Assoc ProfessorJoe Cassidy
Associate Professor
School of Veterinary Medicine
Orcid identifier0000-0002-9229-1831 (opens in a new tab)
- Associate ProfessorSchool of Veterinary Medicine
- 01 716 6151
- University College Dublin, School of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Science Centre Belfield Dublin 4
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Extensive experience in the use of experimental mouse models in the investigation of the immunopathogenesis of human tuberculosis and genital chlamydiosis - with The Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark and The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
Bordetella pertussis infection and asthma - with The Institute of Immunology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth and the Pasteur Institute, Lille, France. (Funding HRB and SSF, Athens, Greece)
Mechanisms of resistance/susceptibility to ascarid infections - with Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and The University of Nottingham, UK.(Funding SFI).
Zooarchaeological study of disease in cattle/horses - with The University of Edinburgh
Studies on leucoencephalomyelopathy in specific pathogen free cats - with NUI, Galway (Funding Charles River).
Studies on the development and use of nanoparticle vaccines against parainfluenza-3 virus infection in calves - with AFBI, Stormont, Belfast & Teagasc, Grange (Funding Walsh Scholarship).
Aetiopathogenesis of bovine respiratory disease - with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Funding DAFM).
Studies on latency and shedding in bovine tuberculosis - with Thermo Fisher scientific and Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Funding Thermo Fisher).
Economic importance and zoonotic risk of bovine tuberculosis in Ethiopia - with Wolaita Sodo University (Funding EU Horizon 2020)
Techniques: immunohistochemistry, RT-PCR and microarray gene expression analysis.
Bordetella pertussis infection and asthma - with The Institute of Immunology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth and the Pasteur Institute, Lille, France. (Funding HRB and SSF, Athens, Greece)
Mechanisms of resistance/susceptibility to ascarid infections - with Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and The University of Nottingham, UK.(Funding SFI).
Zooarchaeological study of disease in cattle/horses - with The University of Edinburgh
Studies on leucoencephalomyelopathy in specific pathogen free cats - with NUI, Galway (Funding Charles River).
Studies on the development and use of nanoparticle vaccines against parainfluenza-3 virus infection in calves - with AFBI, Stormont, Belfast & Teagasc, Grange (Funding Walsh Scholarship).
Aetiopathogenesis of bovine respiratory disease - with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Funding DAFM).
Studies on latency and shedding in bovine tuberculosis - with Thermo Fisher scientific and Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Funding Thermo Fisher).
Economic importance and zoonotic risk of bovine tuberculosis in Ethiopia - with Wolaita Sodo University (Funding EU Horizon 2020)
Techniques: immunohistochemistry, RT-PCR and microarray gene expression analysis.