Christoph Hengartner, PhD (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Dr. Hengartner's doctoral dissertation was "Regulation of yeast RNA polymerase II holoenzyme transcription." He also recently completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Princeton University's Molecular Biology Department where his research topic was "Pseudorabies virus (PRV) gene expression in epithelial and neuronal cells." PRV is a veterinary herpes virus related to human herpes viruses such as the viruses causing chicken pox or cold sores.

human herpes viruses