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Professor and Acting Department Head Poultry Diagnostic Research Center 953 College Station Road Athens, Georgia 30602-4875 706.542.5647 e-mail: hsellers@uga.edu

Education:
B.S. Biology, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, 1990
M.S. Medical Microbiology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 1993
Ph.D. Medical Microbiology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 1998

Professional Memberships:
American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP) 1995-present
American Society for Virology (ASV) 1998-present
American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians 2000-present
Southern Conference on Avian Diseases 2000- present (President 2007)

Areas of Interest:
Clinical and molecular virology
Identification and characterization of avian viruses
Epidemiology of avian viruses
Development of molecular tools for identification of avian viruses
Enteric viral diseases of poultry

Honors and Awards:
Bayer-Snoeyenbos New Investigator Award, American Association of Avian Pathologist, 2004

Publications:
Kang, K.I., A.H. Icard, E. Linnemann, H.S. Sellers and E. Mundt.  Determination of the full length sequence of a chicken astrovirus suggests a different replication mechanism. Virus Genes, Aug 31, 2011 [Epub ahead of print].

Durairaj, V., H.S. Sellers, E.G. Linnemann, A.H. Icard and E. Mundt. Investigation of the antigenic evolution of field isolates using the reverse genetics system of infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV). Arch Virol. 156:1717-1728, 2011.

Jackwood, M.J., D.A. Hilt, H.S. Sellers, S.M. Williams, and H.N. Lasher.  Rapid Heat-treatment attenuation of Infectious Bronchitis Virus.  Avian Pathol. 39:277-233. 2010.

Candelora, K. ‡, M.G. Spalding, H.S. Sellers.  Survey for antibodies to infectious bursal disease virus serotype 2 in wild turkeys and sandhill cranes of Florida.  J Wildl Dis. 46:742-752. 2010

Sellers, H.S., E. Linnemann, A. Icard, E. Mundt.  A purified recombinant baculovirus expressed capsid protein of a new astrovirus provides partial protection to Runting Stunting syndrome in chickens. Vaccine 28: 1253-1263, 2010.

Petkov, D.I.‡, E.G. Linnemann, D.R. Kapczynski, and H.S. Sellers.  Identification and characterization of two distinct bursal B-Cell subpopulations following infectious bursal disease virus infection of white leghorn chickens.  Avian Dis. 53:347-355, 2009. [AWARDED P.P.LEVINE AWARD for BEST PAPER IN 2009 AVIAN DISEASES].

Gerhold, R.W. ‡, H.S. Sellers, L. Ariaga.  Examination for double-stranded RNA viruses in Trichomonas gallinae and identification of a novel sequence of a Trichomonas vaginalis virus.  Parasitology Research 105:775-779, 2009.

Akins, D, P.L. Rule, M.R. Keener, H.S. Sellers, J.E. Line, M. Simmons, M.A. Harrison, and K.L. Hiett. Simplified capacitance monitoring for the determination of Campylobacter spp. Growth rates.  Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology. 16: 425-430. 2008.

Icard, A.H., H.S. Sellers, and E. Mundt.  Detection of Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Isolates with unknown antigenic properties by reverse genetics.  Avian Dis. 52:590-598. 2008.

Kapczynski, D. R., L. L. Perkins and H.S. Sellers.  Mucosal vaccination with formalin inactivated avian metapneumovirus subtype C does not protect turkeys following intranasal challenge. Avian Dis. 52(1):28-33. 2008.

Moscoso, H, J. Bruzual, H.S. Sellers, and C.L. Hofacre.  FTA®-Liver impressions as DNA template for detecting and genotyping fowl adenovirus.  Avian Dis. 51(1):118-121. 2007.

Petkov, D. I. ‡, E.G. Linnemann, D.R. Kapczynski, and H.S. Sellers. Full length sequence analysis of four Infectious Bursal Disease Virus isolates with different pathogenicities. Virus Genes, 34(3): 315-326.  2007.

Book Chapters:
Schat, Karel and H.S. Sellers.  Cell Culture Methods In:A Laboratory Manual for the Isolation and Identification of Avian Pathogens, 5th edition.  American Association of Avian Pathologists, L. Dufour-Zavala, D.E. Swayne, J.R. Glisson, J.E. Pearson, W.M. Reed, M.W. Jackwood, and P.R. Woolcock, eds. OmniPress, Inc. Madison, WI, pp. 195-203. 2008.