Vaccine Branch
The Center for Cancer Research
United States of America
Dr. Felber received her Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Bern, Switzerland. After carrying out postdoctoral studies in the Laboratory of Biochemistry, NCI Bethesda, she joined the Molecular Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis Laboratory, the NCI contract Basic Research Program, in 1985. In 1990, Dr. Felber established the Human Retrovirus Pathogenesis Group. In 1998, Dr. Felber received her tenure appointment and, in 1999, she joined the Center for Cancer Research, NCI. Her work focuses on the posttranscriptional mechanisms of gene regulation, use of cytokines in cancer and AIDS,and the development of DNA-based HIV vaccines.
Clinical Research, Immunology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Virology