Virus Research News
UC Irvine-led research team creates novel rabies viral vectors for neural circuit mapping
New tools can detect microstructural changes in aging and Alzheimer’s disease brain neurons The UCI School of Medicine team members who helped develop new viral vectors that will advance neural circuit mapping include, from left, front row: Michele Wu, Alexis Bouin, Ginny Wu, Qiao Ye and Xiangmin Xu; back row: Todd Holmes, Bert Semler, Orkide…
Congratulations to Nir Drayman!
Please join us in congratulating Nir Drayman on his newly published paper “mSphere of Influence:Virology in the noise—how cell-to-cell variability impacts viral infection outcomes“. Please click Read More for the link to the paper. Link to published paper.
Congratulations to José Morán!
Please join us in congratulating José Morán, recipient of the Rose Hills Foundation Science & Engineering Fellowship. The fellowship provides financial support and recognizes and rewards UCI’s most meritorious graduate students who are pursuing a PhD or Master’s degree in the life or natural sciences, or engineering. This fellowship is awarded to underrepresented students in…
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…
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!