Zheng Xing. PhD
Professor, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Contact
Office Address
300D Veterinary Science Building
1971 Commonwealth Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55108
United States
Titles
Professor, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Education
PhD, Cornell University
MS, Cornell University (Cancer Cell Biology)
MS, Cornell University (Microbiology and Immunology)
B. Med, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
Fellowships
Postdoctoral fellow, University of California at Berkeley
Postdoctoral fellow, University of Pennsylvania
Biography
Summary
Research interests in our laboratory are focused on studying the regulation of host responses to viruses, especially those causing emerging infectious diseases in animals and human, and elucidating the mechanism of host-virus interaction and viral pathogenesis. The pathogens studied in our lab include members of orthomyxoviruses, bunyaviruses, and flavivirus such as avian and swine influenza viruses, novel Heartland virus and SFTS bunyavirus, and Zika virus. Our two major foci are 1) characterization of novel immune evasion mechanisms by bunyaviruses and flavivirus, and 2) regulation of host responses to avian and swine Influenza viruses.
Expertise
- Viral Immunology
- Molecular Virology
- Host-Virus interaction, Emerging Zoonotic Viruses
Research
Research summary/interests
Research interests in our laboratory are focused on studying the regulation of host responses to viruses, especially those causing emerging infectious diseases in animals and human, and elucidating the mechanism of host-virus interaction and viral pathogenesis. The pathogens studied in our lab include members of orthomyxoviruses and bunyaviruses such as avian and swine influenza viruses and novel bunyaviruses. Our two major foci are 1) characterization of novel immune evasion mechanisms by Bunyaviruses, and 2) regulation of host responses to avian and swine Influenza viruses.
Publications
Selected publications
Dr. Xing PubMed
Teaching
Courses
- HSEM2635H Honors Program Seminar
- CMB8202 Mechanisms of Animal Health and Diseases
- VBS2032 General Microbiology