Harris A. Lewin

Educational Background
Ph.D. in Immunology, University of California-Davis, 1984.
M.S. in Animal Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, 1981.
B.S. in Animal Sciences, Cornell University, 1979.

Harris Lewin is Professor of Immunogenetics, with a primary appointment in the Department of Animal Sciences. Lewin was the founding Director of the W. M. Keck Center for Comparative and Functional Genomics, a nationally recognized facility that conducts genome research on microbes, plants and animals. He is currently Director of the new Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois.

Areas of interest
Professor Lewin's current research interests are in the area of mammalian comparative and functional genomics, with particular emphasis on host genes affecting the progression of bovine leukemia virus infection. His research has resulted in the development of high-density comparative maps for the cattle and human genomes, and novel software for in silico gene mapping using the human genome as a template. In addition, his group produced the first large-scale cDNA microarray and oligoarray for functional genomics of ruminants