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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Nebraska Center for Virology

The Strength of Cooperation Among Three Institutions

Melissa (Stone) Inman, PhD

Associate Research Professor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Dept. of Vet and Biomedical Sciences
107 VBS
Lincoln, NE 68583-0905
Phone - 402.472.4938
Fax - 402.472-9690
mstone@unlserve.unl.edu

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Ciacci-Zanella, J. M. Stone, and C. Jones. 1999. The latency related gene of bovine herpesvirus 1 inhibits programmed cell death induced by C6-ceramide or fumonisin B1. J. Virology, 73:9734-9740.

2. Perng, G.-C., C. Jones, J. Ciacci-Zanella, M. Inman, G. Henderson, S. M. Slanina, A. Yukht, H. Ghiasi, A. B. Nesburn, and S. L. Wechsler. 2000. Virus induced neuronal apoptosis blocked by the herpes simplex virus latency associated transcript (LAT). Science 287:1500-1503.

3. Jones, C., T.J. Newby, T. Holt, A. Doster, M. Stone, J. Ciacci-Zanella, C.J. Webster, and M. W. Jackwood. 2000. Analysis of latency in cattle after inoculation with a temperature sensitive mutant of bovine herpesvirus 1 (RLB106). Vaccine 73:9734-9740.

4. Inman, M., Y. Zhange, V. Geiser, and C. Jones. 2001. The zinc ring finger of bovine herpes virus 1 encoded bICP0 is necessary for transcriptional regulation and infection. J. General Virology, 82:483-492.

5. Inman, M., Perng, G.-C., G. Henderson, A. B. Nesburn, and S. L. Wechsler, and C. Jones. 2001. Region of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Latency-Associated Transcript Sufficient for Wild-Type Spontaneous Reactivation Promotes Cell Survival in Tissue Culture. J. Virology, 75:3636-3646.

6. Inman, M., L. Lovato, A. Doster, and C. Jones. 2001. The latency related gene of bovine herpesvirus 1 enhances ocular shedding in acutely infected calves. J. Virology, 75:8507-8515.

7. Guey-Chuen Perng, B. Maguen, L. Jing, K.R. Mott, N. Osorio, S.M. Slanina, A. Yukht, H. Ghiasi, A.B. Nesburn, M. Inman, G. Henderson, C. Jones, and S.L. Wechsler. 2002. A gene capable of blocking apoptosis can substitute for the herpes simplex virus type 1 LAT gene and restore wild type reactivation levels. J. Virology, 76:1224-1235.

8. Inman, M., L. Lovato, A. Doster, and C. Jones. 2002. A mutation in the latency related gene of bovine herpesvirus 1 disrupts the latency-reactivation cycle in calves. J. Virology, 76:6771-6779.

9. Perng,G.-C., B. Maguen, L. Jin, K.R. Mott, S.M. Slanina, A. Yukht, H. Ghiasi, N. Osorio, H.K. Hamdi, A.B. Nesburn, G. Henderson, M. Inman, C. Jones, and S.L. Wechsler. 2002. A novel herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) transcript (AL-RNA) antisense to the 5' end of LAT (latency) associated transcript) produces a protein in infected rabbits. J. Virology, 76:8003-8010.

10. Geiser, G., M. Inman, Y. Zhang, and C. Jones. 2002. The latency related (LR) gene of bovine herpes virus 1 (BHV-1) can inhibit the ability of bICP0 to activate productive infection. J. General Virology, 83:2965 - 2971.

11. Lovato, L., M. Inman, G. Henderson, A. Doster., and C. Jones, C. 2003. Infection of cattle with a bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) strain that contains a mutation in the latency related gene leads to increased apoptosis in trigeminal ganglia during the transition from acute infection to latency. J. Virology, 77:4848-4857.

12. Inman, M. and C. Jones. 2003 Identification of a novel transcript containing a small open reading frame that is expressed during latency, and is antisense to the latency related gene of bovine herpes virus 1 (BHV-1). J. Virology, Submitted.

EDUCATION:

University of Connecticut,
Storrs, CT
BS, Pathobiology, Animal Science, 1990

University of Connecticut,
Storrs, CT
MS, Immunology/Pathology, Pathology, 1995

University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
PhD, Medical Sciences, 2002

University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Postdoc Fellow, IANR, 2003

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:

2003 -
Associate Research Professor: Dept of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE

2002-2003
Post Doctoral Fellow: Dept of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE

1996-1997
Microbiologist: USDA, Meat Animal Research Center
Clay Center, NE

1990-1996
Microbiologist: USDA, Plum Island Animal Disease Research Center
Greenport, NY

HONORS AND AWARDS:

John W. McDonald Fellowship, 2001-2002

Graduate Research Assistant Award, 2001

Susan Ann Smith Award, 2000

Milton Mohr Biotechnology Graduate Student Award, 2000

National P.E.O. Scholarship, 1999-2000