Identifying Immune Correlates of Protection and Determinants of Oncogenic Virus Persistence Using Novel Animal Models of Kaposi sarcoma Herpesvirus Infection

Friday, November 15, 2024 - 11:00am to 12:00pm

The Immunobiology Seminar Series presents:  "Identifying Immune Correlates of Protection and Determinants of Oncogenic Virus Persistence Using Novel Animal Models of Kaposi sarcoma Herpesvirus Infection"

Presenter Details

Laurie Krug, PhD
Stadtman Investigator, HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch
Center for Cancer Research
National Cancer Institute

Dr. Krug completed her Ph.D. in the laboratory of Dr. Philip Pellett at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention while a graduate student at Emory University in 2001. Her graduate research focused on the initiation of viral DNA replication by the human herpesviruses -6A, -6B, and 7.  Her post-doctoral research in the laboratory of Dr. Margaret K. Offermann at the Winship Cancer Center focused on the interaction of Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus with the innate immune response of endothelial cells. This was followed by a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. Samuel H. Speck in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Emory University to train in the molecular virology of additional oncogenic herpesviruses, Epstein-Barr virus and murine gammaherpesvirus 68.  Dr. Krug continued her investigations of virus-host interactions using the murine gammaherpesvirus pathogen in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics of Stony Brook University as an Assistant Professor in 2008, then as an Associate Professor in 2016. In 2019, Dr. Krug was appointed as a Stadtman Investigator in the HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch.  Read more

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Event Location: 
Drachman Hall, Room A114
Event Contact Person: 
Polly Haffner
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Event Contact Phone: 
520-626-0710
Event Address: 

1295 N Martin

Event Contact Department: 
Immunobiology