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Timothy Paul Bushnell, Ph.D.

Timothy Paul Bushnell, Ph.D.

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About Me

Faculty Appointments

Associate Professor - Department of Pediatrics, Center for Pediatric Biomedical Research (SMD)

Director, Shared Resource Laboratories - Dean's Office M&D - Administration (SMD)

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Hematology/Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 1998 - 2003

Education

MBA | Simon Business School, University of Rochester. STEM concentration. 2020

PhD | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Biology. 1999

PhD | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Biology. 1999

BS | Cornell University. Biochemistry. 1990

BS | Cornell University. Biochemistry. 1990

Awards

American Society of Microbiology Student Travel Grant Award 1996

American Society of Microbiology Student Travel Grant Award 1995

Young Investigator Award 1995

Eagle Scout 1983

Research

My main research focus is the development and application of high-end flow cytometric assays to support the research programs of members of the URMC community.

Publications

Journal Articles

How to Measure "Spillover Spread".

Bhowmick D, Bushnell TP

Methods in molecular biology.. 2024 2779 :69-83. Epub 1900 01 01.

Practical Guidelines for Optimization and Characterization of the Beckman Coulter CytoFLEX™ Platform.

Bhowmick D, Sheridan RTC, Bushnell TP, Spalding KL

Cytometry. Part A : the journal of the International Society for Analytical Cytology.. 2020 March 9 Epub 03/09/2020.

Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (second edition).

Cossarizza A, Chang HD, Radbruch A, Acs A, Adam D, Adam-Klages S, Agace WW, Aghaeepour N, Akdis M, Allez M, Almeida LN, Alvisi G, Anderson G, Andrä I, Annunziato F, Anselmo A, Bacher P, Baldari CT, Bari S, Barnaba V, Barros-Martins J, Battistini L, Bauer W, Baumgart S, Baumgarth N, Baumjohann D, Baying B, Bebawy M, Becher B, Beisker W, Benes V, Beyaert R, Blanco A, Boardman DA, Bogdan C, Borger JG, Borsellino G, Boulais PE, Bradford JA, Brenner D, Brinkman RR, Brooks AES, Busch DH, Büscher M, Bushnell TP, Calzetti F, Cameron G, Cammarata I, Cao X, Cardell SL, Casola S, Cassatella MA, Cavani A, Celada A, Chatenoud L, Chattopadhyay PK, Chow S, Christakou E, ?i?in-Šain L, Clerici M, Colombo FS, Cook L, Cooke A, Cooper AM, Corbett AJ, Cosma A, Cosmi L, Coulie PG, Cumano A, Cvetkovic L, Dang VD, Dang-Heine C, Davey MS, Davies D, De Biasi S, Del Zotto G, Dela Cruz GV, Delacher M, Della Bella S, Dellabona P, Deniz G, Dessing M, Di Santo JP, Diefenbach A, Dieli F, Dolf A, Dörner T, Dress RJ, Dudziak D, Dustin M, Dutertre CA, Ebner F, Eckle SBG, Edinger M, Eede P, Ehrhardt GRA, Eich M, Engel P, Engelhardt B, Erdei A, Esser C, Everts B, Evrard M, Falk CS, Fehniger TA, Felipo-Benavent M, Ferry H, Feuerer M, Filby A, Filkor K, Fillatreau S, Follo M, Förster I, Foster J, Foulds GA, Frehse B, Frenette PS, Frischbutter S, Fritzsche W, Galbraith DW, Gangaev A, Garbi N, Gaudilliere B, Gazzinelli RT, Geginat J, Gerner W, Gherardin NA, Ghoreschi K, Gibellini L, Ginhoux F, Goda K, Godfrey DI, Goettlinger C, González-Navajas JM, Goodyear CS, Gori A, Grogan JL, Grummitt D, Grützkau A, Haftmann C, Hahn J, Hammad H, Hämmerling G, Hansmann L, Hansson G, Harpur CM, Hartmann S, Hauser A, Hauser AE, Haviland DL, Hedley D, Hernández DC, Herrera G, Herrmann M, Hess C, Höfer T, Hoffmann P, Hogquist K, Holland T, Höllt T, Holmdahl R, Hombrink P, Houston JP, Hoyer BF, Huang B, Huang FP, Huber JE, Huehn J, Hundemer M, Hunter CA, Hwang WYK, Iannone A, Ingelfinger F, Ivison SM, Jäck HM, Jani PK, Jávega B, Jonjic S, Kaiser T, Kalina T, Kamradt T, Kaufmann SHE, Keller B, Ketelaars SLC, Khalilnezhad A, Khan S, Kisielow J, Klenerman P, Knopf J, Koay HF, Kobow K, Kolls JK, Kong WT, Kopf M, Korn T, Kriegsmann K, Kristyanto H, Kroneis T, Krueger A, Kühne J, Kukat C, Kunkel D, Kunze-Schumacher H, Kurosaki T, Kurts C, Kvistborg P, Kwok I, Landry J, Lantz O, Lanuti P, LaRosa F, Lehuen A, LeibundGut-Landmann S, Leipold MD, Leung LYT, Levings MK, Lino AC, Liotta F, Litwin V, Liu Y, Ljunggren HG, Lohoff M, Lombardi G, Lopez L, López-Botet M, Lovett-Racke AE, Lubberts E, Luche H, Ludewig B, Lugli E, Lunemann S, Maecker HT, Maggi L, Maguire O, Mair F, Mair KH, Mantovani A, Manz RA, Marshall AJ, Martínez-Romero A, Martrus G, Marventano I, Maslinski W, Matarese G, Mattioli AV, Maueröder C, Mazzoni A, McCluskey J, McGrath M, McGuire HM, McInnes IB, Mei HE, Melchers F, Melzer S, Mielenz D, Miller SD, Mills KHG, Minderman H, Mjösberg J, Moore J, Moran B, Moretta L, Mosmann TR, Müller S, Multhoff G, Muñoz LE, Münz C, Nakayama T, Nasi M, Neumann K, Ng LG, Niedobitek A, Nourshargh S, Núñez G, O'Connor JE, Ochel A, Oja A, Ordonez D, Orfao A, Orlowski-Oliver E, Ouyang W, Oxenius A, Palankar R, Panse I, Pattanapanyasat K, Paulsen M, Pavlinic D, Penter L, Peterson P, Peth C, Petriz J, Piancone F, Pickl WF, Piconese S, Pinti M, Pockley AG, Podolska MJ, Poon Z, Pracht K, Prinz I, Pucillo CEM, Quataert SA, Quatrini L, Quinn KM, Radbruch H, Radstake TRDJ, Rahmig S, Rahn HP, Rajwa B, Ravichandran G, Raz Y, Rebhahn JA, Recktenwald D, Reimer D, Reis E Sousa C, Remmerswaal EBM, Richter L, Rico LG, Riddell A, Rieger AM, Robinson JP, Romagnani C, Rubartelli A, Ruland J, Saalmüller A, Saeys Y, Saito T, Sakaguchi S, Sala-de-Oyanguren F, Samstag Y, Sanderson S, Sandrock I, Santoni A, Sanz RB, Saresella M, Sautes-Fridman C, Sawitzki B, Schadt L, Scheffold A, Scherer HU, Schiemann M, Schildberg FA, Schimisky E, Schlitzer A, Schlosser J, Schmid S, Schmitt S, Schober K, Schraivogel D, Schuh W, Schüler T, Schulte R, Schulz AR, Schulz SR, Scottá C, Scott-Algara D, Sester DP, Shankey TV, Silva-Santos B, Simon AK, Sitnik KM, Sozzani S, Speiser DE, Spidlen J, Stahlberg A, Stall AM, Stanley N, Stark R, Stehle C, Steinmetz T, Stockinger H, Takahama Y, Takeda K, Tan L, Tárnok A, Tiegs G, Toldi G, Tornack J, Traggiai E, Trebak M, Tree TIM, Trotter J, Trowsdale J, Tsoumakidou M, Ulrich H, Urbanczyk S, van de Veen W, van den Broek M, van der Pol E, Van Gassen S, Van Isterdael G, van Lier RAW, Veldhoen M, Vento-Asturias S, Vieira P, Voehringer D, Volk HD, von Borstel A, von Volkmann K, Waisman A, Walker RV, Wallace PK, Wang SA, Wang XM, Ward MD, Ward-Hartstonge KA, Warnatz K, Warnes G, Warth S, Waskow C, Watson JV, Watzl C, Wegener L, Weisenburger T, Wiedemann A, Wienands J, Wilharm A, Wilkinson RJ, Willimsky G, Wing JB, Winkelmann R, Winkler TH, Wirz OF, Wong A, Wurst P, Yang JHM, Yang J, Yazdanbakhsh M, Yu L, Yue A, Zhang H, Zhao Y, Ziegler SM, Zielinski C, Zimmermann J, Zychlinsky A

European journal of immunology.. 2019 October 49 (10):1457-1973. Epub 1900 01 01.

Dissociation, cellular isolation, and initial molecular characterization of neonatal and pediatric human lung tissues.

Bandyopadhyay G, Huyck HL, Misra RS, Bhattacharya S, Wang Q, Mereness J, Lillis JA, Myers JR, Ashton J, Bushnell T, Cochran M, Holden-Wiltse J, Katzman P, Deutsch GH, Whitsett JA, Xu Y, Mariani TJ, Pryhuber GS

American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology.. 2018 October 1315 (4):L576-L583. Epub 07/05/2018.

Cell type-resolved human lung lipidome reveals cellular cooperation in lung function.

Kyle JE, Clair G, Bandyopadhyay G, Misra RS, Zink EM, Bloodsworth KJ, Shukla AK, Du Y, Lillis J, Myers JR, Ashton J, Bushnell T, Cochran M, Deutsch G, Baker ES, Carson JP, Mariani TJ, Xu Y, Whitsett JA, Pryhuber G, Ansong C

Scientific reports.. 2018 September 78 (1):13455. Epub 09/07/2018.

The importance of area scaling with FACS DIVA software.

Hazen AL, Bushnell T, Haviland DL

Methods : a companion to Methods in enzymology.. 2018 February 1134-135 :130-135. Epub 01/31/2018.

Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies.

Cossarizza A, Chang HD, Radbruch A, Andrä I, Annunziato F, Bacher P, Barnaba V, Battistini L, Bauer WM, Baumgart S, Becher B, Beisker W, Berek C, Blanco A, Borsellino G, Boulais PE, Brinkman RR, Büscher M, Busch DH, Bushnell TP, Cao X, Cavani A, Chattopadhyay PK, Cheng Q, Chow S, Clerici M, Cooke A, Cosma A, Cosmi L, Cumano A, Dang VD, Davies D, De Biasi S, Del Zotto G, Della Bella S, Dellabona P, Deniz G, Dessing M, Diefenbach A, Di Santo J, Dieli F, Dolf A, Donnenberg VS, Dörner T, Ehrhardt GRA, Endl E, Engel P, Engelhardt B, Esser C, Everts B, Falk CS, Fehniger TA, Filby A, Fillatreau S, Follo M, Förster I, Foster J, Foulds GA, Frenette PS, Galbraith D, Garbi N, García-Godoy MD, Ghoreschi K, Gibellini L, Goettlinger C, Goodyear CS, Gori A, Grogan J, Gross M, Grützkau A, Grummitt D, Hahn J, Hammer Q, Hauser AE, Haviland DL, Hedley D, Herrera G, Herrmann M, Hiepe F, Holland T, Hombrink P, Houston JP, Hoyer BF, Huang B, Hunter CA, Iannone A, Jäck HM, Jávega B, Jonjic S, Juelke K, Jung S, Kaiser T, Kalina T, Keller B, Khan S, Kienhöfer D, Kroneis T, Kunkel D, Kurts C, Kvistborg P, Lannigan J, Lantz O, Larbi A, LeibundGut-Landmann S, Leipold MD, Levings MK, Litwin V, Liu Y, Lohoff M, Lombardi G, Lopez L, Lovett-Racke A, Lubberts E, Ludewig B, Lugli E, Maecker HT, Martrus G, Matarese G, Maueröder C, McGrath M, McInnes I, Mei HE, Melchers F, Melzer S, Mielenz D, Mills K, Mjösberg J, Moore J, Moran B, Moretta A, Moretta L, Mosmann TR, Müller S, Müller W, Münz C, Multhoff G, Munoz LE, Murphy KM, Nakayama T, Nasi M, Neudörfl C, Nolan J, Nourshargh S, O'Connor JE, Ouyang W, Oxenius A, Palankar R, Panse I, Peterson P, Peth C, Petriz J, Philips D, Pickl W, Piconese S, Pinti M, Pockley AG, Podolska MJ, Pucillo C, Quataert SA, Radstake TRDJ, Rajwa B, Rebhahn JA, Recktenwald D, Remmerswaal EBM, Rezvani K, Rico LG, Robinson JP, Romagnani C, Rubartelli A, Ruland J, Sakaguchi S, Sala-de-Oyanguren F, Samstag Y, Sanderson S, Sawitzki B, Scheffold A, Schiemann M, Schildberg F, Schimisky E, Schmid SA, Schmitt S, Schober K, Schüler T, Schulz AR, Schumacher T, Scotta C, Shankey TV, Shemer A, Simon AK, Spidlen J, Stall AM, Stark R, Stehle C, Stein M, Steinmetz T, Stockinger H, Takahama Y, Tarnok A, Tian Z, Toldi G, Tornack J, Traggiai E, Trotter J, Ulrich H, van der Braber M, van Lier RAW, Veldhoen M, Vento-Asturias S, Vieira P, Voehringer D, Volk HD, von Volkmann K, Waisman A, Walker R, Ward MD, Warnatz K, Warth S, Watson JV, Watzl C, Wegener L, Wiedemann A, Wienands J, Willimsky G, Wing J, Wurst P, Yu L, Yue A, Zhang Q, Zhao Y, Ziegler S, Zimmermann J

European journal of immunology.. 2017 October 47 (10):1584-1797. Epub 1900 01 01.

Flow-based sorting of neonatal lymphocyte populations for transcriptomics analysis.

Misra RS, Bhattacharya S, Huyck HL, Wang JE, Slaunwhite CG, Slaunwhite SL, Wightman TR, Secor-Socha S, Misra SK, Bushnell TP, Reynolds AM, Ryan RM, Quataert SA, Pryhuber GS, Mariani TJ

Journal of immunological methods.. 2016 October 437 :13-20. Epub 07/18/2016.

Ontogeny of erythroid gene expression.

Kingsley PD, Greenfest-Allen E, Frame JM, Bushnell TP, Malik J, McGrath KE, Stoeckert CJ, Palis J

Blood.. 2013 February 7121 (6):e5-e13. Epub 12/12/2012.

Deletion of the mucin-like molecule muc1 enhances dendritic cell activation in response to toll-like receptor ligands.

Williams MA, Bauer S, Lu W, Guo J, Walter S, Bushnell TP, Lillehoj EP, Georas SN

Journal of innate immunity.. 2010 2 (2):123-43. Epub 11/02/2009.

Selective expression of CD44, a putative prostate cancer stem cell marker, in neuroendocrine tumor cells of human prostate cancer.

Palapattu GS, Wu C, Silvers CR, Martin HB, Williams K, Salamone L, Bushnell T, Huang LS, Yang Q, Huang J

The Prostate.. 2009 May 1569 (7):787-98. Epub 1900 01 01.

GFP: from humble beginnings to Nobel winnings--the color that changed cytometry.

Teodori L, Bushnell T, Campanella L, Tárnok A

Cytometry. Part A : the journal of the International Society for Analytical Cytology.. 2008 December 73A (12):1109-10. Epub 1900 01 01.

The biologic properties of leukemias arising from BCR/ABL-mediated transformation vary as a function of developmental origin and activity of the p19ARF gene.

Wang PY, Young F, Chen CY, Stevens BM, Neering SJ, Rossi RM, Bushnell T, Kuzin I, Heinrich D, Bottaro A, Jordan CT

Blood.. 2008 November 15112 (10):4184-92. Epub 08/28/2008.

Multispectral imaging of hematopoietic cells: where flow meets morphology.

McGrath KE, Bushnell TP, Palis J

Journal of immunological methods.. 2008 July 31336 (2):91-7. Epub 05/15/2008.

E2F4 modulates differentiation and gene expression in hematopoietic progenitor cells during commitment to the lymphoid lineage.

Enos ME, Bancos SA, Bushnell T, Crispe IN

The Journal of immunology : official journal of the American Association of Immunologists.. 2008 March 15180 (6):3699-707. Epub 1900 01 01.

Cyclooxygenase-2 independent effects of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors on oxidative stress and intracellular glutathione content in normal and malignant human B-cells.

Ryan EP, Bushnell TP, Friedman AE, Rahman I, Phipps RP

Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII.. 2008 March 57 (3):347-58. Epub 08/01/2007.

Enucleation of primitive erythroid cells generates a transient population of "pyrenocytes" in the mammalian fetus.

McGrath KE, Kingsley PD, Koniski AD, Porter RL, Bushnell TP, Palis J

Blood.. 2008 February 15111 (4):2409-17. Epub 11/21/2007.

Rapid and selective death of leukemia stem and progenitor cells induced by the compound 4-benzyl, 2-methyl, 1,2,4-thiadiazolidine, 3,5 dione (TDZD-8).

Guzman ML, Li X, Corbett CA, Rossi RM, Bushnell T, Liesveld JL, Hébert J, Young F, Jordan CT

Blood.. 2007 December 15110 (13):4436-44. Epub 09/04/2007.

Leukemia stem cells in a genetically defined murine model of blast-crisis CML.

Neering SJ, Bushnell T, Sozer S, Ashton J, Rossi RM, Wang PY, Bell DR, Heinrich D, Bottaro A, Jordan CT

Blood.. 2007 October 1110 (7):2578-85. Epub 06/29/2007.

LFA-1-mediated T cell costimulation through increased localization of TCR/class II complexes to the central supramolecular activation cluster and exclusion of CD45 from the immunological synapse.

Graf B, Bushnell T, Miller J

The Journal of immunology : official journal of the American Association of Immunologists.. 2007 August 1179 (3):1616-24. Epub 1900 01 01.

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor activation during influenza virus infection unveils a novel pathway of IFN-gamma production by phagocytic cells.

Neff-LaFord H, Teske S, Bushnell TP, Lawrence BP

The Journal of immunology : official journal of the American Association of Immunologists.. 2007 July 1179 (1):247-55. Epub 1900 01 01.

"Maturational" globin switching in primary primitive erythroid cells.

Kingsley PD, Malik J, Emerson RL, Bushnell TP, McGrath KE, Bloedorn LA, Bulger M, Palis J

Blood.. 2006 February 15107 (4):1665-72. Epub 11/01/2005.

NF-kappaB p50 and p52 expression is not required for RANK-expressing osteoclast progenitor formation but is essential for RANK- and cytokine-mediated osteoclastogenesis.

Xing L, Bushnell TP, Carlson L, Tai Z, Tondravi M, Siebenlist U, Young F, Boyce BF

Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.. 2002 July 17 (7):1200-10. Epub 1900 01 01.

Tetracyclines inhibit activated B cell function.

Kuzin II, Snyder JE, Ugine GD, Wu D, Lee S, Bushnell T, Insel RA, Young FM, Bottaro A

International immunology.. 2001 July 13 (7):921-31. Epub 1900 01 01.

A Purified Zinc Protease of Pea Chloroplasts, EP1, Degrades the Large Subunit of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase.

Bushnell TP, Bushnell D, Jagendorf AT

Plant physiology.. 1993 October 103 (2):585-591. Epub 1900 01 01.

Books

Pathobiology of Human Disease (2014)

Chapter: Inside the Flow Cytometer:Hardware

Authors: Tim Bushnell, Joe Trotter

Publisher: Elsevier 2014