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Advances in Virus Research

  • 1st Edition, Volume 110 - August 3, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Thomas Mettenleiter, Margaret Kielian, Marilyn J. Roossinck
  • Language: English

Advances in Virus Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board… Read more

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Description

Advances in Virus Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.

Key features

  • Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors
  • Presents the latest release in the Advances in Virus Research series

Readership

Researchers, students, and academics in the field of virus research

Table of contents

1. Parainfluenza virus fusion/entry
Anne Moscona

2. Molecular archeology of viruses
Sebastien Calvignac-Spencer

3. A great ape perspective on the emergence and evolution of human viruses
Fabian H. Leendertz

4. Phage Therapy
Paul E. Turner

5. Alphavirus replication
Andres Merits

6. (Chapter title to be confirmed)
Moriah Louise Szpara

7. SARS-CoV-2 in animals
Thomas Christoph Mettenleiter and Martin Beer

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 110
  • Published: August 3, 2021
  • Language: English

About the editors

TM

Thomas Mettenleiter

Born: March 18, 1957 in Goeppingen, Germany

Nationality: German

1963-1967: Elementary School

1967-1976: High School (Gymnasium)

1976: Diploma (Abitur)

1976-1977: Compulsory Military Service

1977-1982: Study of biology at Tuebingen University, Germany

1982-1985: Ph.D. work at Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals,

Tuebingen, Germany

1985: Ph.D. in Genetics

1986-1987: Postdoctoral Fellow at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Department of Microbiology

1988-today: Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals

1990: Habilitation (prerequisite for professorship)

since 1994: Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology at the Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals, Insel Riems, Germany

since 1996: President of the Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals (renamed in 2004 'Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut')

since 1997: Professor of Virology at University of Greifswald

Scientific Work:

More than 300 peer-reviewed publications in international journals (listed in PubMed) on different aspects of infectious animal diseases.

Affiliations and expertise
Institute of Molecular Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald, Germany

MK

Margaret Kielian

Professor Margaret Kielian works at the Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, USA

MR

Marilyn J. Roossinck

Prof. Marilyn J. Roossinck works at the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA

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