Yan Yuan, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology Contact Information Robert Schattner Center University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine Rm 248 Levy Building 240 South 40th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6030 Phone: 215-898-7556 Email: yuan2@pobox.upenn.edu Web: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Cell and Molecular Biology

Research Interests
Dr. Yuan's research focuses on the switch of Karposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) from latency to lytic life cycle. His laboratory recently identified several immediate-early genes of this virus. The roles of these immediate-early genes in the viral reactivation and pathogenicity are under investigation. The second project in his lab is on the development of novel therapeutic strategies against HIV infection using the external guide sequence (EGS) technique. Dr. Yuan also organizes and teaches the microbial pathogenesis section in Microbiology 520.

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