Lab Member |
Name |
Title |
Project |
 |
Kate Rubins |
Fellow |
PI |
 |
Liz Foote |
Lab Administrative
Manager |
Lab Administrative
Manager |
 |
Judy Yen |
Lab Manager |
Vaccinia and Monkeypox
transcriptome and
genome sequencing;
miRNA and viral infection |
 |
Anjan Purkayastha |
Bioinformatics Analyst |
Vaccinia and monkeypox
transcriptome and
genomic analysis; viral
sequencing from clinical
samples in the DRC;
detection of novel
viruses |
 |
Martha Simpson-Holley |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Vaccinia interaction with
cellular mRNA decay
machinery and viral
cytoplasmic factories |
 |
Sabrina
Hawthorne |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Mechanisms by which
poxviruses control host
translational processes
and regulation of host
and viral translation |
 |
Ken Dower |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Identification of host
factors involved in viral
replication |
 |
Stephen Gire |
Africa Study Site
Manager |
Monkeypox genomics
and host immune
response to human
monkeypox; Central and
West Africa clinical
sample collection |
 |
Suraj Patel |
Graduate Student |
Innate immune sensing
of poxviruses and host
response to DNA viruses |
 |
Daniel Blanco
Melo |
Visiting Scientist |
miRNA regulation during
Vaccinia virus infection |
 |
Zach Bjornson |
UROP |
Pathogen discovery from
fevers of unknown origin
and viral metagenomics |
 |
Simone Klein |
UROP |
Host transcriptional
factor involvement
in vaccinia virus
replication and vaccinia
epigenetic regulation |
 |
Tiffany Yuh |
UROP |
Lassa fever diagnosis
and viral genome
sequencing |
 |
Ayushman Ghosh |
UROP |
High-throughput
screening of monoclonal
Abs to Vaccinia virus;
protein microarrays |
