Lab Members

Adam Geballe, M.D.

Adam Geballe, M.D.

Title: Principal Investigator
Phone: 206.667.5122

Professor, Human Biology and Clinical Research Divisions
Professor, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington School of Medicine
Professor, Microbiology, University of Washington School of Medicine

Stephanie Child, Ph.D

Stephanie Child, Ph.D

Title: Staff Scientist
Phone: 206.667.5199
Avaraham Bayer

Avaraham Bayer

Title: Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D, University of Pittsburgh
Area of interest: Host-pathogen interactions

Annabel Olson

Annabel Olson

Title: Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Areas of interest: Epigenetics and host-virus interactions

Magdalena Sotelo

Magdalena Sotelo

Title: PREP Mentorship Intern
Phone: 206.667.5199
Beth Graham

Beth Graham

Title: Research Technician II
Phone: 206.667.5199
Jenna Lounsbery

Jenna Lounsbery

Title: Research Technician I
Phone: 206.667.5199

Former Lab Members

Postdoctoral Fellows

Bonita Biegalke, Ph.D.
1988-1990  Research Project: CMV translational control; CMV/HIV interactions.  

Mark Schleiss, M.D.
1988-1991  Research Project: CMV translational control.  

Robert Harrington, M.D.
1989-1994  Research Project: HIV Entry Mechanism.  

Jianhong Cao, Ph.D.
1991-1999  Research Project: Translational control by upstream open reading frames.

Stephanie Child, Ph.D.
1993-2001  Research Project: Translational control by upstream open reading frames. Currently: Staff Scientist, Fred Hutchinson CRC

Michael Bates, M.D.
1994-1999  Research Project: Translational control of CMV UL5 expression.  

Merav Bar, M.D.
1999-2000  Research Project: CMV clinical strain polymorphisms.  

Deanna Janzen, Ph.D.
2000- 2004  Research Project: Regulation of translation termination.  

Morgan Hakki, M.D.
2001-2009  Research Project: Evasion of double-stranded RNA-activated host cell responses.  

Pau Mezquita, MD, PhD
2005-2007 Research Project: Interactions of CMV double-stranded RNA binding proteins.

Greg Brennan, DVM, Ph.D.
2009-2015 Research Project: The interaction determinants between African green monkey protein kinase R (PKR) and the rhesus cytomegalovirus PKR antagonist TRS1 using molecular and evolutionary approaches.  

Elad Eliahoo, Ph.D.
2014-2016 Research Project: Identifying unconventional RNAs that are induced during viral infection using next generation sequencing.  

Graduate Students

Jon Alderete, Ph.D.
1994-2000  Thesis title: Translational control of CMV gene expression.  

Emily Marshall, Ph.D.
2004-2009  Thesis title: Evasion of double-stranded RNA-activated host cell responses.  

Craig Bierle, Ph.D.
2007-2013  Thesis title: Evasion of double-stranded RNA-activated host cell responses.

Jaki Braggin, Ph.D.
2010-2015  Thesis title: Essential Role of Protein Kinase R Antagonism by TRS1 in Human Cytomegalovirus Replication.  

Katie Semmens Carpentier, Ph.D.
2012-2016  Thesis title: Evolution of Protein Kinase R Antagonism in Primate Cytomegaloviruses.

Previous Lab Personnel

Catherine Degnin
Charla Triplett
M Kymne Gray
Timothy Dellitt
Melanie Miller
Katie Scully
Sohail Jarrahian
Merav Bar, M.D.
Victoria Harper
Courtney Wieland
Kathrine De Niro, M.D.
Crystal Brown, M.D.
Lizzeth Belskus-Amador
Eric Powell
Jason Padvorac
Brandon Wu
Alesia Cloutier
Parker Woods
Anna Garcia
Michael Crawford
Brianna Haining
Ingrid Ruf
Bailey Wooldridge
Sarah Hickson
Nicolle Esparo
Emerald Bonagofski 
Munif Chowdhury