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Munger Lab

Virus-Host Interactions that Determine Infectious Outcomes

Kegg Pathway

Representation of the cellular metabolome.
(Modified from the KEGG Pathway Database)
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A major focus of our laboratory is  human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), a herpes virus, which is the leading cause of congenital viral infection, occurring in approximately 1% of all live births. Congenital HCMV infection results in central nervous system damage in the majority of symptomatic newborns. HCMV infection also poses a serious health risk to immunosuppressed individuals, increasing morbidity in the elderly and in patients receiving immunosuppressive chemotherapy, including cancer patients, transplant recipients, and AIDS patients.

The majority of the projects in our lab study the interfaces between viruses and the host cell that determine the outcome of infection. Specifically, we focus on how viruses usurp cellular metabolic controls and subvert cellular anti-viral signaling to support productive infection. The goal of our laboratory is to increase our mechanistic understanding of these processes to identify novel avenues for therapeutic intervention that could prevent virally-associated pathogenesis.      

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Joshua C. Munger, Ph.D.

Joshua C. Munger, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator

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December 4, 2023
Joshua Munger Receives Outstanding Graduate Program Director Award

June 12, 2020
Cancer Investigators Pivot, Take on Coronavirus Research

August 1, 2019
Chris Goodwin Successfully Defends His Thesis

August 16, 2017
Biochemistry Graduate Students Sierra Fox and Chris Goodwin Explain CRISPR Gene Editing on YouTube

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  Munger Lab
MC 3-7544
601 Elmwood Ave
Rochester, NY 14642

 (585) 273-4801

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