Barbara K. Felber
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| Alma mater | University of Bern |
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| Fields | Retrovirus, gene regulation |
| Institutions | National Cancer Institute |
Barbara K. Felber is an American biologist specialized in human retrovirus pathogensis and gene regulation. She is a senior investigator in the vaccine branch at the National Cancer Institute.
Education
Felber completed a Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Bern. She was a postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of biochemistry at the National Cancer Institute (NCI).[1]
Career and research
In 1985, Felber joined the Molecular Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis Laboratory of the NCI contract Basic Research Program. In 1990, she established the Human Retrovirus Pathogenesis Group. In 1998, 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. Felber is a senior investigator in the NCI vaccine branch.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b "Barbara K. Felber, Ph.D." Center for Cancer Research. 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
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- ^ "Principal Investigators". NIH Intramural Research Program. Retrieved 2020-08-26. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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