Michael P. Murtaugh

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

B.S. in Biology, 1973, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana,  USA

Ph.D. in Entomology, 1980, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Postdoctoral Research Associate, 1980-1985, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Texas, USA

Distinguished Veterinary Immunologist Award, 2012, American Association of Immunologists and American Association of Veterinary Immunologists

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

 1974-1976   Peace Corps Volunteer

                        Departamento de Ecologia
                        Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias
                        Maracay, Venezuela

 1976-1979   Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant

                        Department of Entomology
                        Ohio State University, Columbus

1980-1985    Research Fellow and Instructor

                        Departments of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology
                        University of Texas Medical School, Houston

1985-1995    Assistant and Associate Professor

                        Department of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences
                        University of Minnesota, St. Paul

1995-present Professor

                        Department of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences
                        University of Minnesota, St. Paul

 1997-1998   Visiting Professor

                        Research Institute for Molecular Pathology
                        Vienna, Austria

 2004-2009   Program Director

                        USDA PRRS Coordinated Agricultural Project
                        University of Minnesota, St. Paul

 2010-2015 Director of Graduate Studies

                        Comparative and Molecular Biosciences Graduate Program
                        University of Minnesota, St. Paul and Minneapolis

RECENT PRRS ARTICLES

Li, J., S. Tao, R. Orlando, and M.P. Murtaugh. 2015. N-glycosylation profiling of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus envelope glycoprotein 5. Virology 478:86-98.

Murtaugh, M.P. 2014. Advances in swine immunology help move vaccine technology forward. Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol. 159:202-207.

Robinson, S.R., J. Li, E.A. Nelson, and M.P. Murtaugh. 2015. Broadly neutralizing antibodies against the rapidly evolving porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus. Virus Res. 203:56-65.

Li, J. and Murtaugh, M.P. 2015. Functional analysis of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus N-glycans in infection of permissive cells. Virology. 477:82-88.

Davies, B., X. Wang, C.M.T. Dvorak, D. Marthaler, and M.P. Murtaugh. 2016. Diagnostic phylogenetics reveals a new porcine circovirus 2 cluster. Virus Res. 217:32-37.