318B Stafford Hall
95 Carrigan Drive
Burlington, VT 05405
United States
- Ph.D., Molecular Biology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- Postdoctoral Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Areas of expertise
Analyzing how HIV-induced small T cell syncytia contribute to HIV spread in infected individuals; investigating how cell-cell fusion reprograms cells and can endow fused cells with new properties; studying how, overall, the presence (rather than the absence) of viruses keeps us healthy.
BIO
Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Zürich, Switzerland in 1990; Postdoctoral research with Joseph Sodroski at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School; Assistant Professor at the University of Lausanne; Joined the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics late in 1999
Courses
- MD 555 Attacks and Defenses
- MMG 6990 Ethics in Graduate Research
- HCOL 2000 Viruses in Eco & Human Health
Publications
Bio
Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Zürich, Switzerland in 1990; Postdoctoral research with Joseph Sodroski at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School; Assistant Professor at the University of Lausanne; Joined the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics late in 1999
Courses
- MD 555 Attacks and Defenses
- MMG 6990 Ethics in Graduate Research
- HCOL 2000 Viruses in Eco & Human Health
Publications
Lab Team Members
Mel Symeonides, Faculty;
PhD Student: Jon Girard;
Undergraduate Students: Christen Frandina and Harper Tulleson.