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Dr. Vaibhav Tiwari wins first place at COM Research Day 2008

Dr. Vaibhav Tiwari wins the first prize in post doctoral category for best poster presentation during UIC College of Medicine Research Day 2008. The award includes a certificate and a prize of $2000 including a travel award for Dr. Tiwari and his mentor Dr. Deepak Shukla.

Posted 4/01/08

Herpesviruses infect a vast majority of humans and demonstrate the ability to spread to internal organs with many serious life-threatening implications. Using real-time imaging we have shown that herpes viruses can traffic between the cells. This previously unknown trafficking occurs from outside the cells and it may signify a key mechanism by which the viruses acquire the ability to spread to internal organs without getting detected by immune system. The discovery of the exogenous viral transport marks a new concept in herpesvirus pathogenesis with strong implications for viral spread and transmission to new human hosts.