Education | Laboratory Personnel | General Research Interest | Selected Research Projects
Research and Clinical Interests | Major Specialized Equipment Items Available | Selected Publications
TCSVM Faculty

Charles B. Shoemaker
Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Infectious Diseases
Phone:508-887-4324
Fax: 508-839-7911
Email: charles.shoemaker@tufts.edu
Dept. URL: http://www.tufts.edu/vet/biomed/infectious_diseases.htm
Lab URLs:
 Molecular Helminthology Lab
 Microbiology and Botulism Research Unit
 Shoemaker/Skelly Lab
Cell Assay Lab

Education
PhD - University of Iowa - 1979
BS - University of NH - 1975

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Laboratory Personnel

Shoemaker/Skelly Lab:

  • Dr. Claudia Abeijon
  • Ms. Chueh-Ling Kuo
  • Ms. Jacque Tremblay
  • Ms. Michelle Debatis

Cell Assay Lab:

  • Dr. Xiaochuan-Feng
  • Mr. Curtis Rich
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General Research Interest

Research Sponsor Interest

  • Privately Funded Research
  • Federally Funded Research
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Selected Research Projects

  1. Probing the helminth host/parasite interface with phage-displayed antibodies
  2. The development of P. trichosuri as a model for aging and parasitism research
  3. Tagged binding agents as anti-toxin drugs
  4. New small molecule anti-toxin drugs
  5. Agents that target toxins for proteasome degradation
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Selected Publications

  1. Issa Z, Grant WN, Stasiuk S and Shoemaker CB. 2005. Development of methods for RNA inhibition in the sheep gastrointestinal parasite, Trichostrongylus colubriformis. Int. J. Parasitol. 35:935-40.
  2. Grant, SN, Skinner, S, Newton-Howes, J, Grant, K, Shuttleworth, G, Heath, DD, Shoemaker, CB. 2006. Heritable transgenesis of Parastrongyloides trichosuri, a nematode parasite of mammals. Int. J. Parasitol. 36:475-483.
  3. Grant, WN, Stasiuk, S, Newton-Howes, J, Ralston, M, Bisset, SA, Heath, DD, Shoemaker, CB. 2006. Parastrongyloides trichosuri, a nematode parasite of mammals that is uniquely suited to genetic analysis. Int. J. Parasitol. 36:453-466.
  4. Maass, DM, Sepulveda, J, Pernthaner, A, Shoemaker, CB. 2007. Alpaca (Lama pacos) as a convenient source of recombinant camelid heavy chain antibodies (VHHs). J Immunol Methods. 324:13-25.
  5. Maass, DR, Harrison, GBL, Grant, WN, Shoemaker, CB. 2007. Three surface antigens dominate the mucosal antibody response to gastrointestinal L3-stage strongylid nematodes in field immune sheep. 37:953-962.
  6. Sepulveda, J, Shoemaker, CB. 2008. Design and testing of PCR primers for the construction of scFv libraries representing the immunoglobulin repertoire of rats. J Immunol Methods. 332:92-102.

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