Gary Whittaker
Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
College of Veterinary Medicine - Ithaca
Interests: Diagnostics, Genetics / Genomics, Host-Pathogen Interaction, Human Health, Imaging, Infectious Disease, International, Public Health, Vaccines, Viral Entry, Virus/Virology
The structure and function of viral envelope proteins, how genomic mutations lead to changes in the envelope proteins and control viral pathogenesis in influenza viruses and coronaviruses,SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV and feline coronaviruses; novel vaccines and diagnostic test development