Area: John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Center for Research in Virology

Sam Gelman

I am researching the use of neural networks to model the sequence-function space of protein variants and predict the effects of mutations on protein function.

Hong Zhan

I am interested in the ultrastructure of proteins and protein complex. My goal is to use cyro electron microscope to decipher virus proteins’ structure to understand their role in virus

Megan Bracken

I study cellular proteins ZASC and ZBTB2 and their role in HIV transcription. Education B.S. Biology, 2008, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse M.S. Clinical Microbiology, 2011, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Publications

Adam Jochem

Mechanisms of virus replication and virus-host interactions.

Paul Ahlquist

I am honored to lead the John and Jeanne Rowe Center for Research in Virology at the Morgridge Institute.  To address expanding viral threats exemplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, the