Minghao Sun, Ph.D.
Former Graduate Student

EDUCATION

• 2002-2007 Ph.D.
  Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
  Advisor: Dr. Biao He

• 1999-2002 M.S. Medical virology
  Wuhan University, Hubei Province, China
  Advisor: Dr. Linbai Ye

• 1995-1999 B.S. Molecular Virology
  Wuhan University, China

MEMBERSHIP

• 2007-2008 American Society of Virology

AWARDS

• 2007 Travel Award, American Society of Virology

• 2006 Travel Award, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Pennsylvania State University

• 1995 Fellowship of the Renmin Award, Wuhan University

PUBLICATIONS

1. Sun, M., Fuentes, S. M., Timani, K., Sun, D., Murphy, C., Lin, Y., August, A., Teng, M. N., He, B. (2008) Akt plays a critical role in replication of nonsegmented negative-stranded RNA viruses. J Virol. 2008 Jan;82(1):105-14.
   
2. Lin, Y., Sun, M., Fuentes, S. M., Keim, C. D., Rothermel, T. and He, B. (2007) Inhibition of Interleukin-6 Expression by the V Protein of Parainfluenza Virus 5. Virology. 2007 Nov 25;368(2):262-72.
   
3. Sun, M., Rothermel, T. A., Shuman, L., Aligo, J. A., Xu, S., Lin, Y., Lamb, R. A. and He, B. (2004) The conserved cysteine-rich domain of paramyxovirus simian virus 5 V protein plays an important role in blocking apoptosis J. Virol. 78:5068-5078
   
4. Minghao Sun, Linbai Ye, Jinrong Gao (2002) Expression the full-length preS gene of Hepatitis B virus in Pichia Pastoris. Virologica Sinica 18(2):99-103
   
5. Yuanjie Liu, Lei Feng, Minghao Sun , Jiang Li (2002) Immune responses to DNA of Hepatitis C virus E2 gene in experimental animal Virologica Sinica. 17(1):11-16
   
   

PRESENTATIONS

1. Minghao Sun, Timani. K and Biao He. 2007. A host protein is critical for paramyxovirus replication. American American Society for Virology 26th Annual Meeting. Oral presentation. July 14-18. Oregon State University, Corvallis.
   
2. Minghao Sun, Timani, K., Aligo, J., He, B. 2006. PIV5 V protein inhibits viral RNA synthesis via a host protein. American Society for Virology 25th Annual Meeting. Oral presentation. July 15-19, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
   
3. Minghao Sun and Biao He. 2005. ER stress-mediated apoptosis by virus infection. American Society for Virology 24th Annual Meeting. Oral Presentation. June 18-22. Penn State University. University Park.
   
4. Minghao Sun, Terri A. Rothermel, Laurie Shuman, Jason A. Aligo, Shibo Xu, Yuan Lin, Robert A. Lamb, and Biao He. 2004. Conserved Cysteine-Rich Domain of Paramyxovirus Simian Virus 5 V Protein Plays an Important Role in Blocking Apoptosis. American Society for Virology 23rd Annual Meeting. Oral presentation. July10-14, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.