Virus Research News
Congratulations to Stephanie Salazar Virology T32 Recipient and Lavanya Manjunath CVR Graduate Fellowship Recipient
Please join us in congratulating Stephanie Salazar (Koyuncu Lab) on her appointment to the Virology T32 training grant. Stephanie joins José Morán and Gema Olivarria who were reappointed to the Virology T32 training grant. Please join us in congratulating Lavanya Manjunath (Buisson Lab) on her appointment to the CVR Graduate Fellowship.
UCI biologists to study COVID-19 link to Alzheimer’s
Congratulations to Tom Lane, CVR Director, and Kim Green who received a two-year Alzheimer’s Association grant to support their novel research! UCI biologists Kim Green and Tom Lane have been awarded $250,000 from the Alzheimer’s Association to assess how COVID-19 affects the onset and severity of Alzheimer’s disease. Decades of research indicate that viral or…
Dr. Matt Marsden appointed Associate Director for Center of Virus Research
Dr. Matt Marsden, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, has been appointed as Associate Director of the Center for Virus Research (CVR). Dr. Marsden is an outstanding virologist studying the molecular and cellular mechanisms associated with HIV latency. Dr. Marsden’s research is focused on viral persistence and pathogenesis. He is particularly interested in developing…
New Research Sheds Light on a Protein that Shapes the T Cell Response to Viral Infections
A recent study published in the Journal of Virology by a team from the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry that includes Assistant Professor Roberto Tinoco, graduate student Julia DeRogatis and co-authors from the Tinoco lab, and Assistant Professor Dequina Nicholas has revealed a new discovery about how T cells respond to viral infections. The…
Nir Drayman, PhD appointed member of the Center for Virus Research
Please join us in congratulating Nir Drayman, PhD (Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry) on being appointed a member of the Center for Virus Research!
Thomas E. Lane, PhD to give the Glenn Hatton Lecture at the UC Riverside 16th Annual SoCal Symposium on Glial-Neuronal Interactions in Health and Disease on February 10, 2023
Dr. Lane’s keynote lecture will be on “Evaluating the Role of Microglia in Host Defense and Repair in a Model of Viral-Induced Neurologic Disease”. Please see our Events page for registration information and the symposium program and schedule.
Job Postings
Sanjana Sen is currently hiring a graduate intern at Genentech in peptide discovery for 12 weeks in the summer. The role involves phage display library generation, screening and biochemical (ELISA, SPR, BLI) and functional analysis (in vitro and cell-based). Link to the posting and application details
Congratulations to Coleen Cunningham and Andrew Noymer who were recognized in the Orange County Register’s 125 most influential people for 2022!
Dr. Coleen Cunningham Cunningham, the chair for the UCI Department of Pediatrics and senior vice president and pediatrician-in-chief for CHOC, leads national and international pediatric clinical trials in RSV vaccine studies for young children, one of which was recently published the Journal of Infectious Disease and studies of anti-HIV monoclonal antibodies administered to newborns born to…
Congratulations to Tom Lane on two recently published papers
Sun, Z., H. Zhao, D. Fang, C.T. Davis, D.S. Shi, K. Lei, B.E. Rich, J.M. Winter, L. Guo, L.K. Sorensen, Z. Tong, K.R. Thomas, A.L. Mueller, A.H. Grossman, B. Zhang, T.E. Lane, R.S. Fujinami, S.J. Odelberg, and W. Zhu (2022). ARF6 activation disrupts blood-CNS barrier function via endothelial to mesenchymal transition and promotes the progression of neuroinflammatory…
Congratulations to Alexis Bouin and Bert Semler on their recently published paper in the Journal of Virology
Bouin A, Vu MN, Al-Hakeem A, Tran GP, Nguyen JHC, Semler BL. Enterovirus-Cardiomyocyte Interactions: Impact of Terminally Deleted Genomic RNAs on Viral and Host Functions. J Virol. 2022 Dec 8:e0142622. doi: 10.1128/jvi.01426-22. PMID: 36475766.
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