Dr. Thomas Budd
Professor Emeritus of Biology

Tom retired in 2009. He still roams the halls of the Johnson Hall of Science almost every day, when he is not out on his Harley. Tom can be contacted using his SLU email address or through the Biology Deptment Office.

Phone: 315-229-5294, fax: 315-229-7429
email: tbudd@stlawu.edu
Webpage: it.stlawu.edu/~tbudd

Degrees:

Associate of Science - 1966 - North Dakota School of Forestry

Bachelor of Science - 1968 - North Dakota State University,

Doctorate - 1972 - North Dakota State University

Ultrastructural pathology and histology of biomedical implant integration with tissue.

Cellular biology and remodeling of extracellular matrix (connective tissue) material in relation to pathologies and implant biocompatibility.

Cellular and ultrastructural changes associated with immunopathologies and immune responses.

Selected Publications:

J. Pflugheber, S. Casella , J.S. Erlichman, and T. Budd (2005), Specific Binding of Secondary Antibodies to Neurons in Rat Brainstem Sections., Microsc Microanal 11(Suppl 2); 248.

J.C. Leiter, M. Temkin, R. Putnam, N. Ritucci, T. Budd and J.S. Erlichman. (2003) Glial modulation of neural excitability in the medulla. Presented at the annual meeting for The Society for Neuroscience, 2003, New Orleans

J. Erlichman, A. Cook*, M. Schwab*, T. Budd and J. Leiter (2004) Heterogeneous patters of pH regulation in Glial cells in the dorsal and ventral medulla. American Journal of Physiology. 286:R289-R302.

O'Sullivan, E., A. Ward and T. Budd (1994) Obvious and Nonobvious Influences of Surfactants on the Formation of Nanosized Particles. Langmuir 10:2985-2992.

Budd, T., K. Nagahara, M. Meenaghan, K. Bielat, N. Schaaf, (1992) Visualization and Initial Characterization of the Titanium Boundary of the Bone-Implant interface of Osseointegrated implants. Int. J. Oral & Maxillofacial Implants, 7(2):151-160.

Budd, T., M. Meenaghan, N Schaaf, C.E.Hakim (1995) Interfacial Analysis of Titanium Implants and Osteogenic Tissue. Invited symposium, ICOI/ASO annual meeting, San Antonio, TX.

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