Dr. Laura Vogel
University Professor and Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
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STV Stevenson Hall 141
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Teaching Interests & Areas
I have taught BSC 160 Microbiology and Society, BSC 203 Cell Biology, BSC 204 Biological Investigations, BSC 260 Microbiology, BSC 354 Biotechnology II, BSC 367 Immunology, BSC 420 Immunology Seminar and BSC 450 Advanced Immunology.
Research Interests & Areas
My expertise is in the field of immune regulation. My lab studied immune responses at the cellular level, but also incorporated genetics and biochemistry as well as environmental effects. My research focused on B cells and antibody production and projects included immune responses during aging, vaccine responses, mucosal immunity, and ecoimmunology. For more information, please see my website! (Key words: antibodies, reptile, immunosenescence)
Post-Doc Microbiology and Immunology
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, NH
Ph D Microbiology and Immunology
University of Toledo - Medical College of Ohio
Toledo, OH
BS Microbiology
Miami University
Oxford, OH
University Professor
Illinois State University
2025
College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Lecturer, Spring 2018
Illinois State University
2018
Outstanding University Service 2015-2016
ISU
2016
Outstanding University Researcher, 2013-2014
Illinois State University
2014
ISU Leadership Initiative Award, 2013-2014
Illinois State University
2013
Outstanding College Researcher Award 2012-2013
College of Arts and Sciences
2012
ISU Million Dollar Club
Illinois State University
2011
Outstanding College Service Award 2010-2011
College of Arts and Sciences
2011
Outstanding College Teacher Award 2009-2010
College of Arts and Sciences
2009
Grants and Contracts
Nature of systemic and mucosal B cell function in reptiles
Laura Anne Vogel, Rachel Michelle Bowden.
National Institutes of Health. June 15 2018 - June 30 2022
Induced immunity as a source of maternal effects on offspring phenotype (renewal application - resubmission)
Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Charles Thompson, Rachel Michelle Bowden, E Keith Bowers, Laura Anne Vogel, .
National Institutes of Health. September 6 2017 - August 31 2020
MRI: Acquisition of a high speed cell sorter for interdisciplinary student research and training in Biological Sciences
Laura Anne Vogel, Rachel Michelle Bowden, Nathan T. Mortimer, Ben Sadd.
National Science Foundation. September 1 2017 - August 31 2021
Journal Article
Intestinal B cells in the red-eared slider turtle, Trachemys scripta: Anatomical distribution and implications for ecological interactions with pathogenic microbes
Marc Ashford, Sarah Palackdharry, Ben Sadd, Rachel Michelle Bowden, Laura Anne Vogel.
Journal of Experimental Zoology, 331, 407-415, (2019)
Humoral immune function in long-lived ectotherms, the reptiles
Laura Anne Vogel, Sarah Palackdharry, Laura Zimmerman, Rachel Bowden.
Springer, (2017), 10.1007/978-3-319-64597-1_84-1
Immunocompetence in a long-lived ectothermic vertebrate is temperature dependent but shows no decline in older adults
Laura Zimmerman, Amanda Carter, Rachel Bowden, Laura Anne Vogel.
Functional Ecology, 31, 1383-1389, (2017)
The effect of environmental temperature on reptilian peripheral blood B cell functions
Sarah Palackdharry, Ben Sadd, Laura Anne Vogel, Rachel Bowden.
Hormones and Behavior, 88, 87-94, (2017)
A vertebrate cytokine primer for eco-immunologists
L M Zimmerman, Rachel Michelle Bowden, Laura Anne Vogel.
Functional Ecology, 28, 1061-1073, (2014)
Condition-dependent sex difference in nestling house wren (Troglodytes aedon) response to phytohaemagglutinin injection
Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Brian S Masters, Bonnie P Johnson, Laura Anne Vogel, Anna M Forsman, L Scott Johnson.
Canadian Journal of Zoology, 92, 1-7, (2014)
Genetic and environmental variation in condition, cutaneous immunity, and haematocrit in house wrens
Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Alastair J Wilson, E Keith Bowers, L Scott Johnson, Brian S Masters, Bonnie G.P. Johnson, Laura Anne Vogel, Anna M Forsman, Charles Thompson.
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 14, 242 (11 pages), (2014)
Neonatal body condition, immune responsiveness, and hematocrit predict longevity in a wild bird population
E Keith Bowers, Christine J Hodges, Anna M Forsman, Laura Anne Vogel, Brian S Masters, Bonnie G.P. Johnson, L Scott Johnson, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Ecology, 95 (11), 3027-3034, (2014)
Humoral immune responses are maintained with age in a long-lived ectotherm, the red-eared slider turtle
L M Zimmerman, S G Clairardin, R T Paitz, J W Hicke, K Lamagdeleine, Laura Anne Vogel, Rachel Michelle Bowden.
Journal of Experimental Biology, 216, 633-640, (2013)
Humoral immune responses are maintained with age in a long-lived ectotherm, the red-eared slider turtle.
L M Zimmerman, S G Clairardin, Ryan Paitz, J W Hicke, K A LaMagdeleine, Laura Anne Vogel, Rachel Michelle Bowden.
The Journal of experimental biology, 216 (Pt 4), 633-40, (2013), 10.1242/jeb.078832
Red-eared slider turtles lack response to immunization with keyhole limpet hemocyanin but have high levels of natural antibodies
L. M. Zimmerman, Rachel Michelle Bowden, Laura Anne Vogel.
ISRN Zoology, 2013, 858941, (2013)
Temperature increase exacerbates apoptotic neuronal death in chemically-induced ischemia
C He, A Stroink, Laura Anne Vogel, C Wang.
Plos One, 8 (7), e68796, (2013)
No evidence that estrogens affect the development of the immune system in the red-eared slider turtle, Trachemys scripta
L. M. Zimmerman, R. T. Paitz, S. G. Clairardin, Laura Anne Vogel, Rachel Michelle Bowden.
Hormones & Behavior, 62, 331-336, (2012)
No evidence that estrogens affect the development of the immune system in the red-eared slider turtle, Trachemys scripta.
L M Zimmerman, Ryan Paitz, S G Clairardin, Laura Anne Vogel, Rachel Michelle Bowden.
Hormones and behavior, 62 (3), 331-6, (2012), 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.04.009
Reproductive allocation in female house wrens is not influenced by experimentally altered male attractiveness
Susan C Grana, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Rachel Michelle Bowden, Melissa A Doellman, Laura Anne Vogel, Charles Thompson.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 66, 1247-1258, (2012)
The role of constraints and limitation in driving individual variation in immune response
D Ardia, H Parmentier, Laura Anne Vogel.
Functional Ecology, 25, 61-73, (2011)
Cutaneous Immune Activity, but not Innate Immune Responsiveness, Covaries with Mass and Environment in Nestling House Wrens (Troglodytes Aedon)
A M Forsman, Scott K Sakaluk, Charles Thompson, Laura Anne Vogel.
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 83, 512-518, (2010)
Histone H2A and H2B are monoubiquitinated at AID-targeted loci.
G. M. Borchert, N. W. Holton, Kevin Andrew Edwards, Laura Anne Vogel, Erik D Larson.
PLoS One, 5 (7), (2010)
Phagocytic B cells in a reptile
L. M. Zimmerman, Laura Anne Vogel, Kevin Andrew Edwards, Rachel Michelle Bowden.
Biology Letters, 6 (2), 270-3, (2010)
The Role of Glia and The Immune System In The Development and Maintenance of Neuropathic Pain
R Vallejo, D Tilley, Laura Anne Vogel, R Benyamin.
Pain Practice, 10, 167-184, (2010)
Understanding the vertebrate immune system: Insights from the reptilian perspective
L. M. Zimmerman, Laura Anne Vogel, Rachel Michelle Bowden.
Journal of Experimental Biology, 213 (5), 661-71, (2010)
Variation in the seasonal patterns of innate and adaptive immunity in the red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta)
L. M. Zimmerman, R. T. Paitz, Laura Anne Vogel, Rachel Michelle Bowden.
Journal of Experimental Biology, 213, 1477-83, (2010)
Variation in the seasonal patterns of innate and adaptive immunity in the red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta).
L M Zimmerman, Ryan Paitz, Laura Anne Vogel, Rachel Michelle Bowden.
The Journal of experimental biology, 213 (Pt 9), 1477-83, (2010), 10.1242/jeb.037770
Citalopram Enhances B Cell Numbers in a Murine Model of Morphine-Induced Immunosuprression
T Nguyen, J Kramer, B A Heidenreich, R Vallejo, R Benyamin, Laura Anne Vogel.
Pain Practice, 9, 195, (2009)
Lovesick: immunological costs of mating to male sagebrush crickets
L C Leman, C B Weddle, S N Gershman, A M Kerr, G D Ower, J M St.John, Laura Anne Vogel, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Evolutionary Biology, 22, 163-171, (2009)
Aged B lymphocytes retain their ability to express surface markers but are dysfunctional in their proliferative capability during early activation events.
A Blaeser, K McGlauchlen, Laura Anne Vogel.
Immunity & ageing : I & A, 5, 15, (2008), 10.1186/1742-4933-5-15
Female house wrens (Troglodytes aedon) increase the size, but not immunocompetence, of their offspring through extra-pair mating.
A M Forsman, Laura Anne Vogel, Scott K Sakaluk, B G Johnson, B S Masters, L S Johnson, Charles Thompson.
Molecular ecology, 17 (16), 3697-706, (2008), 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03860.x
Humoral immunity and aging: intrinsic B cell defects
Anthony Blaeser, Akanksha Panwar, Laura Anne Vogel.
Current Trends in Immunology, 8, 61-67, (2008)
Immune-challenged house wren broods differ in the relative strengths of their responses among different axes of the immune system.
A M Forsman, Laura Anne Vogel, Scott K Sakaluk, J L Grindstaff, Charles Thompson.
Journal of evolutionary biology, 21 (3), 873-8, (2008), 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01503.x
Imprinting the fate of antigen-reactive B cells through the affinity of the B cell receptor.
B P O'Connor, Laura Anne Vogel, W Zhang, W Loo, D Shnider, E F Lind, M Ratliff, R J Noelle, L D Erickson.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 177 (11), 7723-32, (2006)
Presentations
Identifying B cells in hatchling and adult Trachemys scripta, red-eared slider turtles
Hanna Paton, Allison Mool, Christen Fairow, Whitney Hurst, Rachel Michelle Bowden, Laura Anne Vogel.
Immunology 2022, Portland, OR, May 6, 2022
Use of a monoclonal antibody to identify B cells in Trachemys scripta, the red-eared slider turtle
Hanna Paton, Allison Mool, Christen Fairow, Whitney Green, Rachel Michelle Bowden, Laura Anne Vogel.
Autumn Immunology Conference 2021, Chicago, IL, November, 2021
Purification, biotinylation, and testing of a monoclonal antibody to identify B cells in Trachemys scripta, the red-eared slider turtle
Hanna Paton, Allison Mool, Whitney Green, Rachel Michelle Bowden, Laura Anne Vogel.
AAI Immunology 2021, Online, May, 2021
Working With Turtle Immune Cells And Antibodies In The Lab: Determining Experimental Conditions
Beto Araiza, Paige Farchmin, Ceara Abbott, Micaela Ryan, Whitney Green, Rachel Michelle Bowden, Laura Anne Vogel.
Autumn Immunology Conference 2019, Chicago, IL, November 22, 2019
Formation of ILF-like structures in hatchling T. scripta
Marc Ashford, Jake Jasinski, Sarah Palackdharry, Rachel Michelle Bowden, Laura Anne Vogel.
Autumn Immunology Conference, Chicago, IL, November, 2017
The effect of environmental temperatures on reptilian B cell function
Sarah Marrochello, Ben Sadd, Rachel Michelle Bowden, Laura Anne Vogel.
Autumn Immunology Conference, Chicago, IL, November, 2015
Aged vs young B1 cell immune response in a SCID mouse model
Laura Anne Vogel, Hazel Ozuna-Vazquez.
Modeling Mucosal Immunity Symposium, Virginia Tech, January, 2014
Aged vs young B1 cell immune response in a SCID mouse model
Hazel Ozuna-Vazquez, Laura Anne Vogel.
Autumn Immunology Conference, Chicago, IL, November, 2013