The Akkina laboratory focuses on vaccination and antiviral therapy strategies for HIV intervention using rodent models. Ongoing studies involve developing high efficiency gene transfer methods including viral pseudotype and ribozyme expressing vectors. Dr. Akkina’s laboratory is funded by multiple NIH grants and other extramural sources and is unique in developing and utilizing SCID-hu and RAG mice as novel models in which to study HIV and Dengue virus intervention. This work has lead to new models to assess topical mucosally applied drugs to prevent sexually transmitted HIV infection.
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As an undergraduate research fellow, Max Drummond gained crucial lab experience in both the Akkina and Dean labs.
Ramesh Akkina’s longtime research on HIV tackles the virus from multiple important and interesting fronts.
Microbiology undergraduate researcher Molly Price, mentored by Ramesh Akkina and Paige Charlins, earned High Honors during the 2017 CURC Showcase.
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Labs: Pathology room 305, 307
Office: Pathology room 329
(970) 491-1009
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