皇家华人

Virology, Immunology, and Lipid Metabolism

Research Experience

皇家华人, 2022-present
Advisor: Vera Tarakanova, PhD
Project: How gammaherpesvirus interact with lipid metabolism to establish infection

University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain, Summer 2019
Advisor: José L Nieva, PhD
Project: Investigating the effect of functional mutations on the HIV-1 broadly-neutralizing antibody 10E8

The Scripps Research Institute, Summer 2018
Advisor: Michael B Zwick, PhD
Project: Binding and HIV-1 neutralization of combinatorially-optimized 10E8 antibody

Viterbo University, Summer 2017
Advisor: Christopher G Mayne, PhD
Project: Intestinal IL-23 expression in a mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease

Publications

Sylvester PA, Jondle CN, Schmalzriedt DL, Dittel BN, Tarakanova VL. T Cell-Specific STAT1 Expression Promotes Lytic Replication and Supports the Establishment of Gammaherpesvirus Latent Reservoir in Splenic B Cells. mBio. 2022 Aug 30;13(4):e0210722. doi: 10.1128/mbio.02107-22. Epub 2022 Aug 15. PMID: 35968944; PMCID: PMC9430880.

Jondle CN, Sylvester PA, Schmalzriedt DL, Njoya K, Tarakanova VL. The Antagonism between the Murine Gammaherpesvirus Protein Kinase and Global Interferon Regulatory Factor 1 Expression Shapes the Establishment of Chronic Infection. J Virol. 2022 Oct 26;96(20):e0126022. doi: 10.1128/jvi.01260-22. Epub 2022 Sep 28. PMID: 36169331; PMCID: PMC9599343.

Meeting Abstracts

SR-BI Supports Chronic Gammaherpesvirus Infection by Attenuating Lytic Replication. Gordon Research Conference on Lipoprotein Metabolism 2024, Waterville Valley, NH. [Oral/Poster]

Contrasting Roles for Apolipoprotein E in Gammaherpesvirus Infection. International Herpesvirus Workshop 2023, Missoula, MT. [Poster]

General Interests

Playing and/or watching sports, especially wrestling (not WWE), basketball, and golf. Bonfires, movies, and hip-hop music