The Center for Virus Research (CVR)

The University of California at Irvine
3221 McGaugh Hall
Irvine, CA 92697-3906
Phone: 949.824.9314
Fax: 949.824.9437

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The Center for Virus Research
Directed by Dr. Luis P. Villarreal
Oversight committee chaired by Dr. Bert Semler.
Established in July, 2000 as an Organized Research Unit within the University of California, Irvine.

Members

Luis P. Villarreal, PhD
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Bert L. Semler, PhD
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Hans-Ulrich Bernard, PhD
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Michael Buchmeier, PhD
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

David Camerini, PhD
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Hung Fan, PhD
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Walter Fitch, PhD
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Donald Forthal, MD
Chief Division of Infectious Disease, School of Medicine

Paul D. Gershon, PhD
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

C. Sunny Jiang, PhD
Department Environmental Health, Science and Policy

Thomas Lane, PhD
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

W. Edward Robinson, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology

Ingrid Ruf, PhD
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Suzanne B. Sandmeyer, PhD
Department of Biological Chemistry and Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Rozanne M. Sandri-Goldin, PhD
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Gregory Alan Weiss, PhD
Department of Chemistry and Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Edward K. Wagner, PhD
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Steven L. Wechsler, MD
Department of Ophthalmology

Project Scientist Members:

Viral systems under study include:

Murine leukemia virus

Human immunodeficiency virus

Simian immunodeficiency virus

Poliovirus

Human rhinovirus

Ty3 transposition in yeast

Borna disease virus

West Nile Encephalitis virus

Herpes simplex virus

Hepatitis A virus

Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus

Human papillomavirus

Mouse and human adenovirus

Mouse and human parvovirus

Mouse and human polyomavirus

Epstein Bar virus

Vaccinia virus

Participating Departments

Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Department of Environmental Health, Science, and Policy
Department of Biological Chemistry
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
Department of Neurology
Department of Pathology
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Chemistry
Department of Medicine

Connected programs

Institute for Genomics and Informatics
Cancer Research Institute
Chao Family Comprehesive Cancer Center
Beckman Laser Institute