Strebel Research Group

Molecular and virological investigation of HIV-1 and HIV-2 and their interactions with host factors.

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Viral Biochemistry Section 2022. Front row from left: Hideki Saito, Eri Miyagi, Alex Zhang, Back row: Rosa Mallorson, Klaus Strebel, Sandra Kao, Helena Fabryova.

Klaus Strebel, Ph.D.

Chief, Viral Biochemistry Section

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Education: Ph.D., 1985, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Dr. Strebel received his Ph.D. in microbiology in 1985 from the University of Heidelberg, Germany. After postdoctoral research in Germany on foot-and-mouth disease protein processing and maturation, he joined the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology (LMM) in 1986 as a postdoctoral fellow to work on molecular mechanisms of HIV-1 replication. He was awarded tenure in 1998 and, since 2000, has been chief of the Viral Biochemistry Section within LMM.

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Helena Fabryova, Ph.D.

Research Fellow

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Education:

Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2017, Charles University, Prague

Languages Spoken: Slovak

Helena Fabryova completed her MSc in Molecular Biology in 2013 at the Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia) and her Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology in 2017 in the Genetics and Virology program at the Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic). She studied a wide array of topics including host-virus relationships of endogenous retroviruses and GC rich chicken genes. She joined the...

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Sandra M. Kao, M.S.

Biologist

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Education:

M.S., 2000, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Ms. Kao obtained a master’s degree in Microbiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She joined the Strebel lab in 2001 and has since contributed to much of Dr. Strebel’s experimental research.

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Rosa Mallorson, B.S.

Postbac IRTA Fellow

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Education:

B.S., Biochemistry, 2020, Colorado College and Oregon State University

Rosa Mallorson is from Portland, Oregon. She majored in Biochemistry and Environmental Science at Colorado College and Oregon State University in 2020. She has been a Post-bac IRTA fellow in the Strebel lab since August 2020. Her project examines the regulation of host cell gene expression in response to HIV-1 infection. In particular, she focuses on the regulation of mannose receptor expression...

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Eri Miyagi, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist

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Education:

Ph.D., Medical Sciences, 1998, University of Yamanashi, Japan

Languages Spoken: Japanese

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...

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Hideki Saito, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Education:

Ph.D., Medical Sciences, 2018, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo

Languages Spoken: Japanese

Hideki Saito earned his Ph.D. in medical sciences in 2018 from The Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan. He joined the Strebel lab in 2019 and is studying host-factors involved in HIV-1 replication and characterizing the role of Vpx in HIV-2 replication in the Strebel lab.

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Former Research Group Members

2018-2021 Post-doctoral Fellow, Damien Ferhadian, Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Industry, Paris France

2018-2020 Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA), Abhik Mukherji, B.S.

2018-2020 Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA), Kathryn Brittain, B.S.

2015-2018 Post-doctoral Fellow, Sayaka Sukegawa, Ph.D.

2017-2018 Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA), Casey Salandra, B.S.

2015-2017 Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA), Angela Yoo, B.S.

2014-2015 Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA), Louis Taylor

2010-2016 Post-doctoral Fellow, Sarah Welbourn, Ph.D.

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