2017-18 Projects and Awardees

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2017-18 Projects and Awardees

  • Identify host determinants of response in liver cancer treated with Vesicular Stomatitis Virus with a human Interferon-β gene insert (VSV-hINF-B).
    • Mitesh Borad, M.D. Mayo Clinic Cancer Center and Center for Individualized Medicine, Scottsdale, AZ; Ken Buetow, Ph.D., Center for Evolution and Medicine, SoLS, CAS@ASU, AZ; Melissa Wilson Sayres, Ph.D. Center for Evolution and Medicine, SoLS, ASU, AZ; Heine Natri, Ph.D. Center for Evolution and Medicine, ASU, AZ
  • The evolutionary history of cytomegalovirus infection in native American populations
    • Jeffrey Jensen Professor, SoLS, CEM core member; Susanne Pfeifer Assistant Professor, SoLS, CEM affiliate member; Benjamin Trumble Assistant Professor, SHESC, CEM core member
  • Honey bee viral metagenomics: Do viruses influence behavior and social networks of the honey bee?
    • Brian Smith; Arvind Varsani; Simona Kraberger; Chelsea Cook
  • Towards understanding viral dynamics associated with Antarctic animals
    • Arvind Varsani; Anne Stone; Kara Waits; Zoe Smeele; Jess Norton; Tayele Kringen; Josh Schreck; Ilaria Cobb; Adele Crane; Jennifer Burns, University of Alaska Anchorage; Mike Goebel, NOAA; David G Ainley, HT Harvey and Associates; Grant Ballard, Point Blue Conservation Science; Koenraad van Doorslaer, University of Arizona; Stacy Kim, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories; Anni Djurhuus, University of South Florida; Darren Marin, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Hila Levy, University of Oxford, UK