麦克·莫特夫博士

Dr. Murtaugh is a Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences. His research goal is to understand pig immune responses to infection; how immune responses are produced, mechanisms of protection, impact of variation in host and pathogen on efficacy of herd protection with a focus on important swine pathogens, especially PRRSV, PCV2 and PEDV. He was the director of the PRRS Coordinated Agricultural Project, the first USDA program project, from 2004 to 2008 and has lectured extensively on PRRS immunology, vaccinology, and diagnostics throughout the world. Recently his lab has initiated a similar program to elucidate the immunological interaction of swine with porcine circoviruses, and has contributed to annotation of immune response genes in the porcine genome. Dr. Murtaugh’s many contributions have been recognized through the CVM Pfizer Award for Research Excellence (four times) and the University of Minnesota Inventor Recognition Award in 2005, a University Innovations Award in 2011, and the Allen D. Leman Swine Conference Pijoan Lectureship in 2008. He received Distinguished Veterinary Immunologist Award, 2012, American Association of Immunologists and American Association of Veterinary Immunologists.

莫特夫博士是兽医和生物医学科学系的教授和研究生院主任，他的研究方向是猪对感染的免疫反应，免疫反应如何产生，保护机制，宿主和病原的变异对猪群保护作用的影响，主要专注PRRSV，PCV2和PEDV的研究。他曾是猪蓝耳病协调农业项目2004-2008项目主任，此项目是美国农业部首个蓝耳病项目。他应邀在世界各地讲授猪蓝耳病的免疫，疫苗和诊断。最近，他的实验室启动了一个类似研究计划，以阐明猪对圆环病毒的免疫反应，并对猪基因组内的免疫反应基因的标注做了贡献。莫特夫博士的许多贡献获得认可，他获得了学院辉瑞奖（4次），于2005年获得了明尼苏达大学发明家荣誉奖， 于2011年获得大学创新奖，于2008年成为李曼养猪大会PiJoan奖获奖人，于2012年获得了美国免疫学家协会和美国兽医免疫学家学会的杰出兽医免疫学家奖。