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John L. Robertson, VMD, Ph.D.
 Director, Center for Comparative Oncology
Professor, Pathology, Veterinary Medicine
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Room 211 Phase II Duck Pond Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0442
540-231-4643
540-231-6033 (fax)
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B.S. SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, Biology, 1969
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M.S School of Medicine, University of PA, Philadelphia, PA, Pathology, 1973
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V.M.D. School of Veterinary Medicine, University of PA, Philadelphia, PA, Veterinary Medicine 1976
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Ph.D. School of Medicine, University of PA, Philadelphia, PA, Pathology 1977
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RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Comparative oncology of primary brain tumors, malignant lymphoma and malignant melanoma
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Development of novel therapies for treatment of cancer
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Organ and system preservation strategies for transplantation and cardiopulmonary bypass
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Treatment of chronic renal and cardiac failure
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
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Wang, Y-X, Robertson, JL, Spillman, WB, Claus, RO. “Effects of the chemical structure and the surface properties of polymeric biomaterials on their biocompatibility” Pharmaceutical Res. 21: 1362-1373, 2004
Wang, A, Robertson J, Holladay, S, Tennant, A, Lengi, A, Ahmed, A, Huckle, W, Kligerman, A, “Measurement of DNA damage in rat urinary bladder transitional cells by the Comet assay: selective harvest of transitional cells and detailed Comet protocol” Mutation Research 634: 51-59, 2007
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Dickerson, B, Geist, B, Spillman, W, Robertson, J, “Canine cancer screening via ultraviolet absorbance and fluorescence spectroscopy of serum proteins,” Applied Optics 46(35): 1-13, 2007
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Spillman ,WB, Asamatu, R, Geist, B, Claus, RO, Jullian, C, Robertson, J, “Preliminary dielectric measurement and analysis protocol for determining the melting temperature and binding energy of short sequences of DNA in solution,” Biotech J 3: 1-12, 2008 (in press)
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Spillman, W, Robertson, J, Meissner, K, Jesseli, J, Bourland, D, Robbins, M, Shaw, E, “Shape factor analysis of progressive rat hepatoma images,” J Biomed Optics 13: 1-8, 2008 (in press)
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