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Matthew Bernard, PhD

Matthew Bernard, PhD

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Associate Professor (Fixed-Term) and Director, Research Technology Support Facility
Pharmacology and Toxicology
(517) 355-4076
2315 iQ Building

Bio

Matthew Bernard is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology at Michigan State University. He joined MSU from Bristol-Myers Squibb where he worked as a Senior Research Investigator in Drug Safety Evaluation, performing investigative Immunotoxicology research on small molecules and Biologics. Dr. Bernard is currently the Director of the Research Technology Support Facility at Michigan State University, a collective of Cores broadly supporting research on campus. Dr. Bernard obtained his B.S. in Biochemistry at the State University of New York (SUNY) Geneseo. He obtained his Ph.D. in Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry and subsequently worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology (LIAI). He has broad knowledge in designing and conducting applied research studies in Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology in a GLP environment. Dr. Bernard has specialized in immunoassay development, validation, and implementation for pharmacology and toxicology endpoints, including having over 20 years of flow cytometry experience. He has extensive experience developing flow cytometric assays and applications, including validating immunophenotyping panels, pharmacodynamic assessments, receptor occupancy evaluation, as well as assays to assess intracellular cytokines, phosphorylated protein expression, transcription factor, proliferation, cell cycle, and viability.

Research

Colleges

Associations

  • MSU Flow Cytometry Core Director

Programs

Facilities

  • MSU Flow Cytometry Core Facility

Education

  • PhD, Immunology & Microbiology, , University of Rochester (2004—2009)
  • BS, Biochemistry, , SUNY Geneseo (2000—2004)

Funding

Works

Employment

  • Director, Research Technology Support Facility (RTSF), Michigan State University (2025-11-01)
  • Associate Professor, Michigan State University (2015-03-01)
  • Director, Michigan State University (2020—2025-10-31)
  • Research Scientist, MSU In Vivo Facility (2015—2020)
  • Senior Research Investigator I, Bristol-Myers Squibb (2011—2015)