Virology Graduate Training Program
The Virology Track is
comprised of faculty, students, postdoctoral fellows, and laboratory staff who have
common research and teaching interests in virology and related
disciplines. It shares a common core curriculum with all other tracks in
the
The training program for the Virology Track includes core elective courses in viral gene expression, molecular pathogenesis of viral infections, and immunopathogenic mechanisms of disease. Students in the Virology Track also participate in a seminar series sponsored by the Center for Virus Research. Seminars are generally held at noon every other Friday during the academic year. Leading national researchers are invited to present their work in different areas of virology, gene regulation, cell transformation, and a variety of topics in molecular biology and molecular genetics. Alternating with the seminars by invited outside speakers are research-in-progress seminar presentations by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the laboratories of participating faculty. These seminars provide a stimulating forum for exchanges of scientific ideas and information and for a critical analysis of data generated by the graduate students and fellows making the oral presentations.
Elective Courses:
MBB 205: Topics in Viral Gene Expression
Virology Seminar Series (Sponsored by the Center for Virus Research ORU)
Virology Faculty
Track coordinator - Ingrid
K. Ruf, +
Hans
Ulrich Bernard, + Ph.D., Professor of Molecular
Biology & Biochemistry
Gene expression of papillomaviruses;
progression of cervical cancer
Michael J. Buchmeier, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology
& Biochemistry
Viral biology and pathogenesis, structural
and functional proteomics of viruses, and biodefense
related pathobiology
David
Camerini, + Ph.D., Assistant Professor of
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Pathogenesis and molecular biology of HIV-1
Hung
Fan, +
Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Molecular biology and pathogenesis of mouse, human, and
sheep retroviruses
Paul
Gershon, + Ph.D. Professor of Molecular
Biology & Biochemistry
Virus structure and enzymes
Thomas
E. Lane, +
Ph.D., Associate Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Molecular/immunopathological
mechanisms of virus-induced demyelinating disease
Alexander
McPherson, + Ph.D., Professor of Molecular
Biology & Biochemistry and Physiology & Biophysics
Molecular structure of biological materials
W.
Edward Robinson, + M.D./Ph.D.,
Professor of Pathology and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Lentivirus (HIV and SIV)
integration, replication, and pathogenesis
Ingrid
K. Ruf, +
Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Molecular mechanisms of Epstein-Barr Virus latency and
pathogenesis, biology of small RNAs
Suzanne B. Sandmeyer, + Ph.D., Professor of Biological
Chemistry and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Molecular genetics of a position-specific yeast
retrovirus-like element
Rozanne M. Sandri-Goldin, +
Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Structure and functional analysis of a multifunction
herpes virus regulatory protein
Bert
L. Semler, + Ph.D,
Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Replication of picornavirus RNAs; RNA-protein and protein-protein interactions
Steven L.
Wechsler, + Ph.D. Professor of Ophthalmology
Research and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Herpes simplex virus latency, reactivation
and recurrent disease
Luis
P. Villarreal, + Ph.D,
Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Virus evolution: evolution of persistent viruses and
effects on host evolution; applied virology laboratory for anti-viral
therapeutics
Gregory A. Weiss, +
Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Harnessing viruses for protein engineering, biosensors,
drug resistance avoidance, and single molecule studies.
For more information, please see the Center for Virus Research Web Page