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RICHARD KUHN
| Professor, Department Head Gerald and Edna Mann Director of the Bindley Bioscience Center Lilly 1-118 494-4407 CV: Link |
Our research focuses on understanding the biology of viruses that infect humans. Specifically, my lab is interested in viruses that contain a lipid bilayer membrane and contain plus strand RNA as their genetic material. These viruses are grouped in the Togaviridae and Flaviviridae families; some representative members include Sindbis, Ross River and Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus for Togaviruses, and yellow fever, dengue, West Nile and hepatitis C virus for the Flaviviruses. Viruses within these two groups pose significant risks to large segments of the population, and methods for controlling infection and disease are few. Our goal is to understand all aspects of their replication cycle at the molecular level by integrating techniques from molecular genetics, biochemistry and structural biology.
Education
Ph.D. SUNY at Stony Brook, 1986
Professional Faculty Research
(Molecular biology and animal virology) Viral gene expression; virus-host interactions; pathogenesis; virus receptors and virus assembly.
Awards
- Purdue University Faculty Scholar, 2004-2009
- Invited member of the U.S. Panel on Viral Diseases of the US-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program, 2007-2010
- Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology, 2007
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2007
Other Activities
Editorial Boards
- Journal of Virology
- Virology
Grant Reviews/Study Sections
- Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Austrian Science Fund
- European Union
- Great Lakes Regional Center for Excellence
- Science Foundation Ireland
- Wellcome Trust
- Purdue Cancer Center Grant Panel
- NIH Study Section (Special Emphasis on Infectious Diseases), Chair, Washington, DC, February 29-March 2, 2004.
- NIAID Special Emphasis Panel on Biodefense and Infectious Disease, Chair, Washington, DC, November 12-14, 2003.
- Special Emphasis Panel (Chair), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Public Health Aspects of West Nile Virus in the US, Atlanta, Georgia, August 1-3, 2004.
Advisory Board
- Executive Board Meeting, Great Lakes Regional Center for Excellence (GLRCE), December 5, 2004.
Conferences
- Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology, Davis, California, July 12-15, 2003.
- 23rd Annual Meeting of The American Society for Virology, Montreal, Canada, July 10-14, 2004.
Faculty Presentations
Richard Kuhn has made faculty presentations at the following institutions over the last two years: Mayo Clinic, Emory University, Statue University of New York at Stony Brook, Wadsworth Center, Colorado State University, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), University of Texas Medical Branch, Harvard Medical School, Hokkaido University, Tokyo University, and Kanazawa University.
He has also attended the following conferences and given presentations in the last two years: Fourth International Virus Assembly, 5th National Conference on West Nile Virus, Regional Centers for Excellence National Meeting, Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases Symposium, 11th International Symposium on Hepatitis C and Related Viruses, Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative 1st Regional Dengue Research Network Meeting, 1st Latin American Protein Society Meeting, Great Lakes Regional Center for Excellence in Biodefense and Infectious Disease (GLRCE) Second Annaul Meeting, and National RCE Conference.