Editorial Board Member - JIID
Mohammad Ayoub Mir
Assistant ProfessorSchool of Medicine
University of Kansas
United States
BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Mohammad Ayoub did masters in Biochemistry from the University of Kashmir, India. He received PhD degree in Biophysics from Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Department of Atomic Energy of India. And then joined the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque , as a post doctoral fellow in Virology. After his post doctoral training, he joined the University of Kansas Medical Science as an Assistant professor on tenure track. He enjoy research in the field of virology in general and more interested in negative strand RNA viruses. He love teaching both the medical and graduate students at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
The replication of negative strand RNA viruses with an emphasis on hantaviruses. In addition, he also interested in antiviral therapeutics and drug design.
Following are the specific research areas:
- Cap-snatching mechanism of transcription initiation
- How viruses hijack the host translation machinery for efficient synthesis of viral proteins
- Autophagic regulation of viral glycoprotein expression during virus infection
- Antiviral therapeutics and drug design
Other Editorial Board Members - JIID
Qingzhong Kong
Department of Pathology
Case Western Reserve University
United States
Olga S. Latinovic
Institute of Human Virology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
United States
Lina H K LIM
Department of Physiology
National University of Singapore
Singapore
Zezhang Tom Wen
School of Medicine
LSU Health Sciences Center School of Dentistry
United States
Andrew Taylor-Robinson
School of Medical & Applied Sciences
Central Queensland University
Australia
