Robin J. Kastenmayer, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Deputy Animal Program Director, Building 33 Animal Facility
Animal Import Officer

Dr. Kastenmayer obtained her D.V.M. and Ph.D. in microbiology from Michigan State University. She joined the Comparative Medicine Branch in 2003 and is currently serving as the Building 33 Animal Facility Veterinarian and the NIAID Animal Import Officer. She became a Diplomate in the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine in 2007.

Major Areas of Research

• Murine ulcerative dermatitis
• Bacterial pathogens of laboratory animals

Memberships

• American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
• American Veterinary Medical Association

Selected Recent Publications

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Kastenmayer RJ, Perdue KA. Variation in organ volumes of matched BALB/c mice by microCT analysis. J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2007 March;46(2):7-12.

Kastenmayer RJ, Fain M, Perdue KA. A retrospective study of idiopathic ulcerative dermatitis in mice with a C57BL/6 background. J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2006 Nov; 45(6):8-12.

Munson RS, Zhong H, Mungur R, Ray WC, Shea RJ, Mahairas CG, Mulks MH. Haemophilus ducreyi strain ATCC 27722 contains a genetic element with homology to the vibrio RS1 element that can replicate as a plasmid and confer NAD independence on Haemophilus influenzae. Infect Immun. 2004 Feb;72(2):1143-46.

Rongvaux A, Shea RJ, Mulks MH, Gigot D, Urbain J, Leo O, Andris F. Pre-B-cell colony-enhancing factor, whose expression is up-regulated in activated lymphocytes, is a nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase, a cytosolic enzyme involved in NAD biosynthesis. Eur J Immunol. 2002 Nov;32(11): 3225-34.

Shea RJ, Mulks MH. ohr, encoding an organic hydroperoxide reductase, is an in vivo-induced gene in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. Infect Immun. 2002 Feb;70(2):794-802.

Martin PR, Shea RJ, Mulks MH. Identification of a plasmid encoded gene from Haemophilus ducreyi which confers NAD independence. J Bacteriol. 2001 Feb;183(4):1168-74.

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