The Directory of Research and Researchers at Brown: Walter Atwood

Our laboratory is focused on studying the pathogenesis of the human polyomaviruses, JC Virus (JCV) and BK Virus (BKV). Reactivation of JCV under conditions of immunosuppression leads to the fatal demyelinating disease in humans known as Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML). Approximately 5% of patients with AIDS will develop PML and the majority succumb within two years of diagnosis. Reactivation of BKV in kidney transplant recipients has emerged as a major problem in the last decade and is responsible for nearly half of all kidney transplant failures. The major focus of the lab is studying early events that mediate infection of cells by these viruses.

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B.S. 1986. Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Ph.D. 1991. Neurovirology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

1991-94 Staff Fellow, Section on Molecular Virology and Genetics, Laboratory of Viral and Molecular Pathogenesis, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD

1992-95 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC

1994-95 Senior Staff Fellow, Section of Molecular Medicine and Virology, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Neuroscience, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD

1995-01 Assistant Professor of Medical Science, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Brown University, Providence, RI

2001-05 Associate Professor of Medical Science (with Tenure), Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Brown University, Providence, RI

2005-06 Associate Professor of Medical Science (with Tenure), Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI

2006- Professor of Medical Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI

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WALTER ATWOOD, PHD
Professor of Medical Science
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, & Biochemistry
Phone: +1 401 863 3116
E-mail: Walter_Atwood@Brown.EDU

Walter Atwood's Brown Research URL:
http://research.brown.edu/myresearch/Walter_Atwood

On The Web:
Antipsychotic Drugs Stop Fatal Viral Infection in Brain Cells
Atwood Lab Home Page

Brown collaborators:

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