HanSoo Joo

Professor

Contact Information:
Phone: 612-625-0235
Email: jooxx001@umn.edu

Degrees
D.V.M. Seoul National University, S. Korea (1966)
M.S. James Cook University, Australia (1974)
Ph.D. James Cook University, Australia (1977)

Research Interests

• Viral diseases in swine
  • Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus
  • Porcine circovirus type 2
  • Swine influenza virus
  • Other swine viruses
• Health management on swine farms

Clinical Interests

• Clinical investigation and health management on swine farms
  • On-farm diagnosis & establish control measures
  • Specialty on infectious reproductive diseases
  • Biosecurity audit
  • Education for farm workers

Instructional Areas

• CVM 6842 Swine disease diagnosis, therapeutics & Prevention
• CVM 6852 Swine virology
• CVM 6855 Population based diagn & therapeutics
• CVM 6204 Virology
• VMED 8593 Adv vet virology & serology
• VMED 5596 Adv swine disease
• An Sci 4601 Pork production system management

Publications
For a listing of recent publications, refer to PubMed, a service provided by the National Library of Medicine, and Google Scholar.

• US Patent No. 7,241,582 – Methods and kits for simple detection and quantification of PRRS virus antibodies (issued on July 10, 2007)
• US Patent No. 7,776,537B2 – Method of preparing a PRRS virus vaccine (issued on August 17, 2010)

Current Funding

• Pathogenicity of a modified live PRRS virus in 3- week old pigs. ProtaTek International Inc, St. Paul, MN
• Evaluation of protective immunity of PRRS virus envelope proteins in pigs. MJ Biologics, Mankato, MN

Honors and Awards

• 1998 Pfizer Award for Research Excellence, CVM, Univ of Minnesota
• 2005 Inventor recognition award, University of Minnesota
• 2008 Inventor recognition award, License signed, University of Minnesota
• 2009 Best Service award, The Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea