My lab is interested in the relationships between virus life cycle and cellular structures. In particular, our research focuses on roles played by cellular membranes during replication and spread of retroviruses (e.g., HIV-1) and orthomyxoviruses (e.g., influenza A virus).

My lab is interested in the relationships between virus life cycle and cellular structures. In particular, our research focuses on roles played by cellular membranes during replication and spread of retroviruses (e.g., HIV-1) and orthomyxoviruses (e.g., influenza A virus). Current major areas of research in my laboratory are:
i) molecular mechanisms that determine the sites of virus assembly,
ii) relationships among virus assembly, plasma membrane microdomains, and cortical actin cytoskeletons,
iii) roles played by cell polarity and virus morphology in virus spread,
iv) incorporation of host plasma membrane proteins into nascent virus particles and their effects on virus spread, and
v) roles played by macropinocytosis in virus entry.