Labs participating in Virology@PSU
Faculty name | Department | Virus family | Lab Website | |
Ganesh Anand | Chemistry | mass spectrometry of viral capsid dynamics | ||
Marco Archetti | Biology | defective interfering viruses, game theory | ||
Nita Bharti | Biology | modeling links between human behavior, movement, & viral infections | ||
Ottar Bjørnstad | Entomology & Biology | modeling of influenza, paramyxovirus, Ebola virus & more | ||
David Boehr | Chemistry | viral enzymes | ||
Seth Bordenstein | Biology | microbiome, viruses of endosymbionts | ||
Isabella Cattadori | Biology | myxomavirus (myxomatosis virus) | ||
Jessica Conway | Math | human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), influenza |
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Melik Demirel | Engineering Science and Mechanics | virus detection | ||
Matt Ferrari | Biology | modeling of measles virus, foot-and-mouth disease virus | ||
Christina Grozinger | Entomology | bee viruses | ||
Kelli Hoover | Entomology | lepidopteran viruses | ||
Peter Hudson | Biology | virus ecology | ||
David Hughes | Entomology & Biology | Plant Village (plant viral diseases), viruses of fungi |
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Bhushan Jayarao | Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences | bovine herpesvirus, infectious pancreatic necrosis virus |
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Joyce Jose | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | flaviviruses (West Nile virus, Dengue, Zika) | ||
David Kennedy | Biology | viral evolution, nematode & fish RNA viruses, Marek’s disease virus (MDV) | ||
Mathias Martins | Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences | Viral diagnostics, avian virology, viral vector-based vaccines | ||
Siela Maximova | Plant Science | vectors of plant viruses | ||
Beth McGraw | Biology |
virus vector biology; arboviruses, dengue virus | ||
Ruth Nissly | Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences | Zoonotic influenza and coronaviruses | ||
Jason Rasgon | Entomology | virus vector biology; arboviruses (e.g. Mayaro, Zika) | ||
Andrew Read | Biology & Entomology |
myxomavirus (myxomatosis virus), Marek’s disease virus (MDV) | ||
Cristina Rosa | Plant Pathology, and Environmental Microbiology (PPEM) |
virus systematics, plant viruses | ||
Yana Safanova | Computer Science & Engineering | comparative immunogenomics, adaptive immunity | ||
Tony Schmitt | Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences | paramxyoviruses | ||
Katriona Shea | Biology | foot-and-mouth disease virus | ||
Scott Showalter | Chemistry | viral protein folding | ||
Andy Stephenson | Biology | plant viruses, viral resistance genes in plants | ||
Troy Sutton | Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences | Influenza virus, Coronavirus | ||
Moriah Szpara | Biology & Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | viral genomics & evolution; herpes simplex viruses (HSV), Marek’s disease virus (MDV) | ||
Mauricio Terrones | Physics, Chemistry, and Materials Science & Engineering |
virus detection |
Please contact Moriah Szpara with additions or edits to this list.