John Nunnari

Adjunct Professor of Biology
Division: Nursing and Health Sciences
Email: john.nunnari@becker.edu

Education

Doctoral candidate, UMass Medical School (1987-1988)
M.A., Clark University (1986)
B.A., Long Island University (1974)

Experience

• Adjunct professor in microbiology, general biology and histology, Becker College (1999-present)
• Research associate, electron microscopist in Dept. of Neurobiology, UMass Medical School (2009-present)
• Research assistant, electron microscopist in Div. of Infectious Disease, Tufts University – Cummings School of Veterinary      Medicine (2004-2008)
• Consultant, core electron microscopy facility, UMass Medical School (2001-2004)
• Research associate, electron microscopist in Dept. of Cell Biology, UMass Medical School (1994-2000)
• Research associate, electron microscopist in Dept. of Pathology, UMass Medical School (1977-1994)

Publications/Presentations

A Piglet Model of Acute Gastroenteritis Induced by Shigella dysenteriae Type 1, Jeong, K., Zhang, Q., Nunnari, J., and Tzipori, S. J. of Infectious Disease 2010, 201(6) 903-911

Failure to propagate Cryptosporidium spp. in cell-free culture. Girouard D., Gallant J, Akiyoshi D.E., Nunnari J Tzipori S. J Parasitol 2006 Apr; 92 (2):399-400.

Sheoran A.S., Feng X., Singh I., Chapman-Bonofiglio S., Kitaka S., Hanawalt J., Nunnari J.,   Mansfield K., Tumwine J.K., Tzipori S. Monoclonal antibodies against Enterocytozoon bieneusi of human origin. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2005 Sep; 12(9):1109-13.

Zhang Q., Singh I., Sheoran A., Feng X., Nunnari J., Carville A., Tzipori S. Production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies against Enterocytozoon bieneusi purified from rhesus macaques. Infect Immun. 2005 Aug. 73(8):5166-7

Zhang M.P., Rameh L.E., Ivshina M.P., McCollum D., Nunnari J.J., Hendricks G.M., Kerr M.L.,Field S.J., Cantley L.C. and Ross A.H. A Novel Phosphatidylinositol (3, 4, 5) P3 pathway in Fission Yeast. 2004 J Cell Biol Jul 19; 166(2):205-1

Mitome M, Low H.P., van den Pol A, Nunnari J.J., Wolf M.K., Billings-Gagliardi S., and Schwarts W.J. Towards the reconstruction of central nervous system white matter using neural precursor cells. Brain. 2001 Nov: 124(pt11): 2147-61.

Lancey R.A., Cuenoud H, Nunnari J.J. Scanning electron microscopic analysis of endoscopic versus open vein harvesting techniques. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2001 Jun: 42(3):297-301.

Billings-Gagliardi S., Nunnari, J.J., Wolf M. Rumpshaker Behaves Like Juvenile- Lethal PLP Mutations When Combined With Shiverer in double Mutant Mice. Developmental Neuroscience 2001, 23(1):7-16.

Wolf M, Nunnari, J.J., Billings-Gagliardi S. Quaking Shiverer Double Mutant Mice Survive for at Least 100 Days with NoCNSMyelin. Developmental Neuroscience 1999 21:483-490.

Billings-Gagliardi S, Nunnari J.J., Wolf M. Evidence thatCNSHypomyelination Does Not Cause Death of Jimpy-msd Mutant Mice. Developmental Neuroscience 1999;21:473-482.

Zand T, Hoffman A.H., Savilonis B.J., Underwood J.M., Nunnari J.J., Majno G, and Joris I. Lipid Deposition in Rat Aortas with Intraluminal Hemispherical Plug Stenosis. A Morphological and Biophysical Study Am J Path 155(l) 1999, 85-92.

Nunnari J.J., Fisher M., and White S.D.T., Clentiazem Inhibits Lipid Deposition in Hypercholesterolemic Rats. 1992, Exp. Mol. Path. 57, 193-204.

Zand T.,  Majno G., Nunnari J.J.,  Hoffman A.,  Savilonis B.,  McWilliams B., Joris I.  1. Lipid Deposition and Intimae Stress and Strain, A Study in rats with Aortic Stenosis 1991 Am J Path 13 9:1991, 101-113.

Kowala M.C., Nunnari J.J., Durham SK and Nicolosi RJ. Doxazosin and Cholestyramine Similarly Decrease Fatty Streak Formation in the Aortic Arch of Hyperlipidemic Hamsters. 1991 Atherosclerosis 91: 35-49.

Nunnari J.J., Zand T., Joris I., and Majno G. Quantitation of ORO Staining of the Aorta in Hypercholesterolemic Rats. 1989 Experimental and Molecular Pathology 51, 1-8.

Majno G., Zand T., Nunnari J.J., Kowala M., and Joris I. Intimal responses to shear stress,Hypercholesterolemic and hypertension, Studies in the rat aorta. 1988: In Endothelial Cell Biology in Health and Disease Eds. Nicolae and Maya Simionescu, Plenum Press, New York.

Zand T., Nunnari J.J.,  Hoffman A., Savilonis  B., McWilliams B., Majno G., and Joris I. Endothelial adaptations in aortic stenosis; Correlation with flow parameters Am J Path 133:1988, 407-417.

Majno G., Nunnari J.J., Zand T., and Joris I. The diet/atherosclerosis connection: New insights. 1984 J Cardiovasc Med 9: 21-30.

Joris I., Zand T., Nunnari J.J., Krolikowski F., and Majno G. Studies on the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. 1. Adhesion and emigration of mononuclear cells in the aorta of hypercholesterolemic rats 1983 Am J Path 1 13: 3 41-3 5 8

Zand T., Underwood J.M., Nunnari J.J., Majno G. and Joris I. Endothelium and ‘silver lines’. An Electron Microscopic study. 1982 Virchows Arch Pathol Anat 395: 133-144.