Members

Bert L. Semler, PhD, Director
Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Research Interests: RNA virus gene expression; RNA-protein and protein-protein interactions; mechanisms of replication of picornavirus genomic RNAs; mechanisms of translation initiation for viral and cellular mRNAs

Hans-Ulrich Bernard, PhD
Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Research Interests: Papillomaviruses and cervical cancer

Michael J. Buchmeier, PhD
Dept of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases; Dept of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Research Interests: Arenaviruses, coronaviruses, biology of RNA viruses, viral pathogenesis, structural biology of viruses, biology of zoonotic and emerging viruses and biodefense Buchmeier lab homepage

Robin M. Bush, PhD
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Research Interests: Molecular evolution of pathogens, with a focus on influenza
Bush lab homepage

David Camerini, PhD
Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Research Interests: Molecular biology and pathogenesis of HIV-1

Hung Y. Fan, PhD
Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Research Interests: Molecular biology of retroviruses, immunology, cancer biology and gene therapy

Donald N. Forthal, MD
Chief Division of Infectious Disease, School of Medicine
Research Interests: Infectious diseases, viral immunology, HIV, antibodies, Fc receptors, antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity

Paul D. Gershon, PhD
Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Research Interests: Nucleic acid-protein interactions and molecular dynamics, catalytic mechanisms, proteomics and virion structure

C. Sunny Jiang, PhD
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Environmental biotechnology, water quality and pollution microbiology and microbial ecology

Young Jik Kwon, PhD
Dept of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Dept of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science; Dept of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests: Gene therapy, bioorthogonal modifications of enveloped viruses, virus-polymer conjugates for nanobiotechnological applications Kwon lab homepage

Thomas E. Lane, PhD
Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Research Interests: Multiple sclerosis, demyelination, chemokines, inflammation, virology and immunology

Alexander McPherson, PhD Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Research Interests: Macromolecular crystal growth; X-ray diffraction analysis of protein, nucleic acid and virus crystals; atomic force ficroscopy studies of biological structures, immunoglobulin structure, virus structure and assembly

Hung D. Nguyen, PhD
Dept of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science; Dept of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests: Physical virology, virus structure and assembly, computer simulations of biological and soft condensed matter systems Nguyen lab homepage

W. Edward Robinson, Jr, MD, PhD
Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Research Interests: Anti-HIV drug development and the roles various HIV proteins play in the retroviral life cycle

Suzanne B. Sandmeyer, PhD
Department of Biological Chemistry and Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Research Interests: Molecular genetics and biochemistry of retrotransposons and metabolic engineering in budding yeast Sandmeyer lab homepage

Rozanne M. Sandri-Goldin, PhD
Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Research Interests: ICP27, regulatory protein, HSV-1, mRNA processing, RNA export, RNA splicing and virus-host interactions

Luis P. Villarreal, PhD
Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Research Interests: Virus evolution, viral gene therapy vectors, BSL3 cell culture, cancer virology, proteomics, biodefense

Steven L. Wechsler, PhD
Department of Ophthalmology and Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Research Interests: Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) latency and pathogenesis

Gregory A. Weiss, PhD
Department of Chemistry and Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Research Interests: Bioorganic chemistry, chemical biology, protein engineering, molecular biology and biochemistry Weiss lab homepage