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George K. Lewis, PhD

Robert C. Gallo, MD Endowed Professor of Translational Medicine

Academic Title:

Professor

Primary Appointment:

Microbiology and Immunology

Additional Title:

Deputy Director, The Robert C. Gallo, M.D., Professor in Translational Medicine; Director, Division of Vaccine Research, Institute of Human Virology

Location:

Institute of Human Virology N660

Phone (Primary):

(410) 706-4668

Education and Training

B.S., 1970 University of Mississippi, Biology (major) Chemistry (minor)
Ph.D., 1974 University of Mississippi, Immunology (in Dept. of Biology), Julius M. Cruse, M.D., Ph.D., (Mentor)
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1974–1978 UCSF. Department of Microbiology and Immunology,  Immunology/Immunochemistry,  Joel W. Goodman, Ph.D. (Mentor)

Research/Clinical Keywords

HIV Vaccine Development, Immunology, Structural Biology, Non-human Primates

Highlighted Publications

1.         W. D. Tolbert et al., Targeting the Late Stage of HIV-1 Entry for Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity: Structural Basis for Env Epitopes in the                  C11 Region. Structure,  (2017).

2.         M. Mengistu et al., Patterns of conserved gp120 epitope presentation on attached HIV-1 virions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A,  (2017).

3.         G. K. Lewis et al., Beyond Viral Neutralization. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 33, 760-764 (2017).

4.         G. K. Lewis, M. Pazgier, A. L. DeVico, Survivors Remorse: antibody-mediated protection against HIV-1. Immunological reviews 275, 271-284 (2017).

5.         A. Schmaljohn, G. K. Lewis, Cell-targeting antibodies in immunity to Ebola. Pathogens and disease 74, ftw021 (2016).

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