Research/Areas of Interest
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts’s University: SARS CoV2 (COVID-19), Site-specific/mucosal T-cell response Prior employment: Agricultural virus/vaccination of concern to biodefense.
Advisors
Amanda Martinot: D.V.M., M.P.H., Ph.D., DACVP
Saul Tzipori: D.V.M., Ph.D., D.Sc., FRCVS
Selected Honors and Awards
Provost Leadership Fellows Award, Tufts University, (2021-2022).
Distinguished Undergraduate Research Award, UVM (2018).
Education
Ph.D., Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, (current)
B.S., (Molecular Genetics & Animal Science),University of Vermont, 2018
Selected Publications and Presentations
Primavera, V, et al. “Effect of Foot-And-Mouth Disease Virus 2B Viroporin on Expression and Extraction of Mammalian Cell Culture Produced Foot-And-Mouth Disease Virus-like Particles.” Vaccines, 2022 Sep, vol. 10, no. 9, Sept. 2022, p. 1506, https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10091506. Accessed 16 Oct. 2022.
Mason J, Primavera V, Martignette L, Clark B, Barrera J, Simmons J, Hurtle W, Neilan JG, Puckette M. Mason, J, et al. “Comparative Evaluation of the Foot-And-Mouth Disease Virus Permissive LF-BK ΑVβ6 Cell Line for Senecavirus a Research.” Viruses, 2022 Aug, vol. 14, no. 9, MDPI AG, p.1875, https://doi.org/10.3390/v14091875. Accessed 9 Oct. 2024.
Puckette M, Primavera V, Martel E, Barrera J, Hurtle W, Clark B, Kamicker B, Zurita M, Brake D, Neilan J., et al. “Transiently Transfected Mammalian Cell Cultures: An Adaptable and Effective Platform for Virus-like Particle-Based Vaccines against Foot-And-Mouth Disease Virus.” Viruses, 2022 May, vol. 14, no. 5, p. 989, https://doi.org/10.3390/v14050989.