Advances in Virus Research: Volume 110

ISBN-13: 9780128246047 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 112 str.

Thomas Mettenleiter; Margaret Kielian; Marilyn J. Roossinck

Spis treści

1. Parainfluenza virus fusion/entry
Anne Moscona
2. Molecular archeology of viruses
Sebastien Calvignac-Spencer
3. A great ape perspective on the emergence and evolution of human viruses
Fabian H. Leendertz
4. Phage Therapy
Paul E. Turner
5. Alphavirus replication
Andres Merits
6. (Chapter title to be confirmed)
Moriah Louise Szpara
7. SARS-CoV-2 in animals
Thomas Christoph Mettenleiter and Martin Beer

O autorze

Born: March 18, 1957 in Goeppingen, Germany

Nationality: German

1963-1967: Elementary School

1967-1976: High School (Gymnasium)

1976: Diploma (Abitur)

1976-1977: Compulsory Military Service

1977-1982: Study of biology at Tuebingen University, Germany

1982-1985: Ph.D. work at Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals,

Tuebingen, Germany

1985: Ph.D. in Genetics

1986-1987: Postdoctoral Fellow at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Department of Microbiology

1988-today: Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals

1990: Habilitation (prerequisite for professorship)

since 1994: Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology at the Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals, Insel Riems, Germany

since 1996: President of the Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals (renamed in 2004 'Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut')

since 1997: Professor of Virology at University of Greifswald

Scientific Work:

More than 300 peer-reviewed publications in international journals (listed in PubMed) on different aspects of infectious animal diseases.

Professor Margaret Kielian works at the Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA. Prof. Marilyn J. Roossinck works at the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA.