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At the University
of Maryland, Department
of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Jeffrey
DeStefano,
Professor
Honors: Editor, ISRN Virology.
Research interests: HIV replication and recombination.
Jonathan
Dinman,
Professor
Honors: Member, NIH Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Chemistry
ZRG1 F04 study section. Founding Editor and Founding
Editor and Editor-in-Chief, Virus, Adaptation and Treatment;
Editorial Board, Nucleic Acids Research. Editor-in-Chief, International
Journal of Biomedical Science
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.
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.
Anne
Simon,
Professor and Program Head
Honors: Editor, Journal of Virology; Co-Editor in
Chief, Frontiers in Virology; Guest editor, Current
Protocols in Microbiology, Current Opinion in Virology;
Editorial board, Applied and Environmental
Microbiology, Viruses; Plant Virus Councilor,
American Society of Virology
Research interests: Plus-strand RNA virus translation; 3'
ribosome-binding translation elements.
At the University
of Maryland, Department
of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
James
Culver,
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.
At
the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Daniel
Perez,
Associate Professor
Research interests: Pathogenicity of Influenza Virus
George
Belov,
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Replication
of positive strand RNA viruses, virus-cell interaction, remodeling
of cellular membranous organelles into viral replication
complexes.
Xiaoping
Zhu, Associate
Professor
Research interests: Development of mucosal vaccines, Molecular
and signaling mechanisms underlying mucosal inflammation and
allergy
At
the National Institutes of Health
Kim
Green, Senior
Investigator, Norovirus Gastroenteritis Unit, 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.
John
Patton,
Head, Rotavirus Molecular Biology
Section
Honors:
Fellow of the American Academy of
Microbiology; Division T Chair of ASM
Research interests: The study of
rotaviruses (RVs), which are the primary cause of severe dehydrating diarrhea in infants and young children.
Live attenuated vaccines.
Bernard
Moss,
Chief,
Laboratory
of Viral Diseases
Honors: Member, National Academy of Sciences; NIH
Distinguished Investigator; Fellow, American Academy of
Microbiology;Fellow, AAAS; 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.
Ted
Pierson,
Chief, Viral
Pathogenesis Section
Research interests: Interaction between flavivirus
virions and the host cell; Antibody-mediated neutralization and
enhancement of flavivirus infection.
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: Editor-in-Chief, Viruses; Editor, J.
Mol. Biol; Editorial board, Journal of Virology, Virology, Retrovirology,
Advances in Virology, Frontiers in Virology, and Open
Virology Journal.
Research Interests:
HIV-1
assembly, release, and maturation.
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