Scientific Report 2005

Scripps Florida

Infectology

Chairman's Overview

Staff

Charles Weissmann, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman

Corinne Lasmezas, Ph.D.
Professor

Donny Strosberg, Ph.D.
Professor

Tim Tellinghuisen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Senior Staff Scientist

Nicole Sales, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist

Sukhvir Mahal, Ph.D.

Senior Research Associates

Carlos Coito, Ph.D.

Vittorio Verzillo, Ph.D.

Research Associates

Chris Baker, Ph.D.

Prem Subramaniam, Ph.D.

Shawn Browning, Ph.D.

A single, prion-infected neuroblastoma cell labeled with green fluorescent protein is cultured on a feeder layer of uninfected cells. The prions secreted by the single infected cell are quantified by using the scrapie cell assay. The purpose of the project is to determine how prions are propagated in a chronically infected cell culture. Research and photograph by C.A. Baker, Ph.D., Research Associate, in the laboratory of C. Weissmann, M.D., Ph.D.