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BEI Resources Science

The BEI Resources team of scientists has expertise in bacteriology, virology, protistology, toxins, and assay development. The scientific team provides a broad range of services to the scientific community to support research and development in new diagnostics, therapies, and vaccines to protect against infectious diseases.

Below are numerous examples of the work we have performed and presented at national or international meetings.

BEI Resources: A Biological Resource Center for Parasitologists. R.E. Molestina, Protistology Department, American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, Virginia, USA 2011

Effects of Toxoplasma gondii genotype and absence of host MAL/Myd88 on the temporal regulation of gene expression in infected microglial cells. K. C. Glaser, B. Hagos, and R. E. Molestina. BEI Resources/Protistology Department, American Type Culture Collection, 10801 University Blvd., Manassas, Virginia, 20110. 2011

Assessment of cryoprotectant toxicity on the viability of Cryptosporidium parvum. K. Glaser, B. Hagos, R. Molestina. 2011

Multiplex PCR for species-Level Identification of Bacillus anthracis and Detection of Plasmid Presence. M. Riojas, Kathleen Stupec, Katalin Kiss. 2011

ATCC Technology Assessment of Roche xCELLigence™ System — an Electronic Impedance-Based Cell Sensing Unit. K. Langenbach.2011

Development of Rabbitpox Virus and Cowpox Virus Real-Time PCR Assays.
J. Shifflett, S. Radhakrishnan, K. Langenbach 2011.

Induction of Inflammatory and Anti-Apoptotic Responses by Different Strains of Toxoplasma gondii in Macrophages and Microglial Cells. K Glaser, E. Cedrone, B. Hagos, R.E. Molestina. 20010

Anti-Apoptotic and Inflammatory Responses Induced by Toxoplasma gondii are Regulated Distinctively by Members of the Host TLR Family. K Glaser, E. Cedrone, B. Hagos, R.E. Molestina. 2009

Comparison of Dengue virus Type 1 Growth Characteristics in Vero and C6/36 Cell Lines. A. Owens, J. Shifflett, S. Radhakrishnan, K. Langenbach, R.O. Baker, 2009.

Production and Optimal Growth Conditions of Rickettsia Organisms. D.R. Merrill, B. Benton, D.N. Shahan, K. Langenbach, S. Radhakrishnan, R.O. Baker, 2009.

Polyphasic Characterization of Five Different Serotypes of Salmonella enterica from a Food-Borne Outbreak. M. Miranda-Cleland, S.W. Jones, M.L. McKee, 2009.

A Comparative Study of the Cytotoxic Effects of Epsilon Toxin, Epsilon Protoxin, and a Recombinant Epsilon Toxin Fragment on Sensitive Cell Lines. M.E. Boley, M.L. McKee, M.S. Willis, 2009.

Utility of MLVA DNA Profiling for Quality Control and Molecular Tagging of an Archival Bacillus anthracis Collection. S.W. Jones, K. Stupec, J. Benson, P. Ikonomi, M.L. McKee, 2009.

RT-PCR Subtyping of Influenza A Virus.T. Kelly, Y. Mehari, R. Taylor, K. Langenbach , R. Baker; BEI Resources, Manassas, VA, VCA Animal Hospital, Alexandria, VA, 2008.

Identify, Authenticate and Characterize Rickettsia prowazekii. Merrill, Bannon, Benton, Benson, Langenbach, Buck,Baker; BEI Resources, ATCC, Manassas VA, FBI, Quantico, VA, MRI, Frederick, MD, 2008.

Epsilon Toxin from C. perfringens: Characterization of Strain Genotype, Phenotype and Toxin Sensitive Cell Lines. M. S. Willis, L. Richardson, S. Fox, J. Sinclair, M.L. McKee; BEI Resources, ATCC, Manassas, VA., Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 2008.

Development and Optimization of a Yersinia pestis Plasmid Profiling Assay. J. Shifflett, K. J. Stupec, M. McKee, K. Langenbach, 2008.

Growth and Mutational Analysis of Dryvax^® Virus on Bovine Cell Lines. Shahan, Evans, Langenbach, McArdle, Baker, 2008.

Authentication of Dengue Viruses using Reverse-Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction. L. Taylor, Y. Mehari, R. Taylor,R. O. Baker; BEI Resources, Manassas, VA, VCA Animal Hospital, Alexandria, VA, 2008.

Evaluation of Various Buffer Systems for Long-Term Storage of Active Ricin Toxin. J. Sinclair, A. Sohrabi, M. Willis, A. D. O'Brien, M. McKee; USUHS, Bethesda, MD, BEI Resources, ATCC, Manassas, VA, 2008.

Utilization of qPCR for Rapid Characterization and Authentication of Large and Diverse Rickettsia Collections. B. Benton, D. Merrill, R. O. Baker, S. Radhakrishnan, Kurt J. Langenbach, 2008.

Long-Term and Short-Term Stability of Viruses Depend on Storage Temperature and Preservation. D R. Merrill, C D. Wade, P Fahnestock, R.O. Baker.