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At the University
of Maryland, Department
of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Jeffrey
DeStefano,
Associate Professor
Research interests: HIV replication and recombination.
Jonathan
Dinman,
Professor
Honors: Member, NIH Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Chemistry
ZRG1 F04 study section
Research interests: Mechanisms of translational reading
frame maintenance using viral programmed ribosomal frameshift
signals.
Brenda
Fredericksen,
Assistant Professor
Research interests:
Viral-host
interactions, Defining the molecular mechanism(s) by which
flaviviruses evade and/or block the host innate antiviral
response, Molecular and cellular mechanisms of pathogenesis of
flaviviruses, Model systems include West Nile virus, Kunjin
and dengue virus.
Anne
Simon,
Professor and Program Head
Honors: Editor, Journal of Virology; Guest editor, Current
Protocols in Microbiology, Editorial board, Applied and Environmental
Microbiology
Research interests: Turnip crinkle virus replication
and translation; Virus-associated RNA silencing
James
Culver,
Associate Professor
Honors: CAREER Award Recipient, National Science Foundation;
Editorial board, Virology
Research interests: Tobacco mosaic virus/host interactions;
how viruses cause disease and induce resistance responses.
Donald
Nuss, Professor
Honors: Editorial board, Journal of Virology and
Trends in Microbiology
Research interests: Exploiting RNA viruses of the genus
Hypovirus to enhance biocontrol potential; identification
and dissection of signal transduction pathways involved in fungal
pathogenesis.
At
the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Daniel
Perez,,
Associate Professor
Research interests: Pathogenicity of Influenza Virus
At the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Steven
Salzberg, Director and
Professor
Honors: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Board of
Scientific Counselors, National Center for Biotechnology Information; Editorial
board, BMC Biology, Bioinformatics, Journal of Computational Biology, BMCGenomics, and BMC Bioinformatics
Research interests: computational gene finding, genome assembly, genomics,
bioinformatics, genome evolution of Influenza virus
At
the National Institutes of Health
Kim
Green,
Staff Scientist, Laboratory
of Infectious Diseases
Honors: Editorial board, Journal of Virology
Research interests: Molecular studies of viral agents of
gastroenteritis; relating to epidemiology and vaccine development;
replication of Calciviruses.
Alison
McBride,
Head, DNA
Tumor Virology Section
Research interests: Papillomavirus Replication and
gene expression. Virus-cell interaction and regulation of
viral transmission in dividing cells.
Bernard
Moss,
Chief, Laboratory
of Viral Diseases
Honors: Member, National Academy of Sciences; Editor, Virology
Research interests: Poxvirus-host interactions;
viral DNA replication; recombinant vaccines and gene therapy;
assembly of virions; structure and function of the HIV envelope
protein.
Reed
Wickner, Chief,
Laboratory
of Biochemistry and Genetics, National
Institutes of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases
Honors:
Member, National Academy of Sciences; Editor, Yeast; Editorial
board, Journal of Virology and Journal of Biological
Chemistry
Research Interests:
Genetics, molecular biology, and biochemistry of prions,
dsRNA viruses, and naked ssRNA replicons of yeast.
At
the National Cancer Institute
Eric
Freed,
Chief, Virus-Cell
Interaction Section
Honors: Editorial board, Journal of Virology, Virology
and Retrovirology
Research Interests:
HIV-1
assembly, release, and maturation.
At
the USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Service
Robert
Owens,
Research Chemist
Research interests: Viroids and other subviral RNAs;
molecular mechanisms of viroid replication and pathogenicity;
relationship between RNA structure and biological function.
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