Melissa Kane, PhD
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Melissa is originally from the foothills of the Colorado Rockies and still loves her hometown sports teams. She only uses yellow lab tape.
BS - ANIMAL SCIENCE - CORNELL UNIVERSITY
PHD - MICROBIOLOGY - UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO - LABORATORY OF DR. TATYANA GOLOVKINA
POSTDOC - ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY/AARON DIAMOND AIDS RESEARCH CENTER - LABORATORY OF DR. PAUL BIENIASZ
Robert Zhang
GRADUATE STUDENT - PROGRAM IN MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
Robert grew up in Southern California and loves playing Ultimate frisbee. His lifelong goal is to visit all the National Parks in the United States
BA - BIOLOGY - OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE
Lia Robben
Research Technician
Lia is from Havertown, PA. She loves ice cream and her cat, Ollie.
BS - Biological sciences - University of Pittsburgh
Sandra Umana
Sandra is from Harrisburg, PA, and hery favorite things to do are travel and read. Her travel goal is to visit every state in the US and every European country.
Undergraduate RESEARCHER - MID Scholar
Retroviruses
BALTIMORE CLASSIFICATION GROUP VI
Retroviruses were originally known as “RNA tumor viruses”, they are ~500 million years old.