The laboratory investigates the pathogenesis and biology of viruses belonging to the tickborne encephalitis (TBE) virus complex of flaviviruses. Endemic throughout much of the northern hemisphere, these viruses can cause severe encephalitis, meningitis, or hemorrhagic fevers with relatively high mortality rates. Our research utilizes in vitro, ex vivo, and animal models (mouse and tick) to examine the biology of acute and persistent infection in mammalian and arthropod systems. Understanding these aspects of virus biology will increase understanding of these important pathogens and may provide targets for the design of countermeasures. Methods employed include confocal microscopy, electron microscopy, electron cryotomography, immunohistochemistry, microarray analysis, nucleic acid sequencing, and molecular virology.
Marshall E. Bloom, M.D.
Associate Director for Science Management, Rocky Mountain Laboratories
Chief, Biology of Vector-Borne Viruses Section
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Education:
M.D., 1971, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Dylan Paul Flather, Ph.D.
IRTA Postdoctoral Fellow
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Education:
Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences (Molecular Virology), University of California, Irvine
B.S., Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder
Missiani J. Ochwoto, Ph.D.
Visiting Fellow
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Languages Spoken: Kiswahili
Danielle K. Offerdahl, B.S., M.S.
Microbiologist
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Stacey L. P. Scroggs, Ph.D., M.P.H.
IRTA Postdoctoral Fellow
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Philip E. Stewart, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist
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Former Research Group Members
Jeffrey M. Grabowski, Ph.D.
Ciera Morris, B.A.
Luwanika Mlera, Ph.D. University of Arizona
Benjamin L. Kendall, Mayo University