Don Stoltz

Education

BSc Agr., Ontario Agricultural College
MSc, Queen’s University
PhD, McMaster University
Postdoctoral Training, Cell Research Institute, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX.

Research interests

Research interests include most areas of insect virology in general. More specifically, we are interested in the biology of viruses, particularly the polydnaviruses, affecting species of parasitic hymenoptera.

Selected publications

• Stoltz D.B., and Whitfield, J.M. Making nice with viruses. Science 323: 884-885, 2009.
• Stoltz, D.B. and Makkay, A.M.  Overt viral diseases induced from apparent latency following parasitisation by the ichneumonid wasp, Hyposoter exiguae.  J. Insect Physiol. 49:  483-489, 2003.
• Stoltz, D.B.  Evidence for chromosomal transmission of polydnavirus DNA.  J. gen. Virol. 71:1051-1056, 1990.
• Stoltz, D.B. and Vinson, S.B. Viruses and parasitism in insects. Adv. Virus Res. 24: 125-171, 1979.

Other interests and achievements

• Designed and implemented the Dept. Honours Degree Program in 1976. Elements of this degree program have been tweaked over the years, but its overall structure remains essentially unchanged to this day.
• Designed and implemented what is now known as MICI 2100, our introductory microbiology and immunology course, in 1976. I lectured in and coordinated this course until Dec., 2006. With assistance from TAs and staff, I personally ran almost all of the labs twice weekly.
• Served on the Med. School Admissions Committee for some 6 years, which I think is a record of sorts. I chaired the Committee one year (1997-1998).

Note:
I have discontinued my research program, and so am now doing a lot of undergrad advising and some teaching. On occasion, I help folks out with TEM. I’m not recruiting either grad or undergrad students.