Margaret A. Reinhart, MS
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Margaret A. Reinhart, MS
Lecturer in Biology
Director, Medical Technology Program
Contact Info:
Office: STC 377
McNeil Science Technology Center
Voice: (215) 596-8797
Fax: (215) 596-8710
Email: m.reinha@usp.edu
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Training and Degrees
M.S. in Biology, Villanova University
M.Ma., (Master of Management in health Services Administration), Penn State
M.T. (ASCP), National certification in Medical Technology, American Society of Clinical Pathologists.
B.S. in Biology/Medical Technology, magna cum laude Millersville University
Prior Positions
Adjunct Instructor Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (2001-present)
Adjunct Instructor Valley Forge Military College, Radnor, Pennsylvania (1997-1999)
West Philadelphia Gear-Up Program (2000-2004)
Elderhostel (1993-1997)
Membership in Professional Organizations
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science
Pennsylvania Society of Clinical Laboratory Science
International Society for Laboratory Hematology
Research Interests
Invertebrate immune responses: reactions of earthworm coelomocytes to both naturally occurring and induced parasite infections.
Selected Recent Publications
P.J. Saccone, N. Dollahon, M. Reinhart, An Excystation Procedure of Monocystis Spores, Sporozoan Parasites of the Earthworm Lumbricus terrestris, and the Isolation of their Sporozoites, poster presented at the St. Joseph University Annual Sigma Xi Research Symposium, April 2004
Reinhart, M. and Dollahon, N., 2003. Responses of coelomocytes from Lumbricus terrestris to native and non-native eukaryotic parasites, Pedobiologia 47: 710-716
Reinhart, M., Dollahon, N. and Kasschau M. Invertebrate immune responses to eukaryotic parasites: Reaction of coelomocytes of Lumbricus terrestris to native and non-native parasites, chapter in NATO Science Series: A New Model for Analyzing Antimicrobial Peptides with Biomedical Applications Vol. 343 Vol. 343: 167-173, IOS Press Amsterdam, E. Cooper and M. Bilej eds. 2002.
Bilbow, A., M.A. Reinhart, M.R. Kasschau 1999, Responses of Different Classes of Earthworm Coelomocytes (Leukocytes) to Changes in Ismolarity. Paper presented at the American Society for Cell Biology in Washington, December, 1999.