KU IRACDA

The KU IRACDA program is hiring post docs who also want substantial teaching experience. Iracda.ku.edu

If you’re interested in joining the Fehr Lab studying coronaviruses and ADP-ribosylation through this program please reach out to me at arfehr@ku.edu. Only US citizens are eligible.

Way to go Dr. Fehr & Dr. Orozco!!!!!

Five-year grant to fund study of coronavirus and impacts on the body’s ability to heighten anti-viral defenses The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded KU Molecular Bioscience faculty $2.2M to study coronavirus RNA

@fehrlab.bsky.social was awarded $2.2M to study coronavirus RNA
molecularbiosciences.ku.edu/news/article...

PARP14 is an interferon-induced host factor that promotes IFN production and affects the replication of multiple viruses | mBio journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

If only I could do English, meant "led this project"

Research from the University of Kansas suppresses coronavirus by targeting Mac1 A study published in mBio details the vulnerability of coronaviruses to inhibitors of a small protein domain called Mac1, found in all coronaviruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV. The findings point...

news.ku.edu/news/article...
New work on developing Coronavirus Mac1 inhibitors! Amazing PhD Student Jess Pfannenstiel lead this project!

IFN-γ signaling is required for the efficient replication of murine hepatitis virus (MHV) strain JHM in the brains of infected mice Neurotropic viruses are a major public health concern as they can cause encephalitis and other severe brain diseases. Many of these viruses, including flaviviruses, herpesviruses, rhabdoviruses and al...

Checkout this article I found at PLOS: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Excited to post this work done in collaboration with the Robin Orozco lab at KU. New insights into the role of IFN-g during an encephalitic virus infection. @kubiology.bsky.social

My undergrad Nate Schemmel just gave a fantastic talk on CoV Mpro inhibitors at the K-INBRE meeting! So proud of him!