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Professor Department of Population Health & Infectious Diseases (joint appointed) Poultry Diagnostic Research Center 953 College Station Road Athens, Georgia 30602-4875 706.583.0797 e-mail: mdlee@uga.edu

Education:

Ph.D., Medical Microbiology, The University of Georgia, 1990.
M.S., Medical Microbiology, The University of Georgia, 1988.
D.V.M., Va. Md. Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, 1986.
B.S., Biology (major), Chemistry (minor), Virginia Tech, 1982.

Professional Associations:
Licensed by the Georgia Veterinary Board of Examiners
American Veterinary Medical Association
American Society for Microbiology
American Association of Avian Pathologists

Areas of Research Emphasis:
Molecular ecology and mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance.
Molecular ecology of intestinal bacterial communities.
Molecular epidemiology of food safety pathogens.

Publications:
Pedroso AA, Lee, MD, Maurer J, Cheng Y. 2012. Remodeling the intestinal ecosystem toward better performance and intestinal health. Journal Applied Poultry Research. In press.

John J. Maurer, Margie D. Lee, Ying Cheng, and Adriana Pedroso. 2011. An Allelotyping PCR for Identifying Salmonella enterica serovars Enteritidis, Hadar, Heidelberg, and Typhimurium. J Vis Exp.; (53): 3130.

Demetrius L. Mathis, Roy D. Berghaus, Margie D. Lee and John J. Maurer. 2011. Variation in Salmonella Enteritidis RAPD-PCR Patterns May Not Be Due to Genetic Differences. Avian Diseases 55(4):620-625.

Dórea FC, Cole DJ, Hofacre C, Zamperini K, Mathis D, Doyle MP, Lee MD, Maurer JJ. 2010. Effect of Salmonella vaccination of breeder chickens on contamination of broiler chicken carcasses in integrated poultry operations. Appl Environ Microbiol.76:7820-5.

Lumpkins BS, Batal AB, Lee MD. 2010. Evaluation of the bacterial community and intestinal development of different genetic lines of chickens. Poult Sci. 2010 89:1614-21.

Hong, Y., T. Liu, M. D. Lee, C. L. Hofacre, M. Maier, D. G. White, S. Ayers, L. Wang, R. Berghaus, and J. Maurer*. 2009. A rapid screen of broth enrichments for Salmonella enterica serovars Enteritidis, Hadar, Heidelberg, and Typhimurium using an allelotyping multiplex PCR that targets O and H antigen alleles. J Food Prot. 72:2198-201 (PMID: 19833046).

Hong Y, Liu T, Lee MD, Hofacre CL, Maier M, White DG, Ayers S, Wang L, Berghaus R, Maurer JJ*. Rapid screening of Salmonella enterica serovars Enteritidis, Hadar, Heidelberg and Typhimurium using a serologically-correlative allelotyping PCR targeting the O and H antigen alleles. BMC Microbiol. 2008;8:178.

A. Hurley, J.J. Maurer and M.D. Lee*. 2008. Using Bacteriophages to Modulate Salmonella Colonization of the Chicken's Gastrointestinal Tract: Lessons Learned from In Silico and In Vivo Modeling. Avian Dis. 52:599–607.

J. Lu, C. Hofacre, F. Smith and M. D. Lee*. 2008. Effects of feed additives on the development on the ileal bacterial community of the broiler chicken. Animal 2:5, pp 669–676.

Lee, M.D. 2008. Managing disease resistance: applying advanced methods to understand gastrointestinal microbial communities. In J.A. Taylor-Pickard and P. Spring (ed.), Gut Efficiency; the Key Ingredient in Pig and Poultry Production. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, The Netherlands, pp. 109-124.