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Who We Are

  • Established in the fall of 2000 under the NIH Institutional Development Award (IDeA) program.
  • Combines the expertise of Nebraska’s leading biomedical research institutions: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Creighton University.
  • Research programs focus on important viral diseases of humans, including HIV-1, Kaposi’s Sarcoma and herpes, as well as viruses within plants and animals.
  • Supported by the Center’s four core facilities: Flow Cytometry, Proteomics, Microscopy, and Bioinformatics.
  • Faculty engage in mentoring young scientists and students from the U.S. and abroad and seek to attract more researchers to Nebraska.

NEBRASKA CENTER FOR VIROLOGY IS RECRUITING STUDENTS IN UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS.

A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCH AMD FUNDED PROVIDED!!

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The Nebraska Center for Virology focuses on the pathogenesis of viral diseases of humans, animals, and plants, including viral oncology. Our goal is to develop junior scientists and investigators who are well grounded in the fundamental knowledge of virology and laboratory research, preparing them for careers at universities and in industry to confront current and future viral infectious diseases.

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Most Recent Publications

2023
Crawford LB. Hematopoietic stem cells and betaherpesvirus latency. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2023 Jun 6;13:1189805. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1189805. PMID: 37346032; PMCID: PMC10279960.
Petro-Turnquist E, Pekarek M, Jeanjaquet N, Wooledge C, Steffen D, Vu H, Weaver EA. Adenoviral-vectored epigraph vaccine elicits robust, durable, and protective immunity against H3 influenza A virus in swine. Front Immunol. 2023 May 15;14:1143451. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1143451. PMID: 37256131; PMCID: PMC10225514.
Gallichotte EN, Samaras D, Murrieta RA, Sexton NR, Robison A, Young MC, Byas AD, Ebel GD, Rückert C. The Incompetence of Mosquitoes-Can Zika Virus Be Adapted To Infect Culex tarsalisCells? mSphere. 2023 Apr 20;8(2):e0001523. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00015-23. Epub 2023 Feb 16. PMID: 36794947; PMCID: PMC10117059.
Crawford LB, Diggins NL, Caposio P, Hancock MH. Advances in Model Systems for Human Cytomegalovirus Latency and Reactivation. mBio. 2022 Feb 22;13(1):e0172421. doi: 10.1128/mbio.01724-21. Epub 2022 Jan 11. PMID: 35012351; PMCID: PMC8749418.

Upcoming Event:

23rd Annual Prem S. Paul Symposium in Virology

October 6, 2023 | 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Nebraska City Union, Swanson Auditorium

https://www.unl.edu/virologycenter/flyer-fall-symposium-and-registration-0

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