Associate Professor
Primary Department
Microbiology, Immunology, & Tropical Medicine
Affiliation
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Research Interests
Research interests are HIV infection and AIDS, HIV treatment, and HIV cure. Current projects include HIV eradication by using benzotriazin derivatives to target the latent HIV-1 reservoir, developing pathogen recognition receptor agonists to reactivate latent HIV-1, and investigating the mechanisms controlling the establishment of HIV-1 latency.
Keywords
HIV-1, HIV Infections, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Cancer Immunology & Immunotherapy, Signal Transduction, STATs, HIV transcription,
Research Level
T0 / T1: Basic Science Discovery and Initial Translation to Humans
Research Method(s)
- Cell culture, primary lymphocytes, flow cytometry, western-blot, drug screening, and lentiviral vectors
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