Surendranath Baliji, Ph.D.

• Ph.D. Cell & Molecular Biology,  University of Texas San Antonio,  2006 
   

• Joined lab: January  2007
   

• My project involves investigating the replication of murine coronavirus, human coronavirus NL-63 and SARS coronavirus that involves bioinformatic analysis in collaboration with Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) and laboratory research using coronavirus reverse genetics system to test the bioinformatic predictions. 
  
   

• SBaliji@lumc.edu

Katrina Sleeman, Ph.D.

• Ph.D., Virology, Institute for Animal Health, 
  University of Warwick, UK, 2004
   

• Joined lab:  December 2006
   

• Project: Developing coronavirus protease Inhibitors
   

• KSleeman@lumc.edu

Bridget  Banach

• B.S., Biochemistry, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL
   

• Joined lab: June 2006 (MD/PhD Program)
   

• Project: Detecting human respiratory pathogens using bronchial epithelial cell cultures 
   

• BBanach@lumc.edu

John Bechill

• B.S., Microbiology, Michigan State University
   

• Joined lab: June 2002
   

• Project: Investigating murine coronavirus activation and modulation of the unfolded protein response  (UPR).
   

• JBechil@lumc.edu

Mark Clementz 

• B.S., Biology, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL
   

• Joined lab: June 2006
   

• Project: Characterizing replicase mutants of murine coronavirus.
   

• MClementz@lumc.edu