkaline phosphatase activity in fixed gastric specimens from rats. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 66: 941-945.

5. Morgan, Robin W., Jerrold M. Ward, and Philip E. Hartman. (1982) Aroclor 1254 induced intestinal metaplasia and adenocarcinoma in the glandular stomach of F344 rats. Cancer Research 41: 5154-5159.

Updated August 20, 2013

6. Morgan, Robin W. and George R. Hoffmann. (1983) Cycasin and its mutagenic metabolites. Mutation Research 114: 19-58.

7. Hoffman, George R. and Robin W. Morgan. (1984) Review: Putative mutagens and carcinogens in foods. V. Cycad azoxyglycosides. Environmental Mutagenesis 6: 103-116.

8. Hartman, Philip E. and Robin W. Morgan. (1985) Review: Mutagen-induced focal lesions as key factors in aging. In Molecular Biology of Aging: Gene Stability and Gene Expression, R. S. Sohal, L. Birnbaum, and R. G. Cutler (eds.), Annual Symposium of the American Aging Association, October 19, 1984, pp. 93-136.

9. Christman, Michael F., Robin W. Morgan, Fredric S. Jacobson, and Bruce N. Ames. (1985) Positive control of a regulon for defenses against oxidative stress and some heat shock proteins in Salmonella typhimurium. Cell 41: 753-762.

10. Morgan, Robin W., Michael F. Christman, Fredric S. Jacobson, Gisela Storz, and Bruce N. Ames. (1986) Hydrogen peroxide-inducible proteins in Salmonella typhimurium overlap with heat shock and other stress proteins. Proc. Natl. Acad. Science (USA) 83: 8059-8063.

11. Jacobson, Fredric S., Robin W. Morgan, Michael F. Christman, and Bruce N. Ames. (1989) An alkyl hydroperoxide reductase from Salmonella typhimurium involved in the defense of DNA against oxidative damage: purification and properties. Journal of Biological Chemistry 264: 1488-1496.

12. Storz, Gisela, Fredric S. Jacobson, Louis A. Tartaglia, Robin W. Morgan, Linda A. Silveira, and Bruce N. Ames. (1989) Genetic characterization and cloning of ahp, a locus encoding an alkyl hydroperoxide reductase induced by oxidative stress in Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology 171: 2049-2055.

13. Morgan, Robin W., John L. Cantello, and Caroline H. McDermott. (1990) Transfection of secondary chicken embryo fibroblasts with Marek's disease virus DNA. Avian Diseases 34: 345-351.

14. Morgan, Robin W., John L. Cantello, Johnny A. J. Claessens, and Paul J. A. Sondermeijer. (1991) Inhibition of Marek's disease virus DNA transfection by a sequence containing an alphaherpesvirus origin of replication and flanking transcriptional regulatory elements. Avian Diseases 35: 70-81.

15. Cantello, John L., Amy S. Anderson, Andrea Francesconi, and Robin W. Morgan. (1991) Isolation of a Marek's disease virus (MDV) recombinant containing the lacZ gene of Escherichia coli stably inserted within the MDV US2 gene. Journal of Virology 65: 1584-1588.

16. Anderson, Amy S., Andrea Francesconi, and Robin W. Morgan. (1992) Complete nucleotide sequence of the Marek's disease virus ICP4 gene. Virology 189: 657-667.

17. Morgan, Robin W., Jack Gelb, Jr., Crista S. Schreurs, D. Lutticken, John K. Rosenberger, and Paul J. A. Sondermeijer. (1992) Protection of chickens from Newcastle and Marek’s diseases with a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys vaccine expressing the Newcastle disease virus fusion protein. Avian Diseases 36: 858-870. (Received the P. P. Levine award for the best paper published in Avian Diseases in 1992).

18. Schat, Karel A., William R. Pratt, Robin W. Morgan, Dan Weinstock, and Bruce W. Calnek. (1992) Stable transfection of reticuloendotheliosis virus-transformed lymphoblastoid cell lines. Avian Diseases 36: 432-439.


19. Pratt, William D., Robin W. Morgan, and Karel A. Schat. (1992) Characterization of reticuloendotheliosis virus-transformed avian T lymphoblastoid cell lines infected with Marek's disease virus. Journal of Virology 66: 7239-7244.

20. Pratt, William D., Robin W. Morgan, and Karel A. Schat. (1992) Cell-mediated cytolysis of lymphoblastoid cells expressing Marek's disease virus-specific phosphoproteins. Veterinary Microbiology 33: 93-99.

21. Morgan, Robin W., Jack Gelb, Jr., Conrad R. Pope, and Paul J. A. Sondermeijer. (1993) Efficacy of a herpesvirus of turkeys recombinant vaccine containing the fusion gene of Newcastle disease virus: onset of immunity and effect of maternal antibodies. Avian Diseases 37: 1032-1040.

22. Sondermeijer, Paul J. A., John A. J. Claessens, P. E. van Dijk, A. P. Adrian Mockett, Rinus A. J. Thijssen, Marja J. Willemse, and Robin W. Morgan. (1993) Avian herpesvirus as a live viral vector for the expression of heterologous antigens. Vaccine 11: 349-358.

23. Dohms, John E., L. L. Hnatow, P. Whetzel, Robin W. Morgan, and Calvin L. Keeler, Jr. (1993) Identification of the putative cytadhesin gene of Mycoplasma gallisepticum and its use as a diagnostic DNA probe. Avian Diseases 37: 380-388.

24. Cantello, John L., Amy Anderson, and Robin W. Morgan. (1994) Identification of latency-associated transcripts that map anti-sense to the ICP4 homologue gene of Marek’s disease virus. Journal of Virology 68: 6280-6290.

25. Parcells, Mark S., Amy S. Anderson, and Robin W. Morgan. (1994) Characterization of a Marek’s disease virus mutant containing a lacZ insertion in the US6 (gD) homologue gene. Virus Genes 9: 5-13.

26. Parcells, Mark, Amy S. Anderson, John L. Cantello, and Robin W. Morgan. (1994) Characterization of Marek’s disease virus insertion and deletion mutants that lack US1 (ICP22), US10, and/or US2 and neighboring short component open reading frames. Journal of Virology 68: 8239-8253.

27. Pratt, William D., John L. Cantello, Robin W. Morgan, and Karel A. Schat. (1994) Enhanced expression of the Marek’s disease virus-specific phosphoproteins pp38/41 after stable transfection of MSB-1 cells with the Marek’s disease virus homolog of ICP4. Virology 201: 132-136.

28. Leipold, Robert J., Robin W. Morgan, and P. R. Dhurjati. (1995) Synthesis of non-translating or translating specialized ribosomes causes feedback regulation of ribosomal RNA synthesis in Escherichia coli. Biochemical Biophysical Research Communications 206: 393-400.

29. Parcells, Mark S., Amy S. Anderson, and Robin W. Morgan. (1995) Retention of oncogenicity by a Marek’s disease virus (MDV) mutant lacking six unique short region genes. Journal of Virology 69: 7888-7898.

30. Xie, Quing, Amy S. Anderson, and Robin W. Morgan. (1996) Marek’s disease virus (MDV) ICP4, pp38, and meq genes are important for the maintenance of transformation of MDCC-MSB1 MDV-transformed lymphoblastoid cells. Journal of Virology 70: 1125-1131.

31. Cantello, John L., Mark S. Parcells, Amy S. Anderson, and Robin W. Morgan. (1997) Marek’s disease virus latency associated transcripts belong to a family of spliced RNAs that are antisense to the ICP4 homolog gene. Journal of Virology 71: 1353-1361.


32. Anderson, Amy S., Mark S. Parcells, and Robin W. Morgan. (1998) The glycoprotein D (US6) homolog is not essential for oncogenicity or horizontal transmission of Marek’s disease virus. Journal of Virology 72: 2548-2553.

33. Van Dyk, Tina K., Brenda L. Ayers, Robin W. Morgan, and Robert A. LaRossa. (1998) Constricted flux through the branched chain amino acid biosynthetic enzyme, acetolactate synthase, triggers elevated expression of genes regulated by rpoS and internal acidification. Journal of Bacteriology: 180: 785-792.

34. Parcells, Mark S., Robert L. Dienglewicz, Amy S. Anderson, and Robin W. Morgan. (1999) Recombinant Marek’s disease virus (MDV)-derived lymphoblastoid cell lines: regulation of a marker gene within the context of the MDV genome. Journal of Virology 73: 1362-1373.

35. Van Dyk, Tina K., Dana R. Smulski, David A. Elsemore, Robert A. LaRossa, and Robin W. Morgan. (2000) A panel of bioluminescent biosensors for characterization of chemically-induced bacterial stress responses. ACS Symp. Ser. 762 (Chemical and Biological Sensors for Environmental Monitoring). pp. 167-184.

36. Morgan, Robin W., Andrea M. Miles, Erin L. Bernberg, Jennifer Kent, and Amy S. Anderson. (2000) Marek’s disease virus latency. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology 255: 223-243.

37. Miles, Andrea M., Sanjay M. Reddy, and Robin W. Morgan. (2001) Co-infection of SPF chickens with Marek’s disease virus (MDV) and chicken infectious anemia virus: Effect of MDV pathotype. Avian Diseases 45: 9-18.

38. Morgan, Robin W., Luc Sofer, Amy S. Anderson, Erin L. Bernberg, Jing Cui, and Joan Burnside. (2001) Induction of host gene expression following infection of chicken embryo fibroblasts with oncogenic Marek’s disease virus. Journal of Virology 75: 533-539.

39. Liu, Hsaio-Ching, Hsing-Jien Kung, Janet E. Fulton, Robin W. Morgan, and Hans H. Cheng. (2001) Growth hormone interacts with the Marek’s disease virus SORF2 protein and is associated with disease resistance in chickens. Proc. Natl. Acad. Science (USA) 98: 9203-9208.

40. Cogburn, Larry A., Robin Morgan, and Joan Burnside. 2003. Expressed sequence tags, DNA chips technology and gene expression profiling. In: Poultry Breeding and Biotechnology, W. M. Muir and S.E. Aggrey (eds.)

41. Lupiani, Blanca, Lee, Lucy F., Cui, Xiaoping, Gimeno, Isabel, Anderson, Amy, Morgan, Robin W., Silva, Robert F., Witter, Richard L., Kung, Hsing-Jien, and Sanjay M. Reddy. (2004) Marek’s disease virus-encoded Meq gene is involved in transformation of lymphocytes but is dispensable for replication. Proc. Natl. Acad. Science (USA) 101: 11815-11820.

42. Carre, W., X. Wang, T.E. Porter, Y. Nys, J. Tang, E.L. Bernberg, R.W. Morgan, J. Burnside, S.E. Aggrey, J. Simon, and L.A. Cogburn. (2006) Chicken genomics resource: sequencing and annotation of 35,407 ESTs from single and multiple tissue cDNA libraries and CAP3 assembly of a chicken gene index. Physiological Genomics 25:514-524.

43. Burnside, Joan, E. Bernberg, A. Anderson, C. Lu, B. Meyers, P. Green, N. Jain, G. Isaacs, and R. Morgan. (2006) Marek’s disease virus encodes microRNAs that map to meq and the latency-associated transcript. Journal of Virology 80:8778-8786.


44. Burnside, Joan and R.W. Morgan. 2007. Genomics and Marek’s disease in: Cytogenetics and Genome Research. S. Karger Vol. 17, pp. 376-387.

45. Niikura, Masahiro, T. Kim, H. D. Hunt, J. Burnside, R. W. Morgan, J. D. Dodgson, and H. Cheng. (2007) Marek's disease virus up-regulates major histocompatibility complex class II cell surface expression in infected cells. Virology 359: 212-219.

46. Burnside, J., M. Ouyang, A. Anderson, E. Bernberg, C. Lu, B. C. Meyers, P. J. Green, M. Markis, G. K. Isaacs, E. Huang, and R. W. Morgan. (2008) Deep sequencing of chicken microRNAs. BMC Genomics 9:185.

47. Morgan, R., A. Anderson, E. Bernberg, S. Kamboj, E. Huang, G. Lagasse, G. Isaacs, M. Parcells, B. C. Meyers, P. J. Green, and J. Burnside. (2008) Sequence conservation and differential expression of Marek’s disease virus microRNAs. Journal of Virology 82:12213-12220.

48. Cheng, H., M. Niikura, T. Kim, W. Mao, K.S. MacLea, H. Hunt, J. Dodgson, J. Burnside, R. Morgan, M. Ouyang, S. Lamont, J. Dekkers, J. Fulton, M. Soller, W. Muir. Using Integrative Genomics to Elucidate Genetic Resistance to Marek’s Disease in Chickens. (2008) Pinard M-H, Gay C, Pastoret P-P, Dodet B (eds): Animal Genomics for Animal Health. Dev Biol (Basel). Basel, Karger, Vol. 132, p 365-372.

49. Waidner, L., R. Morgan, A. Anderson, E. Bernberg, S. Kamboj, M. Garcia, S. Riblet, M. Ouyang, G. Isaacs, M. Markis, B. Meyers, P. Green, and J. Burnside. (2009) MicroRNAs of Gallid and Meleagrid herpesviruses show generally conserved genomic location and are virus-specific. Virology 388:128-136.

50. Waidner, L., J. Burnside, A. Anderson, E. Bernberg, M. A. German, B. Meyers, P. Green, and R. Morgan (2011) A microRNA of infectious laryngotracheitis virus downregulates and directs cleavage of ICP4 mRNA. Virology 411:25-31.

51. Morgan, Robin W., J. Burnside (2011) Roles of Avian Herpesvirus MicroRNAs in Infection, Latency, and Oncogenesis. BBA 1809:654-659.

52. Dumas, M.D., Polson S.W., Ritter D., Ravel J., Gelb, J. Jr., Morgan R., Wommack K.E. (2011) Impacts of Poultry House Environment on Poultry Litter Bacterial Community Composition. PLoS ONE 6(9): e24785. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024785.

BOOK CHAPTERS 1. Morgan, Robin W. (1992) The recombinant DNA controversy. In: Biotechnology:

Science and Socioeconomic Issues, L. S. Sterling, C. K. Halbrendt, S. L. Kitto (eds.), Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, pp. 1-8.

2. Morgan, Robin W., Qing Xie, John L. Cantello, Andrea M. Miles, Erin L. Bernberg, Jennifer Kent, and Amy S. Anderson (2001) Marek's disease virus latency. In: Marek's Disease, K. Hirai (ed.), Berlin: Springer-Verlag, pp. 223-243.

3. Cogburn, Larry A., Robin W. Morgan, and Joan Burnside (2003) Expressed sequence tags, DNA chips technology and gene expression profiling. In: Poultry Breeding and Biotechnology, William M. Muir and S. E. Aggrey (eds). Cambridge, MA: CABI Publishing, pp. 627-646.

4. Burnside, Joan and R. W. Morgan. 2007. Genomics and Marek's disease in: Cytogenetics and Genome Research, S. Karger. Vol.17, pp 376-387.

5. Burnside, Joan and Robin Morgan. Emerging roles of chicken and viral microRNAs in avian disease. In: BMC Genomics: in press.


6. Parcells, Mark S., Joan Burnside, and Robin Morgan. Marek’s disease virus (MDV)-induced T cell lymphomas. In: Cancer-Associated Viruses, Erle S. Robertson (ed.): in press

MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLE 1. Morgan, Robin W. (1988) The recombinant DNA controversy: Past and present

concerns. University Report, University of Delaware, Volume 14, Number 7, March 31, 1988.

PROCEEDINGS 1. Morgan, Robin W., C.H. McDermott, and John L. Cantello (1988) Regions of the

Marek's disease virus genome that inhibit transfection of MDV DNA into chicken embryo fibroblasts. In: Advances in Marek's Disease Research: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Marek's Disease, S. Kato, T. Horiuchi, T. Mikami, and K. Hirai (eds.), Osaka, Japan: Japanese Association on Marek's Disease, pp. 62-68.

2. Morgan, Robin W. and Mark S. Parcells (1992) The isolation and characterization of mutants mapping to the unique short region of the Marek's disease virus genome. In: Proceedings of the 19th World's Poultry Congress/4th International Symposium on Marek's Disease, G. de Boer and S. H. M. Jeurissen (eds.), Wageningen, The Netherlands, pp. 156-159.

3. Morgan, Robin W., Jack Gelb, Jr., Caroline S. Schreurs, and Paul J. A. Sondermeijer (1992) A live recombinant HVT vaccine expressing the Newcastle disease virus fusion protein protects chickens from both Newcastle and Marek's diseases. In: Proceedings of the 19th World's Poultry Congress/4th International Symposium on Marek's Disease, G. de Boer and H. M. Jeurissen (eds.), Wageningen, The Netherlands, pp. 323-327.

4. Sondermeijer, Paul. J. A., Johnny A. J. Claessens, P. E. Jenniskens, A. P. A. Mockett, R. A. J. Thijssen, Marla J. Willemse, and Robin W. Morgan (1992) Avian herpesvirus as a live viral vector for the expression of heterologous antigens. In: Proceedings of the 19th World's Poultry Congress/4th International Symposium on Marek's Disease, G. deBoer and S. H. M. Jeurissen (eds.), Wageningen, The Netherlands, pp. 164.

5. Pratt, William D., Karel A. Schat, H. C. Chen, Robin W. Morgan (1992) Regulation of Expression of the 38 kD phosphoprotein in MSB-1. In: Proceedings of the 19th World's Poultry Congress/4th International Symposium on Marek's Disease, G. de Boer and S. H. M. Jeurissen (eds.), Wageningen, The Netherlands, pp. 97-99.

6. Morgan, Robin W. (1992) Poultry viral vaccine vectors: herpesviruses. Proceedings of the 27th National Meeting on Poultry Health and Processing, October 15-16, Ocean City, Maryland, pp. 59-63.

7. Morgan, Robin W., Qing Xie, and John Cantello (1996) The Marek’s disease virus ICP4 gene: update on sense and antisense RNAs and characterization of the gene product. In: Current Research on Marek’s Disease, R. F. Silva, H. H. Cheng, P. M. Coussens, L. F. Lee, and L. F. Velicer (eds)., American Association of Avian Pathologists, Inc.: Kennett Square, PA, pp. 160-163.

8. Morgan, Robin W., Amy S. Anderson, Jennifer Kent, and Mark S. Parcells (1996) Characterization of Marek’s disease virus RB1B-based mutants having disrupted glycoprotein C or glycoprotein D homolog genes. In: Current Research on Marek’s


Disease, R. F. Silva, H. H. Cheng, P. M. Coussens, L. F. Lee, and L. F. Velicer (eds)., American Association of Avian Pathologists, Inc.: Kennett Square, PA, pp. 207-212.

9. Parcells, Mark S., Amy S. Anderson, and Robin W. Morgan (1996) Rapid construction of mutant Marek’s disease viruses using a green fluorescent protein (GFP) expression cassette. In: Current Research on Marek’s Disease, R. F. Silva, H. H. Cheng, P. M. Coussens, L. F. Lee, and L. F. Velicer (eds)., American Association of Avian Pathologists, Inc.: Kennett Square, PA, pp. 284-289.

10. Morgan, Robin W. (1996) Future strategies to control Marek’s disease. In: Proceedings of the 31st National Meeting on Poultry Health and Processing, October 23-25, 1996, Ocean City, MD, pp. 64-67.

11. Miles, Andrea M., Amy S. Anderson, Erin L. Bernberg, Jennifer Kent, John K. Rosenberger, Conrad R. Pope, and Robin W. Morgan (1999) Comparison of two serotype 1 Marek’s disease virus isolates. Acta Viroligica 43: 102-105.

12. Xing, Z., Qing Xie, Robin W. Morgan, and Karel A. Schat (1999) A monoclonal antibody to ICP4 of Marek’s disease virus (MDV) recognizing ICP4 of serotype 1 and 3 strains. Acta Viroligica 43: 102-105.

13. Morgan, Robin W. (1999) Current status of Marek’s disease. Proceedings of the 34th National Meeting on Poultry Health and Processing, October 20-22, 1999, Ocean City, MD.

14. Morgan, Robin W. (2000) Application of Molecular Techniques to Study the Pathogenesis of Marek’s Disease, 6th International Symposium on Marek’s Disease, August 20-23, 2000, Montreal, Canada.

15. Morgan, Robin W., Maiike Cronenberg, Amy S. Anderson, Jennifer Kent, Erin L. Bernberg, Andrea M. Miles, John L. Cantello, Qing Xie, and Paul J. A. Sondermeijer (2000) Progress in construction of Marek’s disease virus and herpesvirus of turkeys mutants: the RB1BLATlac example. Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Marek’s Disease, August 20-23, 2000, Montreal, Canada, American Association of Avian Pathologists, Kennett Square, PA, pp. 175-177.

16. Kent, Jennifer, Erin L. Bernberg, and Robin W. Morgan (2000) Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) expression is down-regulated on the surface of Marek’s disease virus (MDV)-infected chicken embryo fibroblasts but up-regulated on the surface of adjacent uninfected cells. Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Marek’s Disease, August 20-23, 2000, Montreal, Canada, American Association of Avian Pathologists, Kennett Square, PA, pp. 163-165.

17. Morgan, Robin W., Luc Sofer, Andrea M. Miles, Amy S. Anderson, Erin L. Bernberg, J. Cui, Joan Burnside (2000) Microarray analysis of Marek’s disease virus: The virus and the host cell. Proceeding of the 6th International Symposium on Marek’s Disease, August 20-23, 2000, Montreal, Canada, American Association of Avian Pathologists, Kennett Square, PA, pp. 73-76.

18. Witter, R. L., and Robin W. Morgan. (2001) Marek’s disease: Recent developments and current status. Proc. 50th Western Poultry Disease Conference. March 2000. pp. 22-27.

19. Chen, H., M. Niikura, T. Kim, W. Mao, K. S. MacLea, H. Hunt, J. Dodgson, J. Burnside, R. Morgan, M. Ouyang, S. Lamont, J. Dekkers, J. Fulton, M. Soller, and W. Muir (2007) Using Integrative Genomics to Elucidate Genetic Resistance to Marek’s Disease in Chicken. International Symposium on Animal Genomics for Animal Health, Paris, France, October 23-25, 2007.


20. Morgan, Robin W. (2007) Herpesvirus of turkeys (HVT) – vectored vaccines. I. Marek’s disease protection. II. Insert Efficacy. Proceedings of the 42nd National Meeting on Poultry Health and Processing. Ocean City, MD, October 8-10, 2007, pp. 67-72.

21. Morgan, Robin W. (2008) Use of feather tips to monitor vaccination with HVT and recombinant HVT/ILTV. Proceedings of the 43rd National Meeting on Poultry Health and Processing. Ocean City, MD, October 6-8, 2008, pp. 75-78.

22. Burnside, Joan and Robin Morgan. Emerging roles of chicken and viral microRNAs in avian disease. In: BMC Genomics: in press.

23. 2011 Delmarva Poultry Conference, Ocean City, Maryland. “Marek’s Disease in Pennsylvania Layers in 2011 – Laboratory Characterization.” October 2011.

24. 2011 Delmarva Poultry Conference, Ocean City, Maryland. “The Current Economy: Impacts on Programs and Services for the Poultry Industry University Trends.” October 2011.

ABSTRACTS 1. Hoffman, George R. and Robin W. Morgan (1976) Detection of mutagen-induced genetic

duplications in Salmonella typhimurium. Presented at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Environmental Mutagen Society, Atlanta, Georgia, March 12-15, 1976.

2. Hoffman, George R., Robin W. Morgan, S. Price, Ruth Kirven, and Ralph C. Harvey (1977) Mutagen-induced formation and loss of a chromosomal duplication in Salmonella. Genetics 86: S29.

3. Morgan, Robin W., Jerrold M. Ward, and Philip E. Hartman (1980) Detection of N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) induced intestinal metaplasia in the glandular stomach of rats. Environmental Mutagenesis 2: 237.

4. Morgan, Robin W., Jerrold M. Ward, and Philip E. Hartman (1981) Induction by Aroclor 1254 of gastric lesions in the glandular stomachs of F344 rats. Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research and the American Society of Clinical Oncology 22: 73.

5. Christmann, Michael F., Robin W. Morgan, Fredric S. Jacobson, and Bruce N. Ames (1985) Regulation of cellular defenses against oxidative stress. Presented at the Cold Spring Harbor Bacteriophage Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, August 21-26, 1985, p.154.

6. Morgan, Robin W., Michael F. Christman, Fredric S. Jacobson, and Bruce N. Ames (1985) Defenses against hydrogen peroxide, an oxidative mutagen, in Salmonella typhimurium. Environmental Mutagenesis 7, supplement 3: 44.

7. Dohms, John E., Robin W. Morgan, and Leslie Ziemer (1987) Construction and partial characterization of a Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) genomic library. Presented at the joint meeting of the 59th Northeastern Conference on Avian Disease and 8th Mid Atlantic States Avian Medicine Seminar, NJ Dept. of Agriculture & Rutgers University, Atlantic City, NJ, June 8-11, 1987.

8. Morgan, Robin W. and Caroline H. McDermott (1988) Transfection of chicken embryo fibroblasts with Marek's disease virus DNA. Abstracts of the 88th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, S15, p. 317.

9. Anderson Amy S., Robin W. Morgan, and John E. Dohms (1989) Identification of genes of Marek's disease virus by expression vector cloning in the bacteriophage λgtll.


Abstracts of the 61st Northeastern Conference on Avian Diseases, Blacksburg, Virginia, June 1989.

10. Morgan, Robin W., Amy Anderson, and Paul J. A. Sondermeijer (1989) Identification of genes of Marek's disease virus (MDV) by immunological screening of λgt11 expression libraries. Abstracts of the 14th International Herpesvirus Workshop, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 1989.

11. Cantello, John L. and Robin W. Morgan (1989) The construction of a recombinant Marek's disease virus containing the lacZ gene of E. coli. Abstracts of the 61st Northeastern Conference on Avian Diseases, Blacksburg, Virginia, June 1989.

12. Morgan, Robin W., John L. Cantello, Amy S. Anderson, and Andrea Francesconi (1990) Characterization of a stable Marek's disease virus recombinant containing the lacZ gene of Escherichia coli. Abstracts of the 15th International Herpesvirus Workshop, Washington, DC, August 1990.

13. Morgan, Robin W. and Amy S. Anderson (1991) Structure and complete nucleotide sequence of the ICP4 immediate early gene of Marek's disease virus. Abstracts of the 63rd Northeastern Conference on Avian Diseases, Ithaca, New York, June 1991.

14. Pratt, William D., Robin W. Morgan, and Karel A. Schat (1991) Cell-mediated cytotoxicity against lymphoblastoid cells expressing MDV-specific phosphorylated polypeptides. Abstracts of the 63rd Northeastern Conference on Avian Diseases, Ithaca, NY, June 1991.

15. Morgan, Robin W. and Amy S. Anderson (1991) Structure and complete nucleotide sequence of the Marek's disease virus homologue to the ICP4 gene of herpes simplex virus. Abstracts of the 16th International Herpesvirus Workshop, Asilomar, CA, July 1991.

16. Dohms, John E., Calvin. L. Keeler, Linda L. Hnatow, Robin W. Morgan, and Patricia. L. Whetzel (1991) Cloning of the Mycoplasma gallisepticum cytadhesin gene. Presented at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Conference of Research Workers in Animal Disease, Chicago, IL, November 11-12, 1991.

17. Schat, Karel, William D. Pratt, Robin W. Morgan, and Z. Uni (1992) New approaches to study cell-mediated immune responses to Marek's disease virus. Proceedings of the 41st

Western Poultry Disease Conference, Sacramento, CA, March 1-2, 1992. 18. Parcells, Mark S. and Robin W. Morgan (1992) The isolation and characterization of

Marek's disease virus mutants in unique short region genes. Abstracts of the 64th Northeastern Conference on Avian Diseases, University Park, PA, June 1992.

19. Hnatow, Linda L., Patricia L. Whetzel, Robin W. Morgan, Calvin L. Keeler, and John E. Dohms (1992) Studies with a Mycoplasma gallisepticum cytadhesin gene probe. Abstracts of the 64th Northeastern Conference on Avian Diseases, University Park, PA, June 1992.

20. Morgan, Robin W., Jack Gelb, Jr., Christa Schreurs, and Paul J. A. Sondermeijer (1992) A herpesvirus of turkeys recombinant vaccine expressing the Newcastle disease virus fusion protein protects chickens from Newcastle and Marek's diseases. Abstracts of the VMA/AAAP Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, Aug. 1-5, 1992.

21. Dohms, John E., Calvin L. Keeler, Jr., Linda L. Hnatow, Robin W. Morgan, and Patricia L. Whetzel (1992) Identification, cloning and sequencing of the putative cytadhesin gene of Mycoplasma gallisepticum. Abstracts of the AVMA/AAAP Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August 1-5, 1992.


22. Parcells, Mark S. and Robin W. Morgan (1993) Construction and characterization of a recombinant MDV having a deletion spanning five genes in the unique-short region of the genome. Abstracts of the 65th Northeastern Conference on Avian Diseases, Newark, DE, June 1993.

23. Lehman, Donald C. and Robin W. Morgan (1993) Characterization of the virulence plasmid of Salmonella enteritidis. Abstracts of the 65th Northeastern Conference on Avian Diseases, Newark, DE, June 1993.

24. Parcells, Mark S. and Robin W. Morgan (1993) Construction and characterization of recombinant Marek’s disease virus mutants lacking a US1 gene. Abstracts of the 18th International Herpesvirus Workshop, Pittsburgh, PA, July 1993.

25. Morgan, Robin W., John L. Cantello, Qing Xie, and Amy S. Anderson (1994) Regulation of the Marek’s disease virus ICP4 gene: implications for productive infection, latency, and transformation. Abstracts of the 1994 AVMA/AAAP Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, July 1994.

26. Parcells, Mark S. and Robin W. Morgan (1994) Construction of a mutant Marek’s disease virus (RB1B) that has six genes deleted from the unique-short region yet retains oncogenicity. Abstracts of the 19th International Herpesvirus Workshop, Vancouver, Canada, July 1994.

27. Parcells, Mark S., Amy S. Anderson, and Robin W. Morgan (1995) Characterization of RB1B-derived Marek’s disease virus insertion and deletion mutants that retain oncogenicity. Abstracts of the Current Developments in the Molecular Biology of Marek’s Disease Virus Workshop, St. Petersburg, Florida, January 1995.

28. Morgan, Robin W., Qing Xie, and John L. Cantello (1995) Further characterization of small RNAs that map antisense to the ICP4 gene of Marek’s disease virus. Abstracts of the Current Developments in the Molecular Biology of Marek’s Disease Virus Workshop, St. Petersburg, Florida, January 1995.

29. Morgan, Robin W., Mark S. Parcells, Amy S. Anderson, and Jennifer Kent (1995) Effect of insertion and deletion mutants on oncogenesis and horizontal spread of the RB1B strain of Marek’s disease virus. Abstracts of the 1995 AVMA/AAAP Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, July 1995.

30. Cantello, John L. and Robin W. Morgan (1995) Splicing patterns of latency associated RNAs that map antisense to the ICP4 gene of Marek’s disease virus. Abstracts of the 20th International Herpesvirus Workshop, Groningen, The Netherlands, July 1995.

31. Xie, Qing, and Robin W. Morgan (1996) Identification and expression of the Marek’s disease virus ICP4 protein. Presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology, The University of Western Ontario, Canada, July 13 17, 1996.

32. Kent, Jennifer, Amy S. Anderson, Mark S. Parcells, and Robin W. Morgan (1996) Isolation and characterization of a Marek’s disease virus mutant containing a lacZ and gpt insertion into the gC homologue gene. Presented at the 68th Northeastern Conference on Avian Diseases, Penn State University, University Park, PA, June 10-12, 1996.

33. Xie, Qing, Andrea M. Miles, and Robin W. Morgan (1996) Marek’s disease virus oncogenicity: functional analysis of relevant viral genes. Presented at the 133rd Annual Meeting of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Louisville, Kentucky, July 20-24, 1996. (won poster award at the AAAP meeting)

34. Morgan, Robin W, Amy S. Anderson, and Mark S. Parcells (1996) The Marek’s disease virus glycoprotein D homolog is not essential for virus replication, horizontal


transmission, or tumorigenesis. Presented at the 21st Herpesvirus Workshop, DeKalb, Illinois, July 27-August 2, 1996.

35. Kent, Jennifer, Amy S. Anderson, and Robin W. Morgan (1997) Marek’s disease virus gC and meq mutants with dramatic reductions in tumor incidences and horizontal transmission. Presented at the 22nd Herpesvirus Workshop, San Diego, CA, August 2-8, 1977.

36. Van Dyk, Tina K., Brenda L. Ayers, Robin W. Morgan, and Robert A. LaRossa (1997) Unexpected changes in the Escherichia coli gene expression profile caused by reduced acetolactate synthase activity. Presented at the ASBMB Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 24-29, 1997.

37. Morgan, Robin W., Amy S. Anderson, and Jennifer Kent (1998) Marek’s disease virus gC and meq mutants with dramatic reductions in tumor incidences and horizontal transmission. Presented at the Trends in Avian Tumour Virology Meeting, Compton, Newbury, UK, October 22-23, 1997. Avian Pathology 27: S89-S90.

38. Van Dyk, Tina K., Brenda L. Ayers, Dana R. Smulski, David A. Elsemore, Robin W. Morgan, and Robert A. LaRossa (1998) Characterization of chemically-induced stress responses using Escherichia coli promoter bioluminescent gene fusions. Gordan Conference 1998.

39. Moore, Kristi M., Erin. L. Bernberg, and Robin W. Morgan (1998) Progress using a yeast two-hybrid system to identify proteins interacting with the Marek’s disease virus Meq protein. Presented at the AAAP/AVMA Annual Meeting, July 25-29, 1998, Baltimore, MD.

40. Van Dyk, Tina K., Dana. R. Smulski, David A. Elsemore, Robert A. LaRossa, and Robin. W. Morgan (1999) A panel of bioluminescent biosensors for characterization of chemically-induced bacterial stress responses. Presented at the American Chemical Society meeting in Anaheim, CA, March, 1999.

41. Van Dyk, Tina K., Dana R. Smulski, David A. Eisemore, J. Feliciano-Cardona, Robin W. Morgan, and Robert A. LaRossa (1999) Use of bioluminescent gene fusions to characterize xenobiotic-induced bacterial stress responses. Presented at the American Society for Microbiology meeting in Chicago, IL, May 30-June 3, 1999.

42. Miles, Andrea and Robin W. Morgan. (1999) Concomitant infection of SPF chickens with Marek’s disease virus (MDV) and chicken infectious anemia virus (CIAV): Effect of MDV pathotype. Presented at the AAAP/AVMA meeting, July 10-14, 1999, New Orleans, LA.

43. Morgan, Robin W., Carl J. Schmidt, Luc Sofer, Amy S. Anderson, Bruce Kingham, Jing Cui, Erin L. Bernberg, and Joan Burnside (1999) Global cellular and viral changes in gene expression that accompany infection of chicken embryo fibroblasts with either Marek’s disease virus or herpesvirus of turkeys. Presented at the 24th International Herpesvirus Workshop, July 17-23, 1999, Boston, MA.

44. Morgan, Robin W., Luc Sofer, Andrea Miles, Amy S. Anderson, Erin L. Bernberg, Jing Cui, and Joan Burnside. 2000 Microarray analysis of Marek’s disease virus: The virus and the host cell. 6th International Symposium on Marek’s Disease, August 20-23, 2000, Montreal, Canada.

45. Kent, Jennifer, Erin L. Bernberg and Robin W. Morgan (2000) Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) expression is down-regulated on the surface of Marek’s disease virus (MDV)-infected chicken embryo fibroblasts but up-regulated on the surface of adjacent


uninfected cells. 6th International Symposium on Marek’s Disease, August 20-23, 2000, Montreal, Canada.

46. Bernberg, Erin L., Maiike Cronenberg, Amy S. Anderson, Jennifer Kent, Andrea Miles, John L. Cantello, X. Qie, Paul J. A. Sondermeijer, and Robin W. Morgan (2000) Progress in construction of Marek’s disease virus and herpesvirus of turkeys mutants: the RB1BLATlac example. 6th International Symposium on Marek’s Disease, August 20-23, 2000, Montreal, Canada.

47. Robin W. Morgan, Andrea M. Miles, Luc Sofer, Erin L. Bernberg, Jing Cui, Vijaya Tirunagaru, Amy S. Anderson, and Joan Burnside (2001) Induction of host gene expression following Marek's disease virus infection of chickens: Differences between cell cultures and in vivo spleen samples. Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA, January 2001.

48. Tang, J. S., L. Lacoste, Joan Burnside, W. Martins, Robin W. Morgan, Larry A. Cogburn, Erin. L. Bernberg, and G. R. Gao (2002) Clustering chicken EST data using both sequence and concept matches. Plant, Animal, Microbe Genomes X Conference, January 12-16, 2002, San Diego, CA.

49. Joan Burnside, Erin Bernberg, Shally Xu, Amarin Cogburn, and Robin Morgan (2004) Application of the 13K chicken cDNA microarray to high resolution analysis of host response to infection with Marek's disease virus. Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA, January 2004.

50. Anderson, Amy S., G. Isaacs, Erin L. Bernberg, Larry A. Cogburn, X. Xu, K. Czymmek, Paul. J. A. Sondermeijer, Joan Burnside, and Robin. W. Morgan (2004) Construction and characterization of a herpesvirus of turkeys (HVT) recombinant containing a chicken macrophage inflammatory protein-1 (MIP-1) gene. 7th International Symposium on Marek’s Disease, July 2004, Oxford, UK.

51. Bernberg, Erin L., X. Xu, Larry A Cogburn, K. Czymmek, Joan Burnside, and Robin W. Morgan (2004) Latency of herpesvirus of turkeys (HVT) and Marek’s disease virus (MDV). 7th International Symposium on Marek’s Disease, July 2004, Oxford, UK.

52. Bernberg, Erin L., Amy S. Anderson, Joan Burnside, and Robin W. Morgan (2004) Latency associated transcripts of herpesvirus of turkeys (HVT). 141st AVMA/AAAP annual meeting, July 2004, Philadelphia, PA.

53. Bernberg, Erin L., Shally Xu, Ming Huang, Amarin Cogburn, Robin Morgan, and Joan Burnside (2005) Use of laser capture microdissection and DNA microarrays for high resolution analysis of gene expression in HVT-infected CEFs. Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA, January 2005.

54. Cheng, Hans H., M. Niikura, T. Kim, K. MacLea, H. Hunt, Robin W. Morgan, and Joan Burnside (2005) Integrating genomic and immunological approaches to understand Marek’s disease. Keystone Systems Biology meeting, Keystone, CO, April 2005.

55. Yandon, Mariclair, Amarin Cogburn, Shally Xu, Erin Bernberg, Robin Morgan, and Joan Burnside (2005) Characterization of regulated genes in chicken embryo fibroblasts with herpesvirus of turkeys. American Society for Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA, April 2005.

56. Joan Burnside, Erin Bernberg, Amy Anderson, Cheng Lu, Neeta Jain, Blake Meyers, Pam Green, and Robin Morgan (2006) Small RNA cloning and expression in chick embryos. International Chicken Genome Consortium Conference, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, May 2006.


57. Morgan, Robin, E. Bernberg, A. Anderson, C. Lu, B. Meyers, P. Green, N. Jain, G. Isaacs, and J. Burnside (2006) Marek’s disease virus microRNAs map to meq and LAT. 4th International Workshop on the Molecular Pathogenesis of Marek’s Disease Virus, August 2006, Newark, DE.

58. Erin Bernberg, J. Burnside, A. Anderson, C. Lu, N. Jain, B. Meyers, P. Green, and R. Morgan (2006) Small RNA cloning and expression in uninfected and MDV-infected chick embryo fibroblasts. 4th International Workshop on the Molecular Pathogenesis of Marek’s Disease Virus, August 2006, Newark, DE.

59. Mark Parcells, P. Kumar, P Hontz, E. Bernberg, A. Anderson, G. Isaacs, R. Morgan. S. Cloud, and J. Rosenberger (2006) The MDV shedder model in the US. 4th International Workshop on the Molecular Pathogenesis of Marek’s Disease Virus, August 2006, Newark, DE.

60. Robin W. Morgan, Grace Isaacs, Mark Parcells, Milos Markis, Amy S. Anderson, Erin L. Bernberg, Sandra Cloud Rosenberger, and John K. Rosenberger (2007) Control of contemporary Marek’s disease isolates. For presentation at the AAAP/AVMA meeting, Washington, DC, July 2007.

61. Robin W. Morgan, Amy S. Anderson, Erin L. Bernberg, Grace Isaacs, Milos Markis, and Joan Burnside (2007) Functions of Marek’s disease virus microRNAs. For presentation at the AAAP/AVMA meeting, Washington, DC, July 2007.

62. Robin W. Morgan, Amy S. Anderson, Erin L. Bernberg, Grace Isaacs, Emily Huang, Milos Markis, Blake Meyers, Pam Green, and Joan Burnside (2007) Marek's disease virus trickery: Functions of viral microRNAs. For presentation at the 32nd International Herpesvirus Workshop, Asheville, NC, July 2007.

63. Hans H. Cheng, M. Niijura, G. Kim, W. Mao, K. MacLea, H. Hunt J. Dodgson, J. Burnside, R. Morgan, M. Ouyang, S. Lamont, J. Dekkers, J. Fulton, N. O’Sullivan, M. Soller, and W. Muir (2007) Uncovering the mysteries of viral disease resistance in poultry through a combination of genomic and proteomic approaches. For presentation at the “Emerging Trends in the Application of Genomics in Agricultural Research” conference, September 10-12, 2007, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

64. Hans H. Cheng, M. Niijura, G. Kim, W. Mao, K. MacLea, H. Hunt J. Dodgson, J. Burnside, R. Morgan, M. Ouyang, S. Lamont, J. Dekkers, J. Fulton, N. O’Sullivan, M. Soller, and W. Muir (2007) Uncovering the mysteries of viral disease resistance in poultry through a combination of genomic and proteomic approaches. For presentation at the International Symposium on Animal Genomics for Animal Health, October 23-25, 2007, Paris, France.

65. E. McDowell, H. Dong, S. Shaikh, U. K. Katneni, P. M. Kumar, P. Tavlarides-Hontz, E. Bernberg, G. Isaacs, R. W. Morgan, J. K. Rosenberger, S. S. Rosenberger, and M. S. Parcells (2008) Evaluation of Marek’s Disease Virus (MDV) Vaccine Efficacy Using a Natural Exposure Model. NECAD conference.

66. M. Markis, G. Isaacs, E. Bernberg, A. Anderson, G. Lagasse, L. Waidner, J. Burnside, J. Rosenberger, and R. Morgan (2009) Marek’s disease virus microRNA expression in feather tips. Presented at the 146th AAAP/AVMA annual meeting, Seattle, Washington, July 2009.

67. L. Waidner, R. W. Morgan, A. S. Anderson, E. L. Bernberg, S. Kamboj, M. Markis, G. Isaacs, G. Lagasse, and J. Burnside (2009) A microRNA of infectious laryngotracheitis


virus (ILTV) down-regulates and directs cleavage of ICP4 mRNA. Presented at the MicroRNA and Cancer Keystone meeting, Keystone, CO, June 10-14, 2009.

68. M. Markis, J. Rosenberger, S. Rosenberger, G. Isaacs, E. Bernberg, G. Lagasse, A. Anderson, D. Ritter, L. Waidner, J. Burnside, and R. Morgan (2010) Feather tip monitoring of Marek’s disease virus in experimental and commercial settings. Presented at the 147th AAAP/AVMA annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, July 31-August 3, 2010.

69. M. Markis, G. Isaacs, E. Bernberg, G. Lagasse, A. Anderson, L. Waidner, J. Burnside, and R. Morgan (2010) Expression of microRNAs in feather tips of Marek’s disease virus infected chickens. Presented at the 5th International Workshop of the Molecular Pathogenesis of Marek’s disease virus and 1st Symposium on Avian Herpesviruses, Oct. 17-20, 2010.

70. A. Anderson, E. Bernberg, G. Isaacs, M. Markis, G. Lagasse, J. Burnside, and R. Morgan (2010) Construction of herpesvirus of turkeys (HVT) recombinants that express microRNAs derived from oncogenic Marek’s disease virus (MDV1). Presented at the 5th International Workshop of the Molecular Pathogenesis of Marek’s disease virus and 1st Symposium on Avian Herpesviruses, Oct. 17-20, 2010.

71. E. Bernberg, A. Anderson, M. Markis, L. Waidner, M. Bolisetty, K. Beemon, R. Morgan, J. Burnside (2010) Marek’s disease virus microRNA mdv—miR-M4 acts as a miR-155 ortholog and downregulates JARID2. Presented at the 5th International Workshop of the Molecular Pathogenesis of Marek’s disease virus and 1st Symposium on Avian Herpesviruses, Oct. 17-20, 2010.

72. R. Morgan (2012) Agriculture in the Future: Perennial Possibilities. Presented at The Independence School, Newark, DE, April 17, 2012.

PATENTS

• Recombinant Marek's disease virus. Filed with the U.S. Patent Office, July, 1990; Application No. 07/717,150. Patent No. 5,231,023 - July 27, 1993. Inventor: R. W. Morgan.

• Marek's disease virus vaccine. Filed with the U.S. Patent Office, November 16, 1990; Application No. 615,211. Patent No. 5,283,191 - February 1, 1994. Inventor: R. W. Morgan et al.

• Recombinant vaccine against Marek's disease. Filed with the U.S. Patent Office, May 14, 1991; Application No. 699,467. Patent No. 5690939 - November 25, 1997. Inventor: R. W. Morgan et al.

• Recombinant vaccine against Marek’s disease. Filed with the U.S. Patent Office, May 24, 1993; Application No. 08/067,416. Patent No. 6,051,404 – April 18, 2000. Inventors: R. W. Morgan et al.

• Protecting avians from pathogens. Filed with the U.S. Patent Office, August, 2004. Application No. 20060046247. Inventors: Jeffrey C. Rapp, M. C. Leavitt, and R. W. Morgan. Pending.

• RNA interference in avians. Filed with the U.S. Patent Office, August 23, 2005; Application No. 20060046248. Inventors: Jeffrey C. Rapp, M. C. Leavitt, and R. W. Morgan. Pending.

RESEARCH FUNDING

• USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, 2006


“The Chicken microRNAome: Viral and Host microRNAs in Marek’s Disease” July 1, 2007 – March 31, 2011 With Joan Burnside $634,911 (Funded)

• USDA APHIS Cooperative Agreement, 2006 FY06 NPIP HP Avian Influenza Program for Commercial & Subpart E Poultry April 1, 2006 – March 31, 2007 Prepared for the Delaware Department of Agriculture with Jack Gelb $191,500 (all funds go to UD)

• USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, 2003 “High Resolution Microarray and Protein Analysis of Chicken Immune Responses” October 1, 2003 – May 30, 2008 With Hans Cheng, Henry Hunt, and Joan Burnside $499,888

• USDA APHIS Cooperative Agreement, 2006 FY06 Live Bird Market/Backyard Flocks LP Avian Influenza Program April 1, 2006 – December 31, 2006 With Jack Gelb $40,000

• USDA APHIS Cooperative Agreement, 2006 FY06 NPIP LP Avian Influenza Program for Commercial Broilers October 1, 2006 – December 31, 2006 Prepared for the Delaware Department of Agriculture with Jack Gelb $75,000 (all funds go to UD)

• USDA APHIS Cooperative Agreement, 2005 FY05 Live Bird Market/Backyard Flocks LP Avian Influenza Program September 30, 2005 – March 31, 2006 With Jack Gelb $40,000

• USDA APHIS Cooperative Agreement, 2005 FY05 NPIP LP Avian Influenza Program for Commercial Broilers October 1, 2005 – April 30, 2006 Prepared for the Delaware Department of Agriculture with Jack Gelb $40,000 (all funds go to UD)

• USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, 2005 “An Affymetrix Scanner for Avian Functional Genomics Research” November 1, 2005-October 31, 2006 With Joan Burnside $60,000

• USDA IFAFS FY2001 “Bridging Genome Sequence to the Prevention of Marek’s Disease in Poultry” October 1, 2001 – September 30, 2005 With Joan Burnside, Jerry Dodgson, Hans Cheng, and Hongbin Zhang $754,553 (subcontract to the University of Delaware)

• USDA National Research Initiative Equipment Grants Program, 2001 “Liquid Handling Robot for Avian Research”


September 30, 2001-August 31, 2002 With Joan Burnside $50,000

• Delaware Research Partnership, 2000 “Poultry Genomics and Microarray Analysis” Industry partner – Intervet International, Boxmeer, The Netherlands July 1, 2000 - June 30, 2001 $200,000

• USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, 2000 “Tools for Avian Genomics: Expanded EST Database and Microarrays” September 1, 2000 – August 31, 2003 With Joan Burnside $950,000

• USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, 1999 “Functional Analysis of Marek’s Disease Virus Latency” September 1, 1999 – August 31, 2002 $300,000

• Delaware Research Partnership, 1998 “Molecular Basis for Marek’s Disease Virus Pathogenicity – Year 2” Industry partner – Intervet International, Boxmeer, The Netherlands July 1, 1998 - June 30, 2000 $150,000

• USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, 1998 “2nd International Conference on Marek’s Disease” August 1, 1998 – July 31, 1999 $5,000

• USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, 1997 “DNA Sequencer for Avian Research” September 1, 1997 – September 30, 1998 With Joan Burnside $50,000

• USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, 1996 “Marek’s Disease Virus Oncogenicity: Influential Viral Genes” November 1, 1996 - October 31, 2000 $213,995

• USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, 1995 “Functional Analysis of Marek’s Disease Virus Latency Related RNAs” September 1, 1995 - August 31, 1998 $240,000

• Delaware Research Partnership, 1997 “Molecular Basis for Marek’s Disease Virus Pathogenicity” Industry partner – Intervet International, Boxmeer, The Netherlands July 1, 1996 - June 30, 1998 $150,000

• Delaware Research Partnership, 1995 “Development and Evaluation of Recombinant Poultry Vaccines - Year 3”


Industry partner – Intervet International, Boxmeer, The Netherlands July 1, 1994 - June 30, 1996 $90,000

• Delaware Research Partnership, 1994 “Development and Evaluation of Recombinant Poultry Vaccines - Year 2” Industry partner – Intervet International, Boxmeer, The Netherlands July 1, 1993 - June 30, 1995 $100,000

• USDA Building and Facilities Program “Poultry Biocontainment Laboratory and Agricultural Biotechnology Center” September 15, 1994 - March 31, 1996 With John K. Rosenberger $1,696,530 awarded; total request = $3,500,000

• American Cancer Society, 1992 "Functional Analysis of Marek's Disease Virus Genes - US Region Genes" January 1, 1993 - December 31, 1995 $250,000

• USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, 1992 “Functional Analysis of the Marek's Disease Virus Genome - UL Region Genes" September 1, 1992 - August, 31, 1996 $150,000

• Delaware Research Partnership, 1993 "Development and Evaluation of Recombinant Poultry Vaccines - Year 1" Industry partner – Intervet International, Boxmeer, The Netherlands July 1, 1992 - December 31, 1993 $114,000

• USDA Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate Fellowships, FY92 "Animal Biotechnology" September 1, 1992 - August 31, 1997 With Calvin L. Keeler, Jr. and Joan Burnside $162,000

• Delaware Research Partnership, 1992 "Pathogenesis and Protection in Marek's Disease: Role of Viral Immediate Early Genes" Industry partner – Intervet International, Boxmeer, The Netherlands $100,000

• University of Delaware Research Foundation Block Grant, 1991 "Agricultural Biotechnology: Applications to Avian Health and Physiology" With Calvin L. Keeler, Jr. and Joan Burnside $40,000

• Delaware Research Partnership, 1990 "Characterization of Recombinant Marek's Disease Virus Strains in Vitro and In Vivo" Industry partner – Intervet International, Boxmeer, The Netherlands $96,000

• Delaware Research Partnership, 1989


"Characterization of Immunologically Active Gene Products of Marek's Disease Virus” Industry partner – Intervet International, Boxmeer, The Netherlands $96,000

• Delaware Research Partnership, 1988 "Identification and Characterization of Genes of Marek's Disease Virus: Analysis of Antibody-Positive Expression Clones" Industry partner – Intervet International, Boxmeer, The Netherlands $96,000

• Delaware Research Partnership, 1987 "Development of a Genetically Engineered Marek's Disease Vaccine for Use in Commercially Produced Broiler and Broiler Breeder Chickens. II. Production and Characterization of Monoclonal Antibodies Against Marek's Disease Virus" Industry partner – Intervet International, Boxmeer, The Netherlands $98,743

• University of Delaware Research Foundation, 1986 "Marek's Disease Virus DNA: Cloning of Serotypes 2 and 3" $8,100

INVITED PRESENTATIONS 1. University of Delaware, Delaware Research Partnership Luncheon. "Development of a

Genetically Engineered Marek's Disease Virus Vaccine for Use in Commercially Produced Broiler and Broiler Breeder Chickens." October 1985.

2. DuPont Experimental Station. “Resistance and Adaptation to Oxidative Stress in Salmonella typhimurium." January 1986.

3. University of Delaware, Biotechnology Luncheon Seminar Series. "Oxidative Damage to DNA: Applications for Mutagenicity Testing." March 1986.

4. Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Microbiology. "Resistance and Adaptation to Oxidative Stress in Salmonella typhimurium." March 1986.

5. University of Delaware, School of Life and Health Sciences. "Resistance and Adaptation to Oxidative Stress in Salmonella typhimurium." March 1986.

6. Environmental Mutagen Society, Mini-Symposium on Oxidative Damage, Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland. "Oxidative Stress in Salmonella typhimurium: Regulation of Defenses." April 1986.

7. Cargill, Poultry Products Division, Minnetonka, Minnesota. "Marek's Disease Virus: Expression Vector Cloning." October 1986.

8. University of Delaware, Department of Chemistry. "Resistance and Adaptation to Oxidative Stress in Salmonella typhimurium." October 1986.

9. University of Delaware, Delaware Research Partnership Luncheon. "Marek's Disease Virus: Expression Vector Cloning." October 1986.

10. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxicology and Microbiology Seminar Series, Cincinnati, Ohio. “Defenses Against Oxidative Stress in Salmonella typhimurium." December 1986.

11. University of Delaware, University of Delaware Research Foundation Luncheon. "Marek's Disease Virus: Cloning of Serotypes 2 and 3" (Poster). January 1987.


12. USDA Regional Poultry Research Laboratory, East Lansing, Michigan. "Marek's Disease Virus Research Program at the University of Delaware." January 1987.

13. University of Delaware; Science, Society, and Sandwiches Luncheon. “The Recombinant DNA Controversy: Past and Present Concerns." March 1988.

14. National Institutes of Health / Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland. "Marek's Disease Virus: Biology and Molecular Biology." March 1988.

15. University of Delaware, Delaware Research Partnership Luncheon. "Production and Characterization of Monoclonal Antibodies Against Marek's Disease Virus" (Poster). October 1988.

16. University of Delaware, University by the Sea Lectures, Lewes, and Seaford, Delaware. "The Recombinant DNA Controversy: Past and Present Concerns." February 1989.

17. University of Delaware, School of Life and Health Sciences. "Marek's Disease: Where Molecular Biology Intersects Animal Science." May 1989.

18. Department of Avian and Aquatic Animal Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. "Molecular Biology of Marek's Disease Virus: Identification of Cis-Acting Regulatory Sequences." November 1989.

19. USDA Regional Poultry Research Laboratory, East Lansing, Michigan. “Identification of a Marek's Disease Virus Origin of Replication and Flanking Transcriptional Regulatory Elements." March 1990.

20. University of Delaware, Biotechnology Luncheon Seminar Series. "Marek's Disease Virus: Biology and Molecular Biology." April 1990.

21. University of Delaware, University of Delaware Research Foundation Luncheon. "Agricultural Biotechnology: Applications to Avian Health and Physiology" (Poster). January 1992.

22. 1992 National Meeting on Poultry Health and Processing, Ocean City, MD. "Poultry Viral Vaccine Vectors: Herpesviruses." October 1992.

23. University of Delaware, Provost's Dinner Seminar. "Marek's Disease -Cancer, Vaccines and Chickens." December 1992.

24. Institute of Food Technologists - Philadelphia Section. “Biotechnology: Origins, Current Status, and Potential” (Keynote speaker). March 1993.

25. Millersville University Biology Colloquium. “Marek’s Disease: Cancer, Vaccines, and Chickens.” March 1993.

26. Philadelphia Herpesvirus Club. “Mutagenesis of the Unique Short Region of the Marek’s Disease Virus Genome.” May 1993.

27. Current Development in the Molecular Biology of Marek’s Disease Virus Workshop. “Further Characterization of Small RNAs that Map Antisense to the ICP4 Gene of Marek’s Disease Virus.” January 1995.

28. Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory, East Lansing, Michigan. “Characterization of RB1B-Based MDV Mutants.” March 1995.

29. Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia. “Molecular Biology of Marek’s Disease Virus.” October 1996.

30. University of Delaware Association of Retired Faculty. “Biotechnology and the Poultry Industry.” October 1997.

31. University of Maryland Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, College Park, MD. “Marek’s Disease Virus Oncogenicity: A Genetic Approach.” October 1998.


32. American Society for Virology, Amherst, MA. “Clues to Marek’s Disease Oncogenicity.” July 1999.

33. 1999 National Meeting on Poultry Health and Processing, Ocean City, MD. "Current Status of Marek’s Disease." October 1999.

34. 2nd International Veterinary Vaccines and Diagnostic Conference, Oxford, UK. “Genetically Engineered Poultry Vaccines.” July 2000.

35. 6th International Symposium on Marek’s Disease, Montreal, Canada. “Application of Molecular Techniques to Study the Pathogenesis of Marek’s Disease.” August 2000.

36. Intervet International Program Directors Meeting, Des Moines, Iowa. “Applications of Genomics to Poultry Disease Research.” October 2000.

37. Friends of Agriculture Breakfast, Dover, Delaware. “Biotechnology and Agriculture.” October 2000.

38. Frontiers of Biology Lecture, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. “Biotechnology and the Poultry Industry.” December 2000.

39. University of Delaware Governor’s Conference, Dover, DE. “Research in Biotechnology.” February 2001.

40. Intervet International Veterinarians In-Service Meeting, Newark, DE. “Present and Future Control of Marek’s Disease.” September 2001.

41. University of Delaware Cooperative Extension, Dover, DE. “Presentation to Friends of Ag Breakfast.” May 2002.

42. Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland. "Poultry Genomics at the University of Delaware." September 2002.

43. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. "Chicken Microarrays: Genomics and Poultry Health." May 2003.

44. Avian Genome Symposium, Atlanta, GA. "Chicken Microarrays: Development and Applications for Poultry Health." November 2003.

45. Merial-Select Poultry Disease Workshop, Newark, DE. "New Technologies for Vaccines and Diagnostics." April 2003.

46. UD Association of Retired Faculty, Newark, DE. “Profiling the Chicken Immune System: A Glimpse at the Host Response to Marek's Disease.” March 2004.

47. Chicken Genome Biology and MDV Pathology, University of California, Davis. "After Microarrays: Marek's Disease Applications." September 2005.

48. UD Women of Promise, Newark, DE. “Lessons from Eggs.” November 2005. 49. Delaware Ag Week, Dover, DE. “Update on Avian Influenza.” January 2006. 50. Wilmington Rotary Club, Wilmington, DE. “Avian Influenza: The Delmarva Situation

and Beyond.” January 2006. 51. 4th International Workshop on the Molecular Pathogenesis of Marek’s Disease Virus,

Newark, DE. “Marek’s Disease Virus MicroRNAs Map to Meq and LAT.” August 2006. 52. Virginia Farm Bureau Federation. “Poultry Solar Cell Pilot Project.” March 2007. 53. 144th AVMA Annual Convention, Washington DC. “Functions of Marek’s Disease Virus

MicroRNAs.” “Control of Contemporary Marek’s Disease Isolates.” July 2007. 54. 32nd Annual International Herpesvirus Workshop, Asheville, NC. “The Role of

MicroRNAs in Marek’s Disease.” July 2007. 55. Workshop on Mechanisms of Viral Oncogenesis: DNA Repair, Genetic Instability, and

Micro RNAs, Lake Tahoe, NV. “The Role of MicroRNAs in Marek’s Disease.” September 2007.


56. 42nd National Meeting on Poultry Health and Processing, Ocean City, MD. “Herpesvirus of Turkeys (HVT) - Vectored Vaccines - 1. Marek’s Disease Protection. 2. Inert Efficacy.” October 2007.

57. 2007-2008 Department of Biology Seminar Series, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. “Marek’s Disease: Insights into Herpesvirus Oncology.” May 2008.

58. College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. “Marek’s Disease Virus Trickery: New Insights from Genomics.” May 2008.

59. IFT Annual Meeting and Food Expo, New Orleans, Louisiana. “Solar Power for Food Production: Solar-powered Poultry House Case Study.” July 2008.

60. 43rd National Meeting on Poultry Health and Processing, Ocean City, MD. “Use of Feather Tips to Monitor Vaccination with HVT and Recombinant HVT/ILTV.” October 2008.

59. Genetics: Traits, Disease and Variant Discovery. “Marek's Disease: Insights into Herpesvirus Oncology.” National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR), Santa Fe, NM, March 2009.

60. Meeting of the Delaware Chapter of the American Statistical Association. “Statistics: A Case Study for Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Industry.” Newark, DE. May

2009. 61. Green Acres, Blue Skies II Conference, University of California at Davis, “A Solar-

Powered Poultry House.” June 2009. 63. 16th Annual World Veterinary Poultry Congress, Marrakesh, Morocco. “Recombinant Marek’s Disease Vaccines: Coming of Age.” November 2009. 64. University of Delaware, Elbert N. & Ann V. Carvel Research and Education Center,

Georgetown, DE. “Presentation to the DPI Grower Committee.” March 2010. 65. Quill and Grill, Wilmington Country Club, Wilmington, Delaware, “Delaware

Agriculture’s Tradition and Transitions: A UD Perspective.” April 2011. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Courses Taught ANSC 865 - Graduate Seminar (1985, 1986) ANSC 870 - Molecular Biology and Agriculture (S1987, S1989, S1991, S1993) ANSC 871 - Molecular Biology and Agriculture Laboratory (S1987, S1989, S1991) ANSC/PLSC/ENTO 300 - Principles of Animal and Plant Genetics (S1995-S1999) ANSC/PLSC/ENTO 310 - Principles of Animal and Plant Genetics Lab (S1995-S1999)

Guest Lectures ANSC/ENTO/PLSC 300 - Principles of Animal and Plant Genetics, 2 lectures/year, prior to

1995 ANSC/ENTO/PLSC 310 - Principles of Animal and Plant Genetics Laboratory, developed

lab section on the Ames test and lab section on agarose gel electrophoresis, prior to 1995 FREC/ANSC/PLSC 267 - Biotechnology: Science and Socio-Economic Issues, 1

lecture/year ANSC 635 - Introduction to Virology, 1 lecture (F1991, F1993, F1995) EGTE 365 - Agricultural Engineering Junior Seminar, 1 lecture (S1990) ANSC 667 - Principles of Molecular Genetics, 1 lecture (F1988)


BISC 667 – Eukaryotic Molecular Biology (F1999, F2000), 2 lectures

Other Instructional Activities ANSC 366, 466 - Undergraduate Independent Study Amy S. Anderson (1986-1987) Undergraduate research award John Cantello (1986-1987) Undergraduate research award Jeffrey Stranz (1986) Undergraduate research award Craig Smucker (1987) Undergraduate research award Linda Liszewski (1988-1989) Science & Engineering Scholar Todd Wilcox (1989-1990) Undergraduate research award Beatrice Saviola (1989-1991) Undergraduate research award; Degree with Distinction Michelle Roork (1990-1991) Jennifer Goetz (1991-1992) Undergraduate research award; Degree with Distinction Sally Goodman (1992-1993) Marie Meyer (1994-present) Science & Engineering Scholar Jeffrey Bracht (1995-present) Science & Engineering Scholar Stephanie DeMarco (1995-present) Science & Engineering Scholar Michelle McClain (1996-present) Science & Engineering Scholar Susan Cook (1997) David Troeber (1998) Barbra Davis (1998) Natalie Durrett (1998) Stacey Simon (1999) Joe Demko (2000) Adam Corbett (2001-2002) Aimee Federer (2001)

Amara Haber (2002) Cathy Henry (2003) Brittany Dixon (2005) Marci Yandon (2005) Victor Carrio (2005) Milos Markis (2006) Andy Deichman (2006) Grace Lagasse (2006)

ANSC 666 - Graduate Independent Study Rhonda Lunt (F1986) ANSC 668 - Masters Research Caroline McDermott (1989) John Cantello (1990) Andrea Francesconi (1991) Milos Markis (2009) ANSC 868 - Doctoral Research Mark Parcells (1994) John Cantello (1995) Don Lehman (1991-1994; did not complete program) Qing Xie (1997) Tina Van Dyk (1999) Jennifer Kent (2000) Andrea Miles (2000) Joe Demko (2001-2004; did not complete program) Erin Bernberg (2005)


Milos Markis (current student) Post-doctoral Fellows Mark Parcells (1994 -1996) - now at University of Delaware John Cantello (Feb., 1997 - Sept., 1997) - now Glaxo SmithKline Kristi Moore (1997 -1998) - now at CEVA/Bioimmune, Lenexa, Kansas Lisa Waidner (2008-2010 Undergraduate Research Assistants Adam Corbett (2001-2002) Aimee Federer (2001) Amara Haber (2002) Cathy Henry (2003) Brittany Dixon (2005) Marci Yandon (2005)

Victor Carrio (2005) Milos Markis (2006) Andy Deichman (2006) Grace Lagasse (2006) Natalina Rager (2009) Natalie Stevenson (2013)

Visiting Scholars Maaike Cronenberg – Visiting Scholar from Intervet, Boxmeer, The Netherlands, Jan-Dec. 1999 Xiaoyan Zhao – Visiting Scholar from Harbin Research Institute, China, Jan-Aug, 2000 Miscellaneous Internships Leslie Magalong - summer student from George Washington University 1987, 1988) Chrissy Zampitella - Summer student from Glasgow High School (1991) Paty Garcia - Rotating student from MSU Veterinary School (1993) Jennifer Kent - summer student from Wittenburg College (1993) Audrey Greenstein - summer student from University of Delaware (1993) Alexis Shaulis - Rotating student from Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware (W1994) Kevin Anderson - Rotating student from Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware (F1994) Jennifer Baker - Rotating student from Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware (W1995) Stephen Jarontow - summer student from Wake Forest University (1995) Kristen Totaro – summer student from Newark High School (current) Janine Kresge - Rotating student from Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware (F1995) Ethan Sims - summer student from University of Georgia (1977) Erin Bernberg - Rotating student from Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware (W1997) Eric Van Ingen - Rotating student from Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware (W1998) Neeta Jain (2002-2004) Sowmya Tirukkovaluru (2006) Sachin Kamboj (2006)


Graduate Student Committees Department of Animal Science and Food Sciences Claudia Alphonso (1986) Michelle McGuinness (1989) Rhonda Lunt (1990) Stuart Rabin (1990) David Poulsen (1993) David Kingsley (1996) Karen Reed (1993) Yancy Velasquaz (1996)

Enrique Monteil (1995) Philip Kudish (1996) Isaac Rodriguez (1999) Patricia Whetzel (2000) Deborah Leddy (2001) Nannette Olmeda-Miro (2004) Hiuman Dong (current)

Department of Chemical Engineering Michael Betenbaugh (1988) Jerry Gaertner (1991) Robert Leipold (1992) School of Life and Health Sciences Huey-Jen L. Lin (1992)

Kyungok Wun-Kim (1992) Jiuqaio Zhao (1995) Chunziao Wu (2000) Amantha Thathiah (2003)

College of Marine Studies

Sinead M. Ni Chadhain (2001) Kevin Anderson (1999)

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Tom Lee (1998) Jennifer Sterner (current) Dione Kampa (2001) Jennifer Brosius (2002)

Department of Avian and Aquatic Animal Medicine, Cornell University

Wei Jia (1995) Undergraduate Research Committees (Degree with Distinction Students)

Leslie Ziemer (1987) Patricia Whetzel (1991) Jennifer Taylor (1993)

Undergraduate Advisees - 60 Total SERVICE


Department Committees Graduate Studies Committee, 1985-1999 Undergraduate Programs Catalog Committee, 1985-1987 Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1986; (Chair) 1993; 1996; 1998; (Chair) 1999; 2000 Search Committee for Molecular Virologist, (Chair), 1987 Promotion and Tenure Committee, Entomology, 1988 Search Committee for Molecular Endocrinologist, 1989 Search Committee for Plant Science Molecular Biologist, 1989 Search Committee for Molecular/Cellular Immunologist, (Chair), 1992 Planning Committee, NECAD, 1993 Promotion and Tenure Committee, Food Science, 1994 Ad hoc Committee to Evaluate Sabbatical Leave Proposals, 1995 Search Committee for Food Microbiologist/Molecular Biologist, 1995 Search Committee for Genome Scientist, Chair, 1997 Search Committee for Plant Science Molecular Biologist, 1997 Steering Committee, Chemistry-Biology Interface, 1997-present College Committees Honors Day Committee, 1986 Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1986, 1987 Cooperative Extension Strategic Planning Task Force, 1990 Cooperative Extension Food Safety Committee, 1991-present Analytical Instrumentation Committee, 1991-1992 Associate Dean Search Committee, 1992 Strategic Planning Task Force, 1992, 1993 College of Marine Studies Molecular Biologist Search Committee, 1993 Cooperative Extension Biotechnology In-service Training, 1993, (with L. Sterling and D.

Schaff) Arts and Sciences Academic Planning and Program Evaluation Committee – Earth Science

Education, 1994 Arts and Sciences Academic Planning and Program Evaluation Committee – Biochemistry,

1994 Agricultural Sciences Scholars Selection Committee, 1994, 1995 Cooperative Extension Biotechnology In-service Training, 1999, (with S. Snider) Promotion and Tenure Committee (alternate), 1999 State Farmland Evaluation Advisory Committee, 2002-present University Committees Faculty Senate Academic Freedom Committee, 1985-1987 Biomedical Research Support Grant Committee, 1986 University Honors Council, 1988-1989 Institutional Biohazard Committee, 1989-present Volunteer Admissions Support Team, 1990-91 Faculty Senate Committee of Student and Faculty Awards, 1991-1992 Committee to Evaluate the Director of the School of Life and Health Sciences, 1991 Vice-Provost for Research Search Committee (Chair), 1992


Provost's Kitchen Cabinet, 1992-1993 Center for Teaching Excellence Advisory Board, 1993-1994 Chemistry-Biology Interface Graduate Training Program Steering Committee, 1993-present Board of Senior Thesis Readers, University Honors Program, 1994-1995 Search Committee - Asst. Director of Sponsored Programs, 1994 Committee to Evaluate Indirect Costs, 1995-1996 Delaware Biotechnology Institute Transition Team, 1999-2000 Search Committee - Dean of Arts and Sciences, 1997-1999 State Farmland Evaluation Committee, 2001-present Search Committee (Chair) - Dean of Human Services, Education, and Public Policy, 2002 Service Learning Council (Co-Chair), 2003-present UD Technology Board, 2003-present Search Committee - Dean of Arts and Sciences, 2004-2005 Search Committee (Chair) - Buxbaum Chair of Gerontology, 2004-2005 Science and Technology Council, 2006-present Task Force on Graduate TAs, 2006-present Strategic Planning Committee, 2007-present Search Committee – Dean of Engineering, 2007-2008 Search Committee – Edward G. Jefferson Endowed Chair, 2007-2008 UD Strategic Planning Committee, 2007-present Responsibility-Based Budget Advisory Committee, 2008-2009 Search Committee – Chair of Department of Biological Sciences, 2008-2009 Carbon Footprint Initiatives, 2008-2009 Community Committees Delaware Humanities Forum, 1987-1989 Chesapeake Bay Girl Scout Council Member, Board of Directors, 1991-1994 Volunteer Personnel Task Force (Chair), 1992-1993 Finance Committee, 1993-1994 Executive Director Search Committee, 1994 National, International, and Professional Committees ECOP/ESCOP Leadership Development Planning Committee, 1994-1995 AAAP/AVMA Tumor Virus Committee International Steering Committee for Marek’s Disease Virus Symposia Organizing Committee for the Marek’s Disease Symposium, 2000 Co-organizer for the Marek’s Disease Symposium, 2006 NERA Executive Committee, 2005-2006 ESCOP Budget Committee, 2005-2006 Delaware Agriculture Research Strategic Planning Committee (Chair), 2005-2006


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