Virus Research News
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!
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.
Emily Neubert (Tinoco Lab) wins a 2nd Place AAI Young Investigator Award
Emily Neubert (Tinoco Lab) wins a 2nd Place AAI Young Investigator Award for her Oral Presentation on “HMGB2 Regulates the Differentiation and Stemness of Exhausted CD8+ T Cells During Chronic Viral Infection” at the 20th Annual Immunology Fair. Congratulations Emily!
Zachary Wagoner (Wagar Lab) wins a 2nd Place AAI Young Investigator Award
Zachary Wagoner (Wagar Lab) wins a 2nd Place AAI Young Investigator Award for his Poster Presentation on “Building a Model for Predicting Vaccine Efficacy using Human Immune Organoids” at the 20th Annual Immunology Fair. Congratulations Zach!
Gema Olivarria (Lane Lab) wins the Society for Leukocyte Biology Award for Innate Immunity
Gema Olivarria(Lane Lab) wins the Society for Leukocyte Biology Award for Innate Immunity for her poster on “Sustained Infiltration of Neutrophils into the CNS Results in Increased Demyelination in a Viral-Induced Model of Multiple Sclerosis” at the 20th Annual Immunology Fair. Congratulations Gema!
Jose Moran (Marsden Lab) presents a poster at the Immunology Fair
Jose Moran(Marsden Lab) presents his poster on “Enhancing Tolerability and Efficacy of Latency Reversing Agents in “Kick and Kill” HIV Cure Approaches” to Marc Swidergall, Investigator at The Lundquist Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center at the 20th Annual Immunology Fair.
Congratulations to Katrine Whiteson on her recently published papers
UCI Biological Sciences Press Release The Tip of the Phage Biology Iceberg Avelar-Barragan J, DeDecker L, Lu ZN, Coppedge B, Karnes WE, Whiteson KL. Distinct colon mucosa microbiomes associated with tubular adenomas and serrated polyps. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes. 2022 Aug 29;8(1):69. doi: 10.1038/s41522-022-00328-6. PMID: 36038569; PMCID: PMC9424272. Rothman JA, Saghir A, Chung SA, Boyajian N, Dinh T, Kim…