Marcotrigiano Research Group

Structural biology of virus and host interactions.

Joseph Marcotrigiano, Ph.D.

Chief, Structural Virology Section

Education:

Ph.D., The Rockefeller University

Dr. Joseph Marcotrigiano pursued graduate studies at Rockefeller University in the laboratory of Dr. Stephen K. Burley, determining the first structures of proteins involved in eukaryotic translation initiation. After receiving a Ph.D., Dr. Marcotrigiano became a Merck Fellow of the Life Sciences Research Foundation at the Center for the Study of Hepatitis C under the direction of Dr. Charles Rice...

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Joseph Marcotrigiano, Ph.D.

Altaira D. Dearborn, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist

Education:

Ph.D., Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham

M.S., Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara

B.S., Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara

Languages Spoken: French, Ivatan

Dr. Dearborn joined the Structural Virology Section in 2019, having completed post-doctoral training in virology and structure biology with Drs. Paul Wingfield and Alasdair Steven in the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.

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Kaneemozhe Harichandran, M.S., Ph.D.

Post-doctoral Fellow

Education:

Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University

M.S., Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University

B.E., Biotechnology, MVIT, Bangalore, India

Languages Spoken: Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, German

Dr. Harichandran specializes in RNA molecular Biology and RNA Virology.

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Ashish Kumar, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Education:

Ph.D., 2024, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India

M. Tech., Biotechnology, 2015, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India

B. Tech., Biotechnology, 2013, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India

Languages Spoken: Hindi

During his doctoral research, Ashish investigated the regulatory role of G-quadruplexes in mycobacterial transcription and translation processes. His current research interests focus on elucidating the mechanisms of action for potential tuberculosis (TB) therapeutics. Ashish is particularly passionate about unraveling the complex factors contributing to drug resistance in Mycobacterium...

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Guangping Liu, B.S.

Biologist

Education:

B.S., Medical, Secondary Military Medical College, Shanghai, China

Languages Spoken: Mandarin

Guangping Liu joined NIMH in 2004 and moved to NIAID in 2012. She has worked on transgenic mouse models of schizophrenia and preclinical trials, as well as flavivirus and alphavirus studies.

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Myeisha Paskel, B.S.

Laboratory Manager/Biologist

Education:

B.S., Zoology, North Carolina State University
B.S., Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University

Myeisha has been a member of NIAID since early in her career. She has worked with some of the top scientists in their fields, Drs. Barbara Davis (Women’s Health), Paul Foster (Toxicology), and Kanta Subarao (Influenza), to name a few. She specializes in Molecular Biology.

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Former Research Group Members

Emma Gebauer (Stonybrook University)

Tiana Rohe (Rochester University)

Jennifer Casiano-Matos, Ph.D. (Horizon Therapeutics)

Reafa Hossain (Virginia Commonwealth University)

Alvaro Hobbs (Rockefeller University)

Angela Tavolieri (University of Central Florida)

Michael Wang (Thomas Jefferson University)

Chen Wang, Ph.D. (Sanofi)

Yuanyuan Wang, Ph.D. (E-Town International Investment & Development Co. Ltd.)

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