Staff Scientist
Education:
Ph.D., Medical Sciences, 1998, University of Yamanashi, Japan
Languages Spoken: Japanese
Biography
Eri Miyagi earned her Ph.D. in the medical sciences in 1998 from The University of Yamanashi in Japan. Her thesis work involved studying molecular differences of transcription factors in different types of thyroid cancers using patient samples. Dr. Miyagi has a long-standing interest in molecular and cell biology and her interests gradually shifted towards more basic mechanisms of host defense. Dr. Miyagi joined the Strebel lab as visiting fellow in 2001. She was promoted to Staff Scientist in 2009. Since then, she has studied the function of HIV accessary proteins for overcoming host defense mechanisms. She particularly focuses on Vif and Vpu but more recently also got interested in Vpr.