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Nichloas Baird, Ph.D. Department of Neurology, Mail Stop B182 University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus12700  E. 19th Avenue Aurora, CO 80045 Lab: Room 5440E; 303-724-3756 Office: Room 5103; 303-724-5238 Fax: 303-724-4329 Email: nicholas.baird@ucdenver.edu During my training as a molecular virologist, I have studied several classes of viruses, including herpesviruses, adenoviruses and arenaviruses. My immediate goals are to establish an in vitro model of varicella zoster virus (VZV) latency that will ultimately allow molecular studies of VZV latency and reactivation. To achieve this goal, I am using molecules produced by both innate and adaptive immune responses as well as antiviral agents to inhibit VZV gene expression of VZV in human neurons in vitro. These studies are designed to recapitulate the extent of transcription that is currently known to exist in human ganglionic neurons latently infected with VZV in vivo.
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