Professor
ENTOX & BIOSC
Clemson University
Ph.D., College of William
and Mary (VIMS)
cdrice@clemson.edu
Comparative immunobiology and immunotoxicology. Current efforts are directed towards understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms behind resistance to both infectious diseases agents and environmental contaminants. Other efforts are directed at understanding the phylogeny of neuroendocrine-immune interactions in lower vertebrates. On another front, we develop immunotherapeutic approaches to neoplastic diseases in non-human models.
Publications:
Zhu, Y., Rice, C.D., Pang, Y., Pace, M.,
and Thomas, P. Cloning, and expression and characterization of a novel
membrane progestin receptor and evidence it is an intermediary in
meiotic maturation of fish oocytes. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 100:2231-2236,
2003.
Beck, B.M. and Rice, C.D. Serum antibody levels against select bacterial
pathogens in Atlantic bottle nose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, from
Beaufort NC USA and Charleston Harobr, Charleston, SC USA. Marine
Environ. Res. 55:161-179, 2003.
Holsberger, D.A., Rice, C.D., and Thurston, R. Localizing of a secretory
porteolytic enzyme within deferent duct epithelial cells of the turkey,
Meleagris gallopavo, using immunohistochemistry. Biol. Reproduction.
67:276-281, 2002.
Holsberger, D.A., Becker, A.E., Thurston, R., and Rice, C.D. Expression
of a hepatocyte growth factor activator protein in turkey (Meleagris
gallopavo) deferent duct epithelial cells. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part
B. 132:769-777, 2002.
Rice, C.D., and Arkoosh, M.R. Immunological Indicators of Environmental
Stress and Disease Susceptibility in Fishes. pages In: Biological
Indicators of Stress in Aquatic Ecosystems, (S.M. Adams, ed). Symposium
9, American Fisheries Society Publications. 2002.