Our group’s focus, as part of the Center for Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases (CVID), is to understand how RNA viruses replicate at the molecular and biochemical levels in order to develop novel strategies for the prevention and treatment of arboviral diseases. We are also interested in developing novel virus-based tools that can be used by the wider scientific community. We use a wide range of tools (classical virology, molecular biology, cell biology, biochemistry, engineering, computational biology, etc.) to understand how these important human pathogens replicate and use this information to help improve human and animal health.
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Lauren Malsick, a graduate researcher in the Geiss lab, received the award to investigate why the bat immune system can prevent illness from these viruses and the potential implications to better protect people.
Chris Snow, along with Brian Geiss and Tim Stasevich, is using AI tools to aid in biomolecular engineering research.
Microbiology PhD student Kimberly Robins, co-advised by Brian Geiss and Chris Snow, is taking advantage of a suite of exciting machine-learning tools working together to help create new and profound protein designs.
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Lab: Microbiology Room B430
Office: Microbiology Room B409
(970) 491-6330
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