Training the next generation of virologists
Biography Associate Professor of Oncology and Molecular Virology Dr. Sherer’s lab studies human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Trainees in Dr. Sherer’s lab employ viral genetics, biochemistry, cell-based assays and advanced live cell imaging to study retroviral assembly and virus cell-to-cell transmission. One focus is to understand cell type- and/or species-specific restrictions to HIV-1 replication, …
Biography Associate Professor of Medicine Dr. Striker studies how kinase inhibitors can be used as anti-infective strategies for viral and bacterial pathogens. Recently he has published 4 papers that collectively show that not only can the human kinome be selectively inhibited, but that one bacterial kinase can be selectively inhibited from another to resensitize antibiotic …
Biography American Cancer Society Research Professor, James A. Miller Professor of Oncology Dr. Sugden studies both Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) and Kaposi’s Sarcoma Herpesvirus (KSHV) to understand their contributions to human cancers and to develop rational means to treat those cancers. He and his colleagues have developed new approaches to visualize EBV and KSHV genomes in …