Lloyd Turtinen

Education

• Ph.D. University of Kentucky - 1983
• M.S. University of Wisconsin, Madison - 1978  
• B.S. University of Minnesota, Duluth - 1972 

Courses

• Biol 250 Microbiology
• Biol 306 Infectious Disease Ecology
• Biol 381 Virology
• Biol 401 Recombinant DNA Techniques
• Biol 402 Current Topics in Virology and Immunology
• Biol 491 Special Topics: Cell Biology Lab
• Biol/Chem 412 Biochemistry/Molecular Biology seminar

Research - Immunology and Virology

• Innate immune response to anti-fungal drugs and viruses
• Molecular biology of cytomegalovirus
  
  Selected Publications (undergraduates are indicated by *):
  
  
  Turtinen LW, A Croswell* and A Obr*. (2008) Microarray analysis of amphotericin B-Treated THP-1 monocytic cells identifies unique gene expression profiles among lipid and non-lipid drug formulations. Journal of Chemotherapy 20: 103-111.
  
  Turtinen LW, L Bremer*, D Prall*, J Schwartzhoff* and S Hartsel. (2005). Distinct cytokine profiles from human endothelial and THP-1 macrophage-like cells exposed to different amphotericin B formulations. Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology 27: 85-93.
  
  Turtinen LW, D Prall*, L Bremer*, R Nauss* and S Hartsel. (2004). Antibody array-generated profiles of cytokine release from THP-1 leukemic monocytes exposed to different amphotericin B formulations. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 48: 396-403.
  
  Turtinen LW and B Juran*. (1998). Standardization and comparison of an XTT-based TNF-a bioassay with a TNF-a ELISA. BioTechniques 24: 232-238.