@LabStavrou

Associate Professor at Buffalo. I like virology, experiments with the right controls, pop culture, pastries, DIY youtube videos and UNESCO sites

 Buffalo, NY
Joined February 2020
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First paper from a grad student in the lab is out! YAY!! Heparanase, a host gene that potently restricts retrovirus transcription | mBio journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128…

Heparanase, a host gene that potently restricts retrovirus transcription | mBio

Heparanase (HPSE) has emerged as an important factor that has proviral functions for a number of viruses, including herpes simplex virus and hepatitis C virus, by assisting in virus egress. However,...

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Our website stavroulab.com is live!!! Come meet our team and the latest developments of the lab.

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Our latest paper is finally out! Uddhav Timilsina and @umthong4 worked so hard for this manuscript!! #PLOSPathogens: MARCH2, a T cell specific factor that restricts HIV-1 infection dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.…
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so proud of @MaryDAngelo15 from our group who just got the NOA of her F31 fellowship! All the hard work is being rewarded!!#Congratulations #bestnews
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Post ASV presentation celebrations with margaritas! #ASV2024
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Uddhav Timilsina from our lab did great at W57 Retroviruses II presenting our latest findings. A great session with lots of cool talks on retroviruses! #ASV2024
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My student @ebivey46 gave a wonderful talk today at W13 Trafficking, assembly, egress and transmission in the 2024 annual ASV meeting! #ASV2024
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Our latest paper on a polymorphism of ORF7a found in a couple of Omicron sublineages. A great collaboration with the Sato lab @SystemsVirology SARS-CoV-2 ORF7a Mutation Found in BF.5 and BF.7 Sublineages Impacts Its Functions mdpi.com/2679996 #mdpiijms via @IJMS_MDPI

SARS-CoV-2 ORF7a Mutation Found in BF.5 and BF.7 Sublineages Impacts Its Functions

A feature of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants BF.5 and BF.7 that recently circulated mainly in China and Japan was the high prevalence of the ORF7a: H47Y mutation, in which the 47th residue of...

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Buffalo during a 4 day blizzard! #Winter2024
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Save the date! The Annual Buffalo Conference on Microbial Pathogenesis will take place on May 29, 2024. Let's have some fun with microbiology! #BuffaloMPC2024 @ElsaAwesomePMNs @Chels_A_micro
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We are hiring!! Faculty position (virologists come to the front of the line!) in our department. ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/…
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My student Brandon Waxman did a great job presenting his work at #ASV2023
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While I will support the bipartisan budget agreement, I’m deeply disappointed that it slashes @NIH funding by approx. $500M. It’s shameful that Rs would insist on cuts to med research as part of this deal. As a member of the Approps Committee, I'll work to reverse these cuts.
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First Retrovirus meeting in person was a success! Good job for Uddhav Timilsina on his talk and Brandon Waxman for his poster! I moderated, we presented, learned a lot and laughed a lot with old and new friends! #cshlretro
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Our final big thanks goes to our awesome crowd of over 100 people who came to the meeting to listen some fantastic work in microbiology #BuffaloMPC2023
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Celebratory dinner for the end of another fantastic Witebsky Center Microbial Pathogenesis meeting! @ElsaAwesomePMNs @Chels_A_micro @jp_1fungi @BladerLab @mraffatellu @LionakisLab, Isabelle Coppens #BuffaloMPC2023
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The lab racked two awards at #BuffaloMPC2023 ! Good job @ebivey46 and Brandon Waxman!
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And thanks to our organizers @ElsaAwesomePMNs and @LabStavrou for a great meeting! #BuffaloMPC2023
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Great talk by our bacteriology speaker @mraffatellu #BuffaloMPC2023
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