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Undergraduate student - Hongming.shang@vanderbilt.edu
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- Marburg Virus
- Mini-GP1-domain antigen design
- Antibody-antigen interaction
- Rosetta
- NMR and X-ray Crystallography

Marburg virus infections are rare, but they are often severe and can lead to lethal outcomes. My research focus is on designing a Marburg Virus mini-GP1-domain that could stimulate cell responses to generate ideal antibodies preventing viruses from entering the host cell. Using computational method Rosetta, the design potential mini-GP1-domains of the Marburg virus glycoprotein will be designed. Next, I will express the mutagenesis designed proteins in EL21 cells and purify those proteins with IMAC and SEC. Finally, I will explore the binding affinity and shape of those novel engineered proteins and find one that most efficiently stimulates antibody production to avoid virus invasion.