Mr. John R. Vu

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University of Maryland at Baltimore
Medicine
Microbiology and Immunology

Mailing Address

725 W Lombard St.
Rm. S617
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (410) 706-4670
Fax: (410) 706-4694
jvu001@umaryland.edu

Qualifications

B.S., University of Maryland College Park, Biology (Emphasis in Cell Molecular Biology and Genetics), 1997.

Expertise and Research Interests

Molecular Biology: PCR, developing expression vectors in bacteria

Cell Biology and Cell Culture: transfection for protein production, column use for protein purification

Animal models: hu-PBL-SCID mouse model for infectious diseases (e.g. HIV-1)

Other Expertise

Computer programming:
Familiar with Perl and C++.
Proficient in C, Python, PHP.

Relational database design: SQL (MySQL).

Future Research

Research that I am interested in pursuing in the future: vaccine development for infectious viral diseases and topical treatments for disease prevention.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Animal Models, Bacteria, Cell Biology, Cell Culture, HIV, Immunology, Infectious Diseases Or Agents, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Proteins and Macromolecules, Transfection, Vaccine.

Additional Terms:

HIV, Immunology, Vaccine.

Memberships

Alpha Epsilon Delta, Pre-medical Honor Society
Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honor Society
Golden Key National Honor Society
Mortar Board Senior Honor Society
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honors Society
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

Honors and Awards

2001-2002, NIH Infection and Immunity Training Grant, School of Medicine, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, Baltimore
2000-2002, Merit Award, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland Baltimore
1997-1997, Outstanding Asian American Senior Award, Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Education, University of Maryland College Park
1997-1999, Outstanding Scholar Award University of Maryland Baltimore
1994-1997, Barry M. Goldwater National Scholarship, Barry M. Goldwater Foundation, University of Maryland College Park
1993-1997, Maryland Distinguished Scholar Award, State of Maryland, University of Maryland College Park, Scholarship

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