Thomas Ermak
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| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | Research Biologist |
| Location | Newton Centre, MA, United States |
| Introduction | I received my Ph.D. in Marine Biology from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego in 1975 and continued my cell biology training as a Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley and the UCSF School of Medicine. At UCSF, I worked on NIH sponsored research projects in Cell Structure, GI Cell Biology, and Mucosal Immunology. In 1992, I joined a biotech company in Cambridge MA to develop oral vaccines and directed projects against GI infections, in particular Helicobacter pylori which was associated with gastric ulcers and stomach cancer. In subsequent work, I directed vaccine efficacy and mechanism of protection studies for submission to the FDA. My studies contributed to the development of vaccines against Smallpox, West Nile, Japanese Encephalitis, and Dengue Fever. |
| Interests | Ascidians, Invertebrate Biology, Evolution, GI Cell Biology, Acquired and Innate Immunity, ImmunoAssays, Microscopy, Image Analysis |