Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

leah lee

Leah (Chanyoung) Lee

PhD Student in Molecular Microbiology
Molecular Microbiology Program
Member of: The Ekaterina Heldwein Lab
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Research/Areas of Interest

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infects the majority of the world’s population during their lifetime, causing developmental abnormalities in neonates. HCMV glycoprotein B (gB) plays an important role as a fusogen and immunogen, so it is a target for all vaccines currently in development. My thesis research is to investigate the mechanistic contributions of gB to membrane fusion and stabilization of the gB prefusion state, with a particular focus on the cytoplasmic domain (CTD) of gB.

Education

BS, Food Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
MS, Food Science and Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea