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...
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
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.)