The Laboratory for Vaccine Research and Development (LVRD) is a component of the Institute for Immunology and Informatics within the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology at the University of Rhode Island. The laboratory is located in the Shepard Building of URI’s Feinstein Providence campus.
Research
The LVRD conducts research on a variety of diseases including H. pylori, influenza, burkholderia, tuleremia and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS).
People
Faculty
- Annie De Groot, M.D., Research Professor
- Leonard Moise, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor
Research staff
- Rui Liu, Ph.D., Research Associate
- Barbara Martin, Research Associate
- Ryan Tassone, Bioinformatics Research Associate/Data Analyst
- Mohab Ali, Research Associate
Students
- Andres Nunez, Graduate Student
Facilities
The Laboratory for Vaccine Research and Development is a mixed-use space consisting of a 1,200-square-foot wet lab and a 400-square-foot computer/bioinformatics suite. Major equipment includes:
- Eppendorf 5810R high speed centrifuge
- Microfuges
- Shaking incubators
- Refrigerators
- Freezers (-20 C and -80 C)
- Bacterial incubator
- Water bath
- Electrophoresis equipment
- Bio-Rad UV/Vis Spectrophotometer
- Bio-Rad Dual 48 Thermal Cycler
- Victor ELISA plate reader
- AKTA Avant 25 FPLC
- Thermo Fisher Speed Vac Evaporator
