ResearchComparative immunology and immunotoxicology of marine organisms; immunological basis of disease susceptibility and resistance. For more information see link to www.cbl.umces.edu.
Publications
- Anderson, R.S., K.M. Patel and G. Roesijadi. 1999. Oyster metallothionein as an oxyradical scavenger: implications for hemocyte defense responses. Dev. Comp. Immunol. 23:443-449.
- Baier-Anderson, C. and R.S. Anderson. 2000. Suppression of superoxide production by chlorothalonil by striped bass (Morone saxatilus) macrophages: the role of cellular sulfhydryls and oxidative stress. Aqut. Toxicol. 50:85-96.
- Bair-Anderson, C. and R.S. Anderson. 2000. Effects of chlorothalonil on oyster hemocyte activation: phagocytosis, reduced pyridine nucleotides and reactive oxygen species production. Environ. Res. 83:72-78.
- Anderson, R.S. and A.E. Beaven. 2001. A comparative study of anti-Perkinsus marinus activity in bivalve sera. J. Shellfish Res. 20:1011-1117.
- Anderson, R.S. and A.E. Beaven. 2001. Antibacterial activities of oyster (Crassostrea virginica) and mussel (Mytilus edulis and Geukensia demissa) plasma. Aquat. Living Resour. 14:343-349. [UMCES Contribution No. 3545-CBL].
- Anderson, R.S. 2001. Reactive oxygen species and antimicrobial defenses of invertebrates: a bivalve model. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 404:131-139.
- Anderson, R.S., B. S. Kraus, S. McGladdery and R. Smolowitz. 2003. QPX, a pathogen of hard clams, employs mucoid secretions to resist host antimicrobial agents. J. Shellfish Res. 22:205-208.
- Anderson, R.S., B.S. Kraus, S. McGladdery, K.S. Reece and N.A. Stokes. 2003. A thraustochytrid protist isolated from Mercenaria mercenaria: molecular characterization and host defense responses. Fish. Shellfish Immunol. 15:183-194. ].
- Anderson, R.S. and A.E. Beaven. 2005. In vitro activation of Homarus americanus hemocytes as measured by production of reactive oxygen species. J. Shellfish Res. 24:669-703.
Personal HistoryEducation
- 1971 Ph.D. University of Delaware - Immunology
- 1968 M.S. Hahnemann Medical University [now Drexel University School of Medicine], Philadelphia, PA - Mammalian Physiology
- 1961 B.S. Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA - Biology
Professional Experience
- 2008-Present: Professor Emeritus;
- 1986-2008: Professor, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Center for Environmental Science, University System of Maryland, Solomons, MD.
- 1982-1986: Research Biologist/Immunologist, Chemical Research, Development and Engineering Center, U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, MD.
- 1975-1982: Assistant Professor, Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, NY.
- 1973-1982: Assistant Member, Section Head, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, Rye, NY.
- 1970-1973: Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Immunology
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