Gloria Baxter, fourth-year PhD candidate in the Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and Genetics Graduate Program, received an NIH F31 grant for her human retrovirus assembly work.
The two-day program featured speakers showcasing their latest research on structural virology, virus replication, virus-host interactions, viral epidemiology and emerging viruses.
New research from the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry and Masonic Cancer Center is providing important new insights into the structure of a human virus that causes blood cancer.
The Institute for Molecular Virology received a competitive renewal of its long-standing National Institutes of Health T32 grant, providing support for predoctoral fellowships through 2030.
The Institute for Molecular Virology hosted the annual Symposium on Viruses and Cancer in June. Co-sponsored by the Masonic Cancer Center, the symposium brought over 70 researchers together to share updates in research and discovery.
Dira Putri, PhD candidate in the Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology program at the University of Minnesota, is the inaugural recipient of the Shelley N. Grimes Conference Travel Fellowship award.
Louis Mansky PhD, a University of Minnesota School of Dentistry professor and director of the Institute for Molecular Virology, joined with other University of Minnesota and Emory University researchers on a project which may lead to a more cost-effective option for HIV medication.
