Amanda Ramer-tait BS, PhD

Dr. Ramer Tait is currently assistant Professor at University Of Nebraska Lincoln. She has received BS degree in Biochemistry from Western Kentucky University and PhD degree in Immunobiology from Iowa State University. Her research interests are dynamic interactions between the mucosal immune system and intestinal microbial communities. Current research projects are aimed at understanding how host-microbial interactions in the gastrointestinal tract contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic, inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory bowel diseases and obesity.

Her publications are as follows:
Huntimer L, Wilson Welder JH, Ross K, Carrillo-Conde B, Pruisner L, Narasimhan B, Wannemuehler MJ, Ramer-Tait AE. Single immunization with a suboptimal antigen dose encapsulated into polyanhydride microparticles promotes high titer and avid antibody responses. 2013. J Biomed Mater Res Part B. 101B:91-98.
Overstreet AMC, Ramer-Tait AE, Jergens AE and Wannemuehler MJ (2012). The Role of the Microbiota in Gastrointestinal Health and Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Imre Szabo (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-0879-5, InTech.
Liu Z, Ramer-Tait AE, Henderson AL, Demirkale CY, Nettleton D, Wang C, Hostetter JM, Jergens AE, Wannemuehler MJ. 2011. Helicobacter bilis colonization enhances susceptibility to typhlocolitis following an inflammatory trigger. Dig Dis Sci. 6(10):2838-48.
Ramer-Tait AE, Lei SM, Bellaire BH, Beetham JK. Differential surface deposition of complement proteins on logarithmic and stationary phase Leishmania chagasi promastigotes. 2012. J Parasitol. 98(6):1109-16.
Chavez-Santoscoy A, Roychoudhury R, Pohl NLB, Wannemuehler MJ, Narasimhan B and Ramer-Tait AE. 2012. Tailoring the immune response by targeting C-type lectin receptors on alveolar macrophages using pathogen-like amphiphilic polyanhydride nanoparticles. Biomaterials. 33(18):4762-72.