Melissa Kane, PhD
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Melissa is originally from the foothills of the Colorado Rockies and still loves her hometown sports teams. She only uses yellow lab tape.
BS - ANIMAL SCIENCE - CORNELL UNIVERSITY
PHD - MICROBIOLOGY - UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO - LABORATORY OF DR. TATYANA GOLOVKINA
POSTDOC - ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY/AARON DIAMOND AIDS RESEARCH CENTER - LABORATORY OF DR. PAUL BIENIASZ
Robert Zhang
GRADUATE STUDENT - PROGRAM IN MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
BA - BIOLOGY - OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE
Ananya Venbakkam
Research Technician
BS - Biological sciences - University of Pittsburgh
Lia Robben
Research Technician
BS - Biological sciences - University of Pittsburgh
Nastaran Roostaeian
Research Technician
MD - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
MPH - University of Pittsburgh
Ashley Willey
Undergraduate RESEARCHER
Sandra Umana
Undergraduate RESEARCHER
Afifa Farooqi
Undergraduate RESEARCHER
Retroviruses
BALTIMORE CLASSIFICATION GROUP VI
Retroviruses were originally known as “RNA tumor viruses”, they are ~500 million years old.