Advances in Virus Research

Professor Karl Maramorosch works at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. Born: March 18, 1957 in Goeppingen, GermanyNationality: German1963-1967: Elementary School1967-1976: High School (Gymnasium)1976: Diploma (Abitur)1976-1977: Compulsory Military Service1977-1982: Study of biology at Tuebingen University, Germany1982-1985: Ph.D. work at Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals, Tuebingen, Germany1985: Ph.D. in Genetics1986-1987: Postdoctoral Fellow at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Department of Microbiology1988-today: Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals1990: Habilitation (prerequisite for professorship)since 1994: Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology at the Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals, Insel Riems, Germanysince 1996: President of the Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals (renamed in 2004 'Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut')since 1997: Professor of Virology at University of Greifswald Scientific Work:More than 300 peer-reviewed publications in international journals (listed in PubMed) on different aspects of infectious animal diseases.

Comparison of Lipid-Containing Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses
Nina S. Atanasova, Ana Sencilo, Maija K. Pietilä, Elina Roine, Hanna M. Oksanen and Dennis H. Bamford
Innate Recognition of Alphaherpesvirus DNA
Stefanie Lucke and Søren R. Paludan
Molecular Biology of Potyviruses
Frédéric Revers and Juan-Antonio García
Immune Evasion Strategies of Molluscum Contagiosum Virus
Joanna L. Shisler