Berghman, Luc, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Email: luc-r-berghman@tamu.edu
Phone: 1-979-845-2994
Office: 418 Kleberg
Curriculum Vitae (Download)

Scholarly Interest:
The major long-term goals of the Berghman lab are (1) to acquire fundamental new knowledge of the avian immune system and (2) to apply this new knowledge toward the development of immunobiotechnological tools. Basic avian immune studies include the study of cellular and humoral interactions, especially those of immuno-neuroendocrine nature, in the bursa of Fabricius, the thymus and secondary immune organs of the chicken. This involves immunohistochemical microanatomical studies and the study of gene expression profiles. Immunobiotechnological applications include the development of monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal antibodies and chicken egg yolk antibodies for diagnostic, prophylactic and therapeutic purposes.

Current projects feature the development of antibodies for the prevention of invasion and/or persistence of enteric pathogens in poultry, and the development of immunodiagnostic and analytical tools for the detection and identification of avian viruses and other antigens.