Prof. Karl-Klaus Conzelmann

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF (-)RNA VIRUSES
           
Viruses are experts in cell biology. They have found ways to sneak into cells, switch off alarm systems, re-program cell gene expression and to make cells virus factories. We are studying negative strand RNA viruses (Mononegavirales) like the neurotropic rabies virus (Rhabdoviridae) and the haematotropic measles virus (Paramyxoviridae) to learn how they exploit cellular machineries for virus production and how they trick the host immune system.