Former Lab Members
Postdoctoral Fellows
Bonita Biegalke, PhD
1988-1990 Research Project: CMV translational control; CMV/HIV interactions.
Mark Schleiss, MD
1988-1991 Research Project: CMV translational control.
Robert Harrington, MD
1989-1994 Research Project: HIV Entry Mechanism.
Jianhong Cao, PhD
1991-1999 Research Project: Translational control by upstream open reading frames.
Stephanie Child, PhD
1993-2001 Research Project: Translational control by upstream open reading frames. Currently: Staff Scientist, Fred Hutchinson CRC
Michael Bates, MD
1994-1999 Research Project: Translational control of CMV UL5 expression.
Merav Bar, MD
1999-2000 Research Project: CMV clinical strain polymorphisms.
Deanna Janzen, PhD
2000- 2004 Research Project: Regulation of translation termination.
Morgan Hakki, MD
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, PhD
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, PhD
2014-2016 Research Project: Identifying unconventional RNAs that are induced during viral infection using next generation sequencing.
Avaraham Bayer, PhD
2017-2023 Research Project: Evolution and mechanism of MxB restriction of herpesviruses.
Annabel Olson, PhD
2019-2024 Research Project: Regulation of Kaposi’s Sarcoma herpesvirus reaction.
Graduate Students
Jon Alderete, PhD
1994-2000 Thesis title: Translational control of CMV gene expression.
Emily Marshall, PhD
2004-2009 Thesis title: Evasion of double-stranded RNA-activated host cell responses.
Craig Bierle, PhD
2007-2013 Thesis title: Evasion of double-stranded RNA-activated host cell responses.
Jaki Braggin, PhD
2010-2015 Thesis title: Essential Role of Protein Kinase R Antagonism by TRS1 in Human Cytomegalovirus Replication.
Katie Semmens Carpentier, PhD
2012-2016 Thesis title: Evolution of Protein Kinase R Antagonism in Primate Cytomegaloviruses.
Staff Scientist:
Stephanie Child, PhD
1993-2026 Research projects: CMV and oncogene translational control by upstream open reading frames; evolution of PKR antagonism by human and nonhuman cytomegaloviruses and proviruses, evolution of MxB restriction of herpesviruses
Previous Lab Personnel
Beth Graham
Jenna Lounsbery
Magdalena Sotelo
Catherine Degnin
Charla Triplett
M Kymne Gray
Timothy Dellitt
Melanie Miller
Katie Scully
Sohail Jarrahian
Merav Bar, MD
Victoria Harper
Courtney Wieland
Kathrine De Niro, MD
Crystal Brown, MD
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