Anandan, Vysakh
Biography Research Area: Multiple myeloma
Department of Oncology
Biography Research Area: Multiple myeloma
Biography Project focus: Common and unique mechanisms by which oncoproteins produced by human papillomavirus and Merkel cell polyomavirus dysregulate host cell replication machinery, exacerbating replication stress and leading to carcinogenesis.
Biography In the Sugden Lab, we work to understand how two gamma herpesviruses, KSHV and EBV, function to transform normal cells into cancer cells. For my project, I have been using CRISPR tools to conduct screens, which allow me to interrogate which viral genes are necessary for such transformation and growth of cancer cells. Particularly, …
Biography Project focus: how RNA viruses replicate by assembling specialized structures inside host cells.