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Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Stephen Dewhurst, Ph.D.
MRBX 2-1110
Phone: (585) 275-3216
stephen_dewhurst@urmc.rochester.edu

Research Interest: Influenza Viruses; Virus Polymerase HIV Vaccine Development; NeuroAIDS Research

Faculty

Dorota Piekna-Przybylska, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
MRBX 2-11301
Phone: (585) 275-6644
dorota_piekna@urmc.rochester.edu

Research Interest: HIV Replication and Latency. The Role of RNA and DNA G-quadruplexes

Meera Singh, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
meera_singh@urmc.rochester.edu

Research Interest: Platelet - monocyte complex formation

Research Staff

Kayla Bell
Technical Associate I
kayla_bell@urmc.rochester.edu

Graduate Students

Taylor Jones
MBI-MS Microbiology M.S. Program
TaylorN_Jones@URMC.Rochester.edu

Justin Leach
IMV Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Justin_Leach@URMC.Rochester.edu

Raven Marlise Osborn
TBS Translational Biomedical Science Ph.D. Program
Raven_Osborn@URMC.Rochester.edu

Research Interest: High-throughput approach to profiling the differences in antigen presentation between young and older adults to define drug repurposing targets for improving vaccine efficacy.

Sydney Simpson, M.S.
IMV Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
sydney_simpson@urmc.rochester.edu

Research Interest: Small molecule discovery targeting KSHV latency

Andrew Smith, Ph.D.
MSTP Medical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)
andrew_smith72@urmc.rochester.edu

Research Interest: Role of a polymerase defect in function of the live attenuated influenza A virus

Rachel Warren, M.S.
IMV Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
rachel_warren@urmc.rochester.edu

Emily Weber, M.S.
IMV Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
emilya_weber@urmc.rochester.edu

Research Assistants

Sarah Belanger
Undergraduate Student