Clark, Theodore G.
Associate Professorresearch
research and scholarship focus
Clark focuses primarily on Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (also known as Ich), a parasitic ciliate which infects virtually all species of freshwater fish.
- Mechanisms of immune evasion
- Tetrahymena as a high-level expression system for vaccine antigens
- Evolution of antigen presentation
primary investigator of
- A RESOURCE CENTER FOR TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA | Research Grant
- GENOME SEQUENCE OF THE PARASITIC CILIATE, ICHTHYOPHTHIRIUS MULTIFILIIS | Research Grant
- TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA AS A NOVEL RECOMBINANT AND ENGINEERED PROTEIN ACCUMULATION SYSTEM (REPAS) | Research Grant
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Microbiology and Immunology (VETMI) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Comparative Biomedical Sciences | graduate field
- Immunology | graduate field
other Cornell affiliations
- Aquatic Animal Health Program | academic program office
- Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC) | research center
teaching
teaches
- BIOG 4990 - Independent Undergraduate Research in Biology (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- VTMED 6428 - Vaccines: Theory and Practice (WF 09:00:AM-10:00:AM) | spring 2009 class
service
event host
background
educational background
- BS, Columbia University, Bioengineering
- PhD, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Cell and Developmental Biology