Hunter Woosley

EDUCATION

College / University

University of Kansas

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Arts

Major Subjects

Biochemistry, Physics

Country

United States of America

Lab Experience

Assay development, Immunofluorescence, Immunoprecipitation, Light Microscopy (widefield and confocal), Mammalian Cell Culture, Molecular Biology (cloning, gel electrophoresis, plasmid amplification and purification, PCR, qPCR), Protein Expression (CRISPR-Cas9, siRNA, shRNA), Ribosome Profiling, Virus Work (HSV-1, HCMV, KSHV, VV, ZIKV, DENV, Lentivirus), Western Blot

Projects / Research

2024: “The Viral Achilles’ Heel: Exploiting the Host Proteostasis Network to Develop Broad-Spectrum Antivirals” (Research Associate, Dr. Carolina Arias, Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub San Francisco)
2022: “The Host Restriction Factor TRIM11 is a Potential Target of the HSV-1 E3 Ubiquitin Ligase ICP0” (Undergradaute Research Project, Dr. David Davido, University of Kansas)

Scholarships / Awards

2022:	NIH K-INBRE Scholar (University of Kansas)
2019:	Undergraduate Research Award (University of Kansas)

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

My scientific interests lie at the intersection of cell biology and virology. I want to understand how fundamental cellular processes and pathways, like translation and stress responses, are perturbed by viral infection. I hope to identify patterns in these perturbations that hint to fundamental biological insights. Additionally, I am equally excited by emerging technologies and hope to employ them in my research, especially sequencing, proteomics, and imaging-based approaches. I believe that this work will not only help us improve our understanding of cell biology, but also aid us in the development of novel medical therapies.