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 the role of anti-sense viral RNA in viral gene programming. His initial findings reveal that a small RNA that is anti-sense to the mRNA of the major regulatory protein is processed to micro RNAS that target the mRNA of the sole immediate-early regulatory gene. |
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 |
hchang@lsuhsc.edu |
Hutt-Fletcher |
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. Gan Dai
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Kim
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Dr. Dai is investigating the molecular genetics of equine herpesvirus type 1 and seeks to determine the role of the IR2 regulatory gene in virus replication and to ascertain if the IR2 gene is essential for virus replication.
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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. |
Dr. Seong-man (Seth) Kim
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skim5@lsuhsc.edu
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Kim
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Dr. Kim is investigating the mechanism by which a negative regulatory protein functions in alphaherpesviruses infection. |
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. Guangliang Liu
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gliu1@lsuhsc.edu
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Karst
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Dr. Liu is interested in defining the importance of persistent murine norovirus infection on the impairment of memory immune responses. His project will test the hypothesis that infection of dendritic cells alters the ability of the cell to present antigen to and activate T cells, leading to a lack of protective mucosal immunity.
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Dr. Santanu Mukherjee
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smukhe@lsuhsc.edu
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Sapp
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Dr. Mukherjee is studying cell surface events of HPV16 infection leading to infectious internalization of viral particles.
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Dr. Seiichi Omura |
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Tsunoda |
Dr. Omura is investigating neurodegeneration in autoimmune and viral models for multiple sclerosis, using neuropathological methods and microarray. |
Dr. Fumitaka Sato |
fsato@lsuhsc.edu |
Tsunoda |
Dr. Sato is investigating the pathomechanisms of inflammatory demyelinating disease in the central nervous system (CNS), using animal models for multiple sclerosis: Theiler’s murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) infection and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). |
Dr. Olga A. Senkovich
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osenko@lsuhsc.edu
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Testerman
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Dr. Senkovich is investigating mechanisms used by Helicobacter pylori to extract iron from the mammalian host. This includes studies of protein binding and interactions between the bacteria and epithelial cells. She has found that H. pylori binds transferrin, lactoferrin, and hemoglobin. She has also found that H. pylori is able to extract iron from host epithelial cells. |
Dr. Jun Yin
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jyin@lsuhsc.edu
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Testerman
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| Dr. Yin is assessing the properties of several Helicobacter pylori mutants, including alpA, alpB and TonB.
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Dr. Fangfang Zhang
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fzhan1@lsuhsc.edu
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Scott
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The cellular transcription factor Pax5 has been implicated in the commitment of lymphoid progenitors to the B lymphocyte lineage, the transcriptional control of subsequent B cell development and function, as well as a role in 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.
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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. |
