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Timothy J. Kurtti Professor Insect Microbiology/ Physiology

Address: 219 Hodson Hall, 1980 Folwell Ave. University of Minnesota St. Paul, MN 55108 E-mail: kurtt001@umn.edu

Education: B.A. University of Minnesota, Microbiology, 1965 Ph.D. University of Minnesota, Entomology, 1974

Research Interests: Medical Entomology Cellular and molecular determinants of transmission of Lyme disease spirochetes by Ixodes ticks. Rickettsiae associated with ticks. Insect Pathology Microsporidia associated with arthropods of medical and agricultural importance. Cell cultures for propagation and study of microsporidia. Teaching Interests: Insect Physiology (Ent 5030) Insect Pathology (Ent 5350) Medical Entomology (Ent 5275) International Interests: First International Conference on Tick Borne Pathogens, Sept. 15-18, 1992, Treasurer and member local organizing committee. Professional Development, Service Activities and Associations: Memberships in Scientific Societies: Entomol. Soc. Amer., Amer. Soc. Parasitol., Soc. Protozoal., Soc. Invertebr. Pathol., Amer. Soc. Microbiol., Tissue Culture Assoc., N Y Acad. Science.

Recent Publications: Baldridge, G.D., N. Burkhardt, M.J. Herron, T.J. Kurtti, and U.G. Munderloh. 2005. Analysis of Fluorescent Protein Expression in Transformants of Rickettsia monacensis, an Obligate Intracellular Tick Symbiont. Appl Environ Microbiol 71:2095-105. Fallon, A.M., and T.J. Kurtti. 2005. Cultured cells as a tool for analysis of gene expression, p. 539-549, In B. J. Beatty and W. C. Marquardt, eds. Biology of Disease Vectors. Harcourt Academic press, San Diego. Munderloh, U.G., S.D. Jauron, and T.J. Kurtti. 2005. The tick: a different kind of host for human pathogens, In J. L. Goodman, et al., eds. Tick Borne Diseases of Humans. ASM Press, Washington, D.C. Baldridge, G.D., N.Y. Burkhardt, J.A. Simser, T.J. Kurtti, and U.G. Munderloh. 2004. Sequence and expression analysis of the ompA gene of Rickettsia peacockii, an endosymbiont of the Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni. Appl Environ Microbiol 70:6628-36. Korshus, J.B., U.G. Munderloh, R.F. Bey, and T.J. Kurtti. 2004. Experimental infection of dogs with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto using Ixodes scapularis ticks artificially infected by capillary feeding. Med Microbiol Immunol (Berl) 193:27-34. Munderloh, U.G., M.J. Lynch, M.J. Herron, A.T. Palmer, T.J. Kurtti, R.D. Nelson, and J.L. Goodman. 2004. Infection of endothelial cells with Anaplasma marginale and A. phagocytophilum. Vet Microbiol 101:53-64. Burkhardt, N.Y., G.D. Baldridge, J.A. Simser, T.J. Kurtti, and U.G. Munderloh. 2003. Comparison of rompA gene sequences reveals a relationship between Rickettsia peacockii and Rickettsia rickettsii. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 669:348. Munderloh, U.G., C.M. Tate, M.J. Lynch, E.W. Howerth, T.J. Kurtti, and W.R. Davidson. 2003. Isolation of an Anaplasma sp. organism from white-tailed deer by tick cell culture. J Clin Microbiol 41:4328-35. Kurtti, T.J., A.T. Palmer, and J.H. Oliver. 2002. Rickettsiella-like bacteria in Ixodes woodi (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 39:534-540. Obonyo, M., L.G. Munderloh, T.N. Sam, and T.J. Kurtti. 2002. Cultivation at 37 degrees C enhances Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto infectivity for hamsters. Medical Microbiology & Immunology 191:33-39. Simser, J.A., A.T. Palmer, V. Fingerle, B. Wilske, T.J. Kurtti, and U.G. Munderloh. 2002. Rickettsia monacensis sp nov., a spotted fever group rickettsia, from ticks (Ixodes ricinus) collected in a European city park. Applied & Environmental Microbiology 68:4559-4566. Munderloh, U.G., V. Fingerle, S.D. Jauron, M. Obonyo, T. Sam, and T.J. Kurtti. 2001. Am Kreuzweg von Mensch un Natur - Beitrag der Zecke sur Ehrlichiose und Lyme Borreliose. Der Tierschutzbeauftragte 10:16-23. Simser, J.A., A.T. Palmer, U.G. Munderloh, and T.J. Kurtti. 2001. Isolation of a spotted fever group rickettsia, Rickettsia peacockii, in a Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni cell line. Applied & Environmental Microbiology 67:546-552. Fingerle, V., J.L. Goodman, R.C. Johnson, T.J. Kurtti, U.G. Munderloh, and B. Wilske. 1999. Epidemiological aspects of human granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in Southern Germany. Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift 111:1000-1004. Munderloh, U.G., S.D. Jauron, V. Fingerle, L. Leitritz, S.F. Hayes, J.M. Hautman, C.M. Nelson, B.W. Huberty, T.J. Kurtti, G.G. Ahlstrand, B. Greig, M.A. Mellencamp, and J.L. Goodman. 1999. Invasion and intracellular development of the human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent in tick cell culture. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 37:2518-2524. Obonyo, M., U.G. Munderloh, V. Fingerle, B. Wilske, and T.J. Kurtti. 1999. Borrelia burgdorferi in tick cell culture modulates expression of outer surface proteins A and C in response to temperature. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 37:2137-2141. Palmer, A.T., U.G. Munderloh, and T.J. Kurtti. 1999. Infection of tick cells by two nonpathogenic strains of rickettsia. Microscopy & Microanalysis 5:1140-1141. Simser, J.A., A.T. Palmer, U.G. Munderloh, and T.J. Kurtti. 1999. Isolation and characterization of Rickettsia peacokcii maintained in tick cell culture. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 61:359.