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Theodore G. Clark

Associate Professor

Graduate Fields

Research Focus

Clark focuses primarily on Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (also known as Ich), a parasitic ciliate which infects virtually all species of freshwater fish.

  • Mechanisms of immune evasion
  • Tetrahymena as a high-level expression system for vaccine antigens
  • Evolution of antigen presentation

Educational Background

  • BS, Columbia University, Bioengineering
  • PhD, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Cell and Developmental Biology

Research Grants

  • TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA AS A NOVEL RECOMBINANT AND ENGINEERED PROTEIN ACCUMULATION SYSTEM (REPAS)
  • GENOME SEQUENCE OF THE PARASITIC CILIATE, ICHTHYOPHTHIRIUS MULTIFILIIS
  • A RESOURCE CENTER FOR TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA