{"id":140,"date":"2012-11-13T20:48:11","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T20:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2012\/?p=140"},"modified":"2012-11-28T20:16:20","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T20:16:20","slug":"virology-research-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2012\/virology-research-growing\/","title":{"rendered":"<h1>Virology Research Growing<\/h1>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Focusing on viral threats to people, plants and animals, Nebraska Center for Virology scientists target some of the world\u2019s most devastating diseases.<\/p>\n<p>Creating an internationally recognized center is the goal, said Charles Wood, NCV\u2019s director and Lewis Lehr\/3M University Professor of Biological Sciences. \u201cWe\u2019re well on our way.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"imageBlock\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2012\/virology-research-growing\/drwoods_052\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-141\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-141\" title=\"DrWoods_052\" src=\"http:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2012\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DrWoods_052-900x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2012\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DrWoods_052-900x400.jpg 900w, https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2012\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DrWoods_052-450x200.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From left, James Van Etten, Charles Wood and Clinton Jones<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Virologists at UNL, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Creighton University collaborate through NCV, one of the university\u2019s signature research programs. Established in 2000 as a Center for Biomedical Research Excellence with a $10.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health\u2019s National Center for Research Resources, NCV earned a $10.6 million renewal in 2005. In 2010, it earned a third five-year, $5.56 million grant from NIH.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Shi-hua Xiang\u2019s innovative HIV work, Wood cited examples of other significant NCV research:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A pioneer in algal viruses, James Van Etten, National Academy of Sciences member, William Allington Distinguished Professor of Plant Pathology and NCV co-director, collaborates on UNL\u2019s algal biofuels research and with Johns Hopkins University colleagues to investigate a possible algal virus connection to human neurological diseases.<\/li>\n<li>Virologist Clinton Jones, Charles Bessey Professor and NCV associate director, studies dormancy in the herpes virus and is helping develop strategies to prevent herpes from causing disease.<\/li>\n<li>Veterinary virologists Fernando Osorio and Asit Pattnaik are developing a vaccine for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, a viral disease causing significant pork industry losses.<\/li>\n<li>Virologist Qingsheng Li is identifying the earliest steps in HIV transmission, which may lead to anti-viral topical microbicides and a vaccine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wood said NCV\u2019s global outreach to students, from schoolchildren to postdoctoral fellows, also contributes to the field. \u201cWe\u2019ve really been doing things at all levels: training, education and research.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NCV\u2019s facilities are growing along with its research. A 26,000-square-foot, seven-laboratory addition to the Ken Morrison Life Sciences Research Center will be completed in 2013. An $8 million grant from NIH\u2019s National Center for Research Resources through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funded the expansion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Focusing on viral threats to people, plants and animals, Nebraska Center for Virology scientists target some of the world\u2019s most devastating diseases. Creating an internationally recognized center is the goal, said Charles Wood, NCV\u2019s director and Lewis Lehr\/3M University Professor &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2012\/virology-research-growing\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[236,426,15,104,234,96,92,100,267,95,103,427,84,99,102,20,98,97,21,101,107,85,94,86],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-algae","tag-algal-biofuels","tag-american-recovery-and-reinvestment-act","tag-asit-pattnaik","tag-biofuels","tag-center-for-biomedical-research-excellence","tag-charles-wood","tag-clinton-jones","tag-collaboration","tag-creighton-university","tag-fernando-osorio","tag-herpes","tag-hiv","tag-james-van-etten","tag-johns-hopkins-university","tag-ken-morrison-life-sciences-research-center","tag-national-center-for-research-resources","tag-national-institutes-of-health","tag-nebraska-center-for-virology","tag-plant-pathology","tag-qingsheng-li","tag-shi-hua-xiang","tag-university-of-nebraska-medical-center","tag-virology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146,"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions\/146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}