Tamas Nagy, DVM, PhD

Department of Veterinary Pathology
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-7388

TEL: (706)-202-8608 (cell)
FAX: (706) 542-5828
EMAIL: tnagy@uga.edu

Assistant Professor, DVM (1994) University of Veterinary Science, Budapest, Hungary; PhD (2007) Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Dr. Nagy is also in charge of the Comparative Pathology Laboratory which provides laboratory animal pathology services to investigators pursuing biomedical research.

Dr. Nagy's hometown is Miskolc , Hungary. He practices and teaches Shotokan karate

Research Interests:

Comparative mammary pathology, pathology of genetically engineered mice, animal models of human diseases

Teaching:

VPAT 8320 – Pathology of Laboratory Animals
Summer 2008
Summer 2010

Gross Pathology Seminar Series
Every Wednesday at noon in 0149 VET MED (year-round)
Go to the quiz pages to test your knowledge!
Oct 14 Quiz page, Oct 21 Quiz page

Histopathology Seminar Series
Every Friday at noon in 0107 VET MED (year-round)

NEW Course VPAT 8200: Genetically engineered mice in biomedical research
Spring 2010
Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:00-9:50 AM
0149 VET MED
Suitable for seniors considering a PhD in biomedical research or current PhD students using laboratory animals in their research.
Please contact Dr. Tamas Nagy (tnagy@uga.edu) for more information.

Selected Publications:

Poovassery JS, Sarr D, Smith G, Nagy T, Moore JM. Malaria-induced murine pregnancy failure: distinct roles for IFN-gamma and TNF. J Immunol. 2009 183(8):5342-9.

Alworth L and Nagy T. Peri-urethral swelling in a female C3H/HeNCrMTV mouse. Lab Anim (NY). 38(5):147, 2009.

Luo M, Fan H, Nagy T, Wei H, Wang C, Liu S, Wicha MS, and Guan J-L. Mammary epithelial-specific ablation of the focal adhesion kinase suppresses tumorigenesis and metastasis by affecting mammary cancer stem/progenitor cells. Cancer Res. 2009 69(2):466-74.

Nagy T, Wei H, Shen TL, Peng X, Liang CC, Gan B, Guan JL. Mammary Epithelial-specific Deletion of the Focal Adhesion Kinase Gene Leads to Severe Lobulo-Alveolar Hypoplasia and Secretory Immaturity of the Murine Mammary Gland. J Biol Chem. 2007 Oct 26;282(43):31766-76. Epub 2007 Aug 23.  

Gan B, Peng X, Nagy T, Alcaraz A, Gu H, Guan JL. Role of FIP200 in cardiac and liver development and its regulation of TNFalpha and TSC-mTOR signaling pathways. J Cell Biol. 2006 Oct 9;175(1):121-33. Epub 2006 Oct 2.

Peng X, Ueda H, Zhou H, Stokol T, Shen TL, Alcaraz A, Nagy T, Vassalli JD, Guan JL. Overexpression of focal adhesion kinase in vascular endothelial cells promotes angiogenesis in transgenic mice. Cardiovasc Res. 2004 Dec 1;64(3):421-30.

 

Updated October 8, 2009

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