Robert S. Livingston
Assistant Professor
DVM, University of Illinois
PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia Diplomate, American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine
Research emphasis: Dr. Livingston's research focuses on the development of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays and recombinant antigen-based immunoassays to detect microbial infections in laboratory animals. Specific projects include cloning and sequencing of mouse thymic virus (MTV), an unclassified herpes virus of mice, and cloning and identification of an uncharacterized viral respiratory pathogen of rats.
Teaching: Laboratory Animal Medicine and Pathology
Selected publications:
Franklin CL, Riley LK, Livingston RS, Beckwith CS, Hook Jr. RR, Besch-Williford CL, Hunziker R, Gorelick PL. Enterohepatic lesions in SCID mice infected with Helicobacter typhlonicus, a novel urease-negative species of Helicobacter. Lab Anim Sci 49:496-505.
Livingston RS, Riley LK, Besch-Williford CL, Hook Jr. RR, Franklin CL. Cloning and expression of an immunogenic membrane-associated protein of Helicobacter hepaticus for use in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 6:745-750.