Thesis Advisor
Entering Year
Research: Currently my research is focused on evaluating the zoonotic potential of RNA viruses. More specifically, we are using transfection with positive sense viral RNA genomes to bypass entry and uncoating in order to directly study intracellular host restrictions on viral genome transcription and replication. To achieve this, we are in vitro transcribing a variety of RNA virus genomes from viral rescue systems and chemically transfecting them across a diverse selection of mammalian primary fibroblast cells.
