Postdoctoral Scientist |
Email Address |
Laboratory |
Dr. Byung C. Ahn
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bahn@lsuhsc.edu
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O'Callaghan
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Dr. Ahn is investigating the molecular biology of alphaherpesvirus gene regulation. His goal is to identify cellular proteins that bind to elements in the promoter of a key viral gene and thereby influence the expression of a major viral regulatory protein. Part of his work concerns the possible role of anti-sense viral RNA molecules in viral gene programming. |
Dr. Malgorzata Bienkowska-Haba
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mbienk@lsuhsc.edu
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Sapp
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Dr. Bienkowska-Haba is investigating the intracellular trafficking of human papillomavirus during infection. Her focus is the identification of cellular compartments which are targeted by the minor capsid protein L2 and investigation of L2's role in intracytoplasmic trafficking and nuclear translocation of the viral genome. |
Dr. Gary C.T. Chan
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gchan@lsuhsc.edu
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Yurochko
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Dr. Chan is investigating the molecular changes in monocytes that promote viral dissemination and are associated with viral pathogenesis. |
Dr. Harish Changotra
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hchang@lsuhsc.edu |
Hutt-Fletcher
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Dr. Changotra is working on the role that the virion glycoproteins gM and gp350 play in virus assembly and entry of Epstein-Barr virus into the cell. |
Dr. Liudmila S. Chesnokova
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lchesn@lsuhsc.edu
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Hutt-Fletcher
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Dr. Chesnokova's research focuses on the entry of Epstein-Barr virus into epithelial cells. Her goal is to identify the epithelial cell coreceptor that interacts with the virus glycoproteins gH and gL and facilitates fusion between the virus envelope and the cell membrane. |
Dr. Ru Jiang
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rjiang@lsuhsc.edu
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Hutt-Fletcher
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Dr. Jiang is researching the roles played by Epstein-Barr virus glycoproteins in virus transmission, tropism and spread within the host.
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Dr. Mikhail Khoretonenko |
mkhore@lsuhsc.edu |
Stokes |
Dr. Khoretonenko is investigating the pro-inflammatory potential of cytomegalovirus with a view to understanding how this virus contributes to cardiovascular disease. His primary focus is the role of endothelium-platelet interactions in vascular responses to CMV infection either alone or in combination with other cardiovascular risk factors.
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Dr. Seong-man Kim |
skim5@lsuhsc.edu |
Kim |
Dr. Kim is studying the early events of papillomavirus infection including virus and receptor interactions. |
Dr. Haiyan Li
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hli@lsuhsc.edu
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Tibbetts
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Dr. Li is investigating the molecular biology of chronic gammaherpesvirus infection. She is using mutant viruses that are replication-defective to establish in vivo and in vitro systems to study latency. Her goals are to define and characterize novel viral genes that are involved in latency and pathogenesis, and to determine some of the molecular mechanisms used by host cells to govern the establishment of latency. |
Dr. Fumitaka Sato
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fsato@lsuhsc.edu
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Tsunoda
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| Dr. Sato will investigate neurotropic virus infections and autoimmune diseases, using animal models for multiple sclerosis. He will use immunological and pathological methods in his research. |
Dr. Fangfang Zhang |
|
Sixbey |
| The cellular transcription factor Pax5 has been implicated in the commitment of lymphoid progenitors to the B lymphocyte lineage, in the transcriptional control of B cell development and function, and as a contributor to human B cell malignancies when deregulated by chromosomal translocation. Dr. Zhang is studying the interaction of the Epstein-Barr virus lytic cycle protein Zta with Pax5 in regard to pathological implications it may have at this stage of the virus life cycle. |
Dr. Yunfei Zhang
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yzhang1@lsuhsc.edu
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O'Callaghan
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| Dr. Zhang is investigating the mechanism by which the trans-activation domain of the major regulatory protein of equine herpesvirus-1 functions. |
