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Dr. Dennis J. O'Callaghan, Director CMTV, Senior Mentor Committee
Boyd Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
The molecular biology of alphaherpesvirus gene programming

Dr. Lindsey M. Hutt-Fletcher, Co-Director CMTV, Senior Mentor Committee
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Mechanisms and pathogenesis of infection with EBV

Dr. John W. Sixbey, Co-Director CMTV, Senior Mentor Committee
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Role of EBV in tumorigenesis

Dr. Urska Cvek, Member

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, LSU-S

Bioinformatics, data analysis, and knowledge discovery

Dr. S. Victor Hsia, Member

Assistant Professor, Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe

Molecular aspects of herpes simplex 1 latency and reactivation.

Dr. Stephanie M. Karst, Junior Faculty Project Investigator
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular Biology of Murine Norovirus Replication

Dr. Seong K. Kim, Junior Faculty Project Investigator
Instructor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Gene expression and regulation of the Equine Herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1).

Dr. William B. Klimstra, Member
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular Pathogenesis of Arboviruses

Dr. Martin I. Muggeridge, Member
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Membrane glycoproteins of herpes simplex viruses

Dr. Cherie-Ann Nathan, Member

Professor and Vice Head, Department of Otolaryngology

Relationship between PML bodies and eIF4E mediated oncogenesis in head and neck tumors of possible viral etiology.

Dr. Kate D. Ryman, Member
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
The Role of Innate Immunity in Yellow Fever Virus Pathogenesis

Dr. Martin A. Sapp, Member
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Virus cell interactions, molecular pathogenesis of oncogenic human papillomaviruses

Dr. Rona S. Scott, Member
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Analysis of Polyamine Metabolism in EBV Lymphomagenesis

Dr. Karen Y. Stokes, Junior Faculty Project Investigator

Assistant Professor , Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology

The inflammatory impact of cytomegalovirus on microvasculature

Dr. Scott A. Tibbetts, Junior Faculty Project Investigator
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Pathogenesis of oncogenic viruses, virus-host interactions, host immunity to viruses, viral latency

Dr. Ikuo Tsunoda, Member

Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Pathogenesis of virus-mediated immune disorders and virus infections of the central nervous system; role of natural killer T cells, cytokines and antibody in progressive type of autoimmune disease

Dr. Marjan Trutschl, Director, Core C: Bioinformatics Core

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, LSU-S

Bioinformatics and microRNA's

Dr. John A. Vanchiere, Junior Faculty Project Investigator

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Natural history and pathogenesis of human polyomaviruses

Dr. Andrew D. Yurochko, Member
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Role of peripheral blood monocytes and vascular endothelial cells in the hematogenous dissemination of human cytomegalovirus

The project described was supported by NIH Grant Number
P20RR018724 from the National Center for Research Resources.