Research/Career Interests:
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Molecular biology and pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1)
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Molecular biology and pathogenesis of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
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Diagnosis and surveillance of West Nile virus
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Virus-host interactions
Professional Awards:
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NIH Staff Recognition Award for Research Excellence, Vaccine Research Center, NIH, 2004.
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NIH Fellows Award for Research Excellence in Biomedical Research, NIH, 2004.
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Sidney P. Colowick Award for Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow in the Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2000.
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Henry Christian Award for Excellence in Research presented at Experimental Biology Meeting (FASEB), Washington DC, 1999.
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Trainee Travel Award Presented at Experimental Biology Meeting (FASEB), Washington DC, 1999.
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Travel Grant Award presented at 12th annual meeting of American Society for Virology, 1993.
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Indian Veterinary Research Institute Junior Merit Scholarship, 1988-1989. University of Agricultural Sciences Merit Scholarship, 1983-1988.
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University of Agricultural Sciences 7 Gold Medals for Securing First Rank in Undergraduate Studies, 1983-1988.
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Karnataka State Government Youth Services & Sports Award for Academic Excellence in Undergraduate Studies.
Selected Publications:
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Pastey, M.K. and Graham, B.S. (2004). Morphometrics of respiratory syncytial virus. (submitted to Journal of Virology).
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Pastey, M.K., Huang, Y., Nabel, A. and Graham, B.S. (2004). SARS coronavirus buds from lipid raft microdomains. (submitted toJournal of Virology).
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Yunus, A.S., Krishnamurthy, S., Pastey, M.K., Huang, Z., Khattar, S.K., Collins, P.L and Samal, S.K. Rescue of a bovine respiratory syncytial virus genomic RNA analog by bovine, human and ovine respiratory syncytial viruses confirms the “functional integrity” and “cross-recognition” of BRSV cis-acting elements by HRSV and ORSV. Archives of Virology 1999; 144(10):1977-90.
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Samal, S.K and Pastey, M.K. Bovine respiratory syncytial virus genes in immune recognition and pathogenesis. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Virus-cell Interaction. 1994; 2:159-162.