Sebla B. Kutluay, Ph. D.
Principal Investigator
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis Program
Immunology Program
Computational and Systems Biology Program
Office: Room 8220, McDonnell Pediatrics Research Building
Phone: 314-747-8908
Email: kutluay@wustl.edu
Maritza Puray-Chavez, Ph. D.
Staff scientist
Maritza is working on identifying novel mechanisms at the HIV-1-host interface.
Abhishek Kumar
Postdoctoral Fellow
Abhishek is investigating the role of HIV-1 integrase-gRNA interactions in virion maturation.
Hung (Kyle) R. Vuong
DBBS Graduate Student
Kyle is investigating the RNA-binding properties of numerous antiviral host proteins and ISGs.
Jenna E. Eschbach
DBBS Graduate Student
Jenna is investigating the HIV-1 sensing pathways in virus replication.
Dana Q. Lawson
Research Associate
Dana Q. is investigating the novel role of HIV-1 integrase protein in particle maturation.
Shawn Mohammed
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Shawn is leading efforts to understand the rules that govern selective packaging of dimeric HIV-1 genomes.
Yiqing (Mike) Wang
Bioinformatics Research Assistant
Mike is developing data analysis pipelines for various NGS-based methods heavily utilized in the lab.
PAST LAB MEMBERS
Michaela Madison (Research Technician): University of Missouri School of Veterinary Medicine.
Dana Townsend (Research Technician): Currently a research tech at University of Washington.
Jenna Eschbach (Research Technician): Graduate student at Washington University in STL.
Kasyap Tenneti (Research Technician): MD/PhD candidate at Rutgers University.
Jennifer Elliott (Graduate student-MMMP): Postdoctoral fellow at Emory University
Kacie Warshowsky (Research Technician): University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
Keanu Davis (Research Technician): MD/PhD candidate at the Cornell Weill/Rockefeller U/MSK
Christian Shema Mugisha (Graduate student-MCB): Scientist at Millipore-Sigma
Nakyung Lee (Bioinformatician): Graduate student at University of Maryland.