Biosciences Program Faculty performing Virology research

Virology research at the University of Iowa includes laboratories in the Department of Microbiology and other programs on campus.

Name

Rank

Department/
Program
Research Description
Bishop, Gail, PhD Professor Microbiology
Internal Medicine
Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Molecular mechanisms of lymphocyte activation; role in normal immunity, autoimmunity, and lymphoma.
Bonthius, Daniel, MD/PhD Professor Pediatrics
Neurology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Medical Scientist Training Program
Abnormalities of brain development, including fetal alcohol syndrome and congenital viral infections
Davidson, Beverly, PhD Professor Internal Medicine
Neurology
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of CNS dysfunction in metabolic diseases and gene transfer to the CNS
Engelhardt, John, PhD Professor (Head) Anatomy & Cell Biology
Internal Medicine
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Molecular/cellular biology and gene therapy of inherited and environmental diseases
Feiss, Michael, PhD Professor Microbiology
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Virus DNA packaging: mechanistic studies using phage lambda
Harty, John, PhD Professor Microbiology
Immunology
Immunobiology of T cell responses to pathogens
Heusel, Jonathan, MD/PhD Assistant Professor Pathology
Immunology
Molecular parameters of natural killer (NK) cell activation in the settings of viral infection, cancer, and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Klingelhutz, Al, PhD Associate Professor Microbiology
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Mechanisms of cellular immortalization and transformation by human papillomavirus
Legge, Kevin, PhD Assistant Professor Pathology
Immunology
Dendritic Cell Immunobiology and Pulmonary Immunity
Maury, Wendy, PhD Associate Professor Microbiology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Regulation of lentiviral cell tropism
McCaffrey, Anton, PhD Assistant Professor Internal Medicine
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Role of RNA in human disease and the development of nucleic acid based therapeutics
McCray, Paul, MD Professor Pediatrics
Microbiology
Genetics
Human Toxicology
Gene Therapy for Genetic Diseases; Pathogenesis and Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis; Identification and Characterization of Host Defense Peptides and Proteins
Meier, Jeffrey, MD Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Viral pathogenesis at the molecular level
Perlman, Stanley, MD/PhD Professor Microbiology
Pediatrics
Immunology
Neuroscience
Virus-induced demyelination, SARS pathogenesis
Roller, Richard, PhD Professor Microbiology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Function of herpes simplex virus membrane proteins in virus entry, exit from the cell and apoptosis regulation
Stapleton, Jack, MD Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Flavivirus (hepatitis C and GB virus) receptors, host cell interactions, and HIV co-infection
Stoltzfus, C. Martin, PhD Professor Microbiology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
HIV RNA splicing regulation
Varga, Steve, PhD Associate Professor Microbiology
Immunology
Viral immunology and immunopathology.

 
 

 

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