RetroActive News

RetroActive News is the center's annual newsletter distributed to members and friends with information on the past year's highlights and other achievements. 

RetroActive News - 2023 Highlights

  • Amit Sharma is awarded an NIH R01 and U54 Duke Center HIV Structural Biology grants to investigate determinants of retroviral replication in non-native hosts for modeling HIV infection
  • NIH/NCI Diversity Supplement Awarded to Drs. Amanda Panfil and Patrick Green
  • Shan-Lu Liu is awarded a USDA contractual grant to study zoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2
  • NIH-National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases grant awarded to Dr. Cody Warren to identify genetic barriers to animal virus replication in human cells
  • Kristine Yoder is awarded two NIH R01 grants to study retroviral integration complexes
  • Patrick Green is awarded an NIH R13 meeting grant to help support 33rd International Workshop on Retroviral Pathogenesis
  • Department of Defense (DOD) grant awarded to Dr. Sanggu Kim to improve T-cell lymphoma therapy
  • Wesley I. Sundquist was selected by the Center for Retrovirus Research of The Ohio State University to receive the 2023 Distinguished Research Career Award
  • PhD Graduate Student Highlight –Dr. John (Jack) P. Evans

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  • Nicholas Funderburg and Namal Liyanage receive NIH U01 to explore the consequences of lifelong HIV and antiretroviral therapy (ART) on the immune systems of perinatally infected adolescents
  • Amit Sharma is awarded with NIH R56 grant to investigate determinants of retroviral replication in non-native hosts for modeling HIV infection
  • Patrick Green was awarded an NIH R13 meeting grant to help support 32nd International Workshop on Retroviral Pathogenesis
  • Karin Musier-Forsyth and colleagues renew HIV Structural Biology U54 Center Grant
  • Cody Warren joins The Ohio State University and the Center
  • Kathleen Boris-Lawrie was selected by the Center for Retrovirus Research of The Ohio State University to receive the 2022 Distinguished Research Career Award
  • Shan-Lu Liu’s research on COVID-19 vaccine is highlighted by NIH Director and national media, demonstrating that booster vaccination is needed for broad protection against omicron subvariants

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  • Dr. Karin Musier-Forsyth and Colleagues Renew Cellular, Molecular and Biochemical Sciences Program (CMBP) T32 Predoctoral Training Grant
  • Dr. Amanda Panfil Funded to Study the Effects of m6A RNA Modifications on the Biology of HTLV-1
  • Dr. Shan-Lu Liu and Colleagues Discover a New Function of HIV Restriction Factor SERINC in Potentiating the Type I IFN and NFκB Signaling
  • Dr. Nicholas Funderburg Receives an NIH R01 to Investigate Cardiovascular Disease Among People Living with HIV
  • Dr. Jesse Kwiek Awarded NIH R01 to Study Low Birth Weight and Mortality to Children Born to Mothers Living with HIV
  • Dr. Karin Musier-Forsyth Awarded NIH R21 to Investigate the Mechanism of Selective Packaging of Primer tRNALys3 by HIV-1
  • Dr. Kai Xu Joins the Ohio State Faculty and Center for Retrovirus Research
  • Dr. Wei-Shau Hu - 2021 CRR Distinguished Research Career Award Recipient

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  • Dr. Patrick Green Renews Longest-running NIH/NCI Program Project Grant at The Ohio State University
  • Dr. Shan-Lu Liu Elected as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Dr. Karin Musier-Forsyth Awarded NIH R01 to Investigate RNA Binding and Packaging by Retroviral Gag Proteins
  • Dr. Nicholas Funderburg and Colleagues Provide Insight into Alterations of MDMs and Advanced Lipid Profiles During Chronic HIV Infection and During ART/PrEP Treatment that May Contribute to Increased Cardiometabolic Risk
  • Dr. Michael Root Joins the Ohio State Faculty and Center for Retrovirus Research
  • Dr. Amit Sharma - FDA approves Viral Transport Media Created by Ohio State Scientists to Expand and Accelerate COVID Testing
  • Drs. Amit Sharma and Ross Larue - Peptides Developed that Block Entry of Coronaviruses Using Host ACE2 Receptors
  • Dr. Shan-Lu Liu and Colleagues Develop New Lab Test to Clarify the Potential Protective Effects of COVID-19 Antibodies
  • Dr. Eric O. Freed - 2020 CRR Distinguished Research Career Award Recipient

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  • Dr. Amit Sharma awarded an NIH-R00 to host innate immune responses as a barrier to cross-species retrovirus transmission
  • Dr. Patrick Green honored by the International Retrovirology Association
  • Dr. Amanda Panfil (PhD) joins the Ohio State faculty and Center for Retrovirus Research
  • Dr. Shan-Lu Liu's new publication in PNAS uncovers new facets of HIV-host interactions
  • Drs. Matthew Sullivan, Sanggu Kim, and Colleagues awarded a DOE Grant to assess how viruses impact soil microbes
  • Dr. Patrick Green awarded NIH R13 meeting grant to help support 31st Workshop on Retroviral Pathogenesis
  • Drs. Patrick Green and Kristine Yoder received an NIH R21 to study Genome editing to prevent HTLV-1 disease
  • Dr. Shan-Lu Liu co-organized the First Midwest Virology Symposium at Ohio State

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  • Dr. Sanggu Kim awarded NIH grants focused on ground-breaking sequencing methodology and HIV detection and surveillance
  • Dr. Shan-Lu Liu elected fellow of the AAM
  • Dr. Amit Sharma (PhD) joins the Ohio State faculty and Center for Retrovirus Research
  • 'Molecular scissors' could be key to cutting off diseases including HIV infection
  • Drs. Ross Larue and James Fuchs funded to develop novel scaffolds as tools for HIV-1 integrase inhibition
  • Dr. Jian Zhu (PhD) joins the Ohio State faculty and Center for Retrovirus Research
  • Dr. Shan-Lu Liu awarded NIH R01 to investigate TIM-mediated inhibition of HIV-1 release
  • Dr. Patrick Green awarded an NIH R13 meeting grant to help support 30th Workshop on Retrovial Pathogenesis
  • Dr. Nicholas Funderburg receives NIH R01 grant to study HIV and Inflammation in transgender women
  • CRR collaborative study of leukemia using a mouse model

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  • Dr. Wu awarded NIH RO1 to study how RNA modifications modulate retroviral infection
  • Dr. Namal Liyanage, PhD joins the Ohio State faculty and the CRR
  • Dr. Wu elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Miquel Lopez selected for prestigious career development opportunity
  • Dr. Shan-Lu Liu named as Co-Director of the Viruses and Emerging Pathogens Program of The Ohio State University's Infectious Disease Institute (IDI)
  • Dr. Kristine Yoder awarded NIH RO1 to investigate the mechanics of retroviral integration in real-time
  • Drs. Musier-Forsyth and Kvaratskhelia receive funding as par of the NIH U54 Collaborative HIV Interaction in Viral Evolution (HIVE) Center
  • Stephen H. Hughes, PhD receives the 2017 Distinguished Research Career Award

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  • Wu Lab discovers HIV RNA methylation regulating viral infection
  • Dr. Shan-Lu Liu, MD, PhD joins the  Ohio State faculty and Center
  • Dr. Nicholas Funderburg and colleagues receive NIH award to explore cellular mediators of vascular inflammation in treated HIV infection
  • Dr. Kristine Yoder awarded NIH R01 to visualize HIV-1 integration in real-time
  • Genoveffa Franchini, MD receives the 2016 Distinguished Research Career Award
  • Dr. Sanggu Kim receives the American Society of Hematology (ASH) junior faculty award
  • Dr. Mamuka Kvaratskhelia and colleagues uncover new approaches for combating HIV
  • Retrovirology Journal Club started in 2016

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  • Paul Bieniasz, PhD receives the 2015 Distinguished Research Career Award
  • Dr. Karin Musier-Forsyth receives NIH?NIGMS R01 to study RNA binding and packaging by retroviral Gag proteins
  • Dr. Li Wu and colleagues receive NIH award to explore the mechanisms that control HIV latency
  • Dr. Mamuka Kvaratskhelia receives NIH\NIAID R01 for structure/function studies of HIV-1 integrase
  • Dr. Sanggu Kim, PhD joins Ohio State faculty and Center
  • Congratulations to Dr. Kathleen Boris-Lawrie

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  • David Ho, MD receives the 2014 Distinguished Research Career Award
  • Investigative team receives $8.6M NCI grant for the study of retrovirus-associated cancer
  • Li Wu receives NIH\NCI award to explore the mechanisms of cutaneous T cell lymphoma
  • Mamuka Kvaratskhelia receives NIH\NIAID R01 to discover new types of allosteric HIV-1 integrase inhibitors
  • Drs. Green and Baiocchi funded to explore the role of PRMT5 in T-cell transformation and disease
  • Dr. Jesse Kwiek organized an infectious disease education mission to Guatemala

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  • Anna Marie Skalka, PhD receives the 2013 Distinguished Research Career Award
  • Li Wu Receives NIH Award to Study HIV-1 Restriction
  • Mamuka Kvaratskhelia’s Laboratory and a Multi-Institution Team of Scientists Identify Bromodomain and Extraterminal Domain (Bet) Proteins as Key Cofactors in Efficient Murine Leukemia Virus Integration and Targeting
  • Retrovirology Loses Kuan-Teh Jeang

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