| Rocky Mountain Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research |
| Region VIII: CO, MT, SD, ND, UT, WY |
| Director |
John Belisle, Ph.D. |
| Lead Institution |
Colorado State University at Ft. Collins |
| Telephone |
(970) 491-7543 |
| Research Projects |
- Role of innate immunity in pulmonary Burkholderia infection
- Isoprenoid biosynthesis: A target for drugs against category A-C pathogens
- Immunoproteome of F. tularensis
- Burkholderia spp: Novel therapeutic approaches
- Fur-regulated genes and siderophore-dependant iron uptake in Burkholderia
- Oxidative and nitrosative stress in Burkholderia
- O2-dependant host defense in resistance to Burkholderia
- Biochip diagnostic tool for BT induced diseases
- Alphaviral determinants of infection in mice
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- Biology of vector and aerosol transmission of Bunyaviridae
- Human monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) for VEE Virus
- Treatment and disease markers for Alpha and Flaviviruses
- Human genes shaping the response to bioterrorism agents
- Development of SERS assay for West Nile Virus
- Genetic expression and manipulation on Coxiella burnetii
- Enhancement of innate immunity to Coxiella pneumonia
- Immunopathogenesis of
- DNA vaccine for Q fever
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Core Research
Facilities |
- Animal Models Core
- Genomics/Proteomics Core
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- Product Development and Manufacturing Core
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| Member Institutions |
- Colorado State University
- University of Colorado Health Science Center
- The Children's Hospital - Denver
- National Jewish Medical and Research Center - Denver
- Colorado State Animal Response Team
- Denver Health and Hospital Authority
- CDC Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases - Ft. Collins
- University of Montana
- Montana State University
- Rocky Mountain Laboratories Integrated Research Facility
- University of North Dakota
- University of South Dakota
- University of Utah
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- Utah State University
- Brigham Young University
- University of Wyoming
- USDA Agriculture Research Services - Arthropod-borne Animal Diseases Research Laboratory
- University of California at Irvine
- University of California at San Diego
- Alexion Antibody Technologies
- DeltaNu
- Echelon Biosciences, Inc.
- Etubics Corp.
- InViragen, LLC
- Nanomed Technologies, LLC
- Precision Photonics Corp.
- SomaLogic Inc.
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