Viral Pathogens
DNA and RNA viruses can cause acute and persistent infections in humans and model organisms.
At the University of Michigan Medical School Department of Microbiology & Immunology, we actively research basic molecular virology, genetics, and pathogenesis of these viruses.
Learn more about Virology at Michigan, a website that lists faculty and labs interested in viruses across U-M.
Areas of Investigation
Specific areas of investigation include:
- Virus entry, assembly and egress
- Genetic determinants of virulence
- Viral RNA replication
- Viral genome recombination
- Intracellular trafficking of viruses
- Viral oncogenesis
- Gene therapy vectors
- Mechanisms of immune evasion
- Innate and adaptive immune responses to viruses
- Imaging of live virally infected mice
- Host factors contributing to virus susceptibility
Viruses currently being studied:
- DNA viruses: adenoviruses, BKV, and herpesviruses
- Retroviruses: HIV and murine leukemia virus
- RNA viruses: noroviruses, influenza virus, poliovirus, hepatitis C virus, dengue virus and emerging bunyaviruses
Faculty researching Viral Pathogens
Kathleen Collins, MD, PhD
Professor
Michael J Imperiale, PhD
Professor Emeritus/a
Philip D King, PhD
Professor
Denise E Kirschner, PhD
Professor
Adam Lauring, MD, PhD
Professor
Bethany Moore, PhD
Professor
Akira Ono, PhD
Professor
Malini Raghavan, PhD
Professor
Katherine R Spindler, PhD
Professor Emeritus/a
Andrew W Tai, MD, PhD
Assistant Dean
Alice Telesnitsky, PhD
Professor
Jason B Weinberg, MD
Professor
Christiane Wobus, PhD
Associate Professor
