Alanna MacIntyre

Education

BS  Biochemistry  Virginia Tech

Duties/Specialties

I work with marine microorganisms and viruses using molecular and microbiological techniques. The focus of research is on human pathogens found in the marine environment; Vibrio vulnificus, Virbrio parahaemolyticus, adenovirus, and norovirus. Research also involves detection and quantification of the shellfish pathogens oyster herpesvirus 1-μvar,  Perkinsus sp., and harmful algal bloom species from water, tissue, and soil samples via qPCR.  I am responsible for maintenance and instruction of use of the genetic analyzers in our facility (ABI 3500 & 3130xl).

 

Publications

• Burge, C.A., Reece, K.S., Dhar, A.K., Kirkland, P., Morga, B. Dégremont, L., Faury, N., Wippel, B.J.T., MacIntyre, A. and C.S. Friedman (2020) First comparison of French and Australian OsHV-1 µvars by bath exposure. Dis. Aquat. Org. 138:137-144. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03452
• Friedman, C.S., Reece, K.S., Wippel, C.J.T., Agnew, M.V., Dégremont, L., Dhar, A.K., Kirkland, P., MacIntyre, A., Morga, B., Robison, C., and C.A. Burge (2020) Unraveling concordant and varying responses of oyster species to Ostreid Herpesvirus 1 variants. Sci. Total Environ. 739: 139752. https://doi.org/10.1016/jscitotenv.2020.139372
• MacIntyre, E.A., Earnhart C.G. and S.L. Kaattari (2003) Host oyster tissue extracts modulate in vitro protease expression and cellular differentiation in the protozoan parasite, Perkinsus marinus. Parasitology. 126(4):293-302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017.S003118200200286X
• Faisal, M., MacIntyre, E.A., Adham, K.G., Tall, B.D., Kothary M.H. and J.F. La Peyre (1998) Evidence for the presence of protease inhibitors in eastern (Crassostrea virginica) and Pacific (Crassostrea gigas) oysters. Comp Biochem Physiol B: Comp Biochem. 121(2):161-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0305-0491(98)10084-6
• Turner, T.T., Miller D.W. and E.A. Avery (1995) Protein synthesis and secretion by the rat caput epididymidis in vivo: influence of the lumenal microenvironment. Biol Reprod. 52(5):1012-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod52.5.1012
• Turner, T.T., Avery E.A. and T.J. Sawchuk (1994) Assessment of protein synthesis and secretion by rat seminiferous and epididymal tubules in vivo. Int J Androl. 17(4):205-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2605.1994.tb01244.x
• Henrich, V.C., Sliter, T.J., Lubahn, D.B., MacIntyre A. and L.I. Gilbert (1990) A sterioid/thyroid hormone receptor superfamily member in Drosophila melanogaster that shares extensive sequence similarity with a mammalian homologue. Nucleic Acids Res. 18(14):4143-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/18.14.4143

Supervisor

Dr. Kimberly Reece