Dykstra, Michael M.S., M.S., PhD
Research Professor and LAELOM Director

PhD: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Post Doc: University of Florida

Phone: 919-513-6202
Fax: 919-513-6464
Email: Michael_Dykstra@ncsu.edu

See: Laboratory for Advanced Electron and Light Optical Methods (LAELOM)

Professional Experience
October 1989 to present        Adjunct Research Associate in Biology, University of                                            North Carolina at Wilmington

1984 to present                     Electron Microscopy Director, College of Veterinary                                            Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh

1979-1984                            Electron Microscopy Laboratory Director and Assistant                                            Research Biologist, College of Veterinary Medicine,                                            University of Georgia, Athens

1978-1979                            Visiting Lecturer, Department of Botany University of                                            North Carolina at Chapel Hill

February 1978-August 1978   Post-doctoral Associate, Department of Pathology,                                            School of Medicine, University of Florida

1976-1978                            Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Microbiology and                                            Cell Science, University of Florida

1975-1976                            Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Botany,                                            University of Florida

Research Areas
Medical Mycology, Ultrastructural Pathology, Aeromycology

Current Research
Examination of the relationship between airhandler design in zoo exhibits, fungal spore loads in the air, and animal/human health in these exhibits.

Publications (Since 1996)
Dillberger, John E., Robert L. Peiffer, Michael J. Dykstra, Michael O'Mara, and Dipak K. Patel. 1996. The experimental antipsychotic agent 1192U90 HCl targets tapetum lucidum in canine eyes. Toxicologic Pathol. 24:595-601.

Dykstra, M.J., T. Faucette, K. Reininger, M. Loomis, and D. Zombeck. 1996. Fungi in aviary air: How do we assess their presence and what does it mean for birds and humans? 1996 AZA Regional Conference Proceedings (Denver, CO), pp. 510-514.

Eckhoff, G.A., P. Mann, E.T. Gaillard, M.J. Dykstra, and G.L. Swanson. 1998. naturally developing virus-induced lethal pneumonia in two guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus). Cont. Top. Lab. Anim. Sci. 37:54-57.

Halenda, R.M., M.P. Nasisse, and M.J. Dykstra. 1998. The effect of alpha-chymotrypsin on the breaking strength and ultrastructural morphology of canine ciliary zonules. Amer. J. Vet.Res. 59:335-339.

Dykstra, M.J., M. Loomis, K. Reininger, D. Zombeck and T. Faucette. 1997. A comparison of sampling methods for airborne fungal spores during an outbreak of aspergillosis in the forest aviary of the North Carolina Zoological Park. J. Zoo Wildlife Med. 28:454-463.

Faucette, T.G., M.J. Dykstra, K. Reininger, D. Zombeck, H. Stout, and C. Porter. 1999. A three-year study of viable airborne fungi in the North Carolina Zoological Park R.J.R. Nabisco Rocky Coast alcid exhibit. J. Zoo Wildlife Med. 30:44-53.

Dykstra, M.J., N.J.H. Sharp, T. Olivry, A. Hillier, K.M. Murphy, L. Kaufman, G.A. Kunkle, G. Spodnick, and C. Pucheu-Haston. 1999. A description of cutaneous-subcutaneous pythiosis in fifteen dogs.. Medical Mycology. 37:427-433.

Colitz, C.M.H., D. Malarkey, M.J. Dykstra, M.C. McGahan, and M.G. Davidson. 2000. Histologic and immunohistochemical characterization of lens capsular plaques in dogs with cataracts. Amer. J. Vet. Res. 61:139-143.

Maas, P.A.Y., S.J. Kleinschuster, M.J. Dykstra, R. Smolowitz, and J. Parent. 1999. Molecular characterization of QPX (Quahog Parasite Unknown), a pathogen of Mercenaria mercenaria. J. Shellfish Res. 18:561-567.

Dykstra, M.J. and A.S. Kane. 2000. Pfiesteria piscicida, and ulcerative mycosis of Atlantic menhaden-Current status of understanding. J. Aquat. Anim. Health 12:18-25.

Kane, A.S., M.J. Dykstra, E.J. Noga, R. Reimschuessel, A. Baya, C. Driscoll, H.W. Paerl, and J. Landsberg. 2000. Etiologies, observations and reporting of estuarine finfish lesions. Marine Environmental Research 50:473-477..

Crosier, A.E., P.W. Farin, M.J. Dykstra, J.E. Alexander, and C.E. Farin. 2000. Ultrastructural morphometry of bovine compact morulae produced in vivo and in vitro. Biology of Reproduction 62: 1459-1465.

Crosier, A.E., P.W. Farin, M.J. Dykstra, J.E. Alexander, and C.E. Farin. 2000. Ultrastructural morphometry of bovine blastocysts produced in vivo or in vitro. Biology of Reproduction 64: 1375-1385.

Dykstra, M.J., K.M. Astrofsky, M.D. Schrenzel, J.G. Fox, R.A. Bullis, S. Farrington, L. Sigler, M.G. Rinaldi, and M.R. McGinnis. 2001. High mortality in a large-scale zebrafish colony (Brachydanio rerio Hamilton & Buchanan, 1822) associated with Lecythophora mutabilis (van Beyma) W. Gams & McGinnis. Comparative Medicine 51:361-368.

Dykstra, M.J., P.C. Mann, M.R. Elwell, and S.V. Ching. 2002. Suggested standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the preparation of electron microscopy samples for toxicology/pathology studies in a GLP environment. Toxicologic Pathology 30:1-9.

Levy, M.G., J.L. Gookin, M. Poore, A.J. Birkenheuer, M.J. Dykstra, and R.W. Litaker. 2003. Tritrichomonas foetus and not Pentatrichomonas hominis is the etiologic agent of feline trichomonal diarrhea. J. Parasitol. 89:99-104.

Pagan, I., D.L. Costa, J.K. McGee, J.H. Richards, M.J. Dykstra, and J.A. Dye. 2003. Metals mimic airway epithelial injury induced in vitro by exposure to Utah Valley ambient particulate matter extracts. J. Toxicol. Environ. Health 66: 1087-1112.

Fan, Y., L. Zurek, M.J. Dykstra, and C. Schal. 2003. Hydrocarbon synthesis by enzymatically dissociated oenocytes of the abdominal integument of the German cockroach, Blatella germanica. Naturwissenschaften 90:121-126.

BOOKS:

Dykstra, M.J. 1992. Biological electron microscopy: Theory, techniques and trouble shooting. Plenum Press, NY. 360 p.

Dykstra, M.J. 1993. A manual of applied techniques for biological electron microscopy. Plenum Press, NY. 257 p.

Dykstra, M.J. and L.E. Reuss. 2003. Biological electron microscopy: Theory, techniques and trouble shooting. 2nd Edition. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, NY.

Lab Personnel
Laboratory Coordinator: Abbey Friederichs
Laboratory Assistant: Jeanette Shipley-Phillips