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Associate Professor, Virology
B.S. Pennsylvania State University Ph.D. University of Texas, Health Science Center at San Antonio
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1986-88, NIH Neurovirology Training Grant, Wistar Institute, Philadelphia Postdoctoral Fellow, 1988-91, Georgia State University |
Dr. Godeny is a faculty member within the Department of Pathobiological Sciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine. His research interests are related to the molecular biology and pathogenesis of single-stranded RNA viruses. He is particularly interested in a new family of viruses, the Arteriviridae. Dr. Godeny teaches veterinary virology and diagnostic virology in the veterinary medical curriculum. He offers an exciting graduate course examining the molecular mechanisms of viral pathogenesis and presents selected virology lectures in various other graduate courses. He has served as major professor for Ph.D. graduate students and serves on numerous graduate advisory committees. He is a member of the American Society for Virology, American Society for Microbiology, American Association for the Advancement of Science and the New York Academy of Sciences.
Research Interests
Dr. Godeny's research involves the molecular characterization of simian hemorrhagic fever virus (SHFV) which is included in the genus Arterivirus. These studies should lead to the development of a rapid diagnostic assay for SHFV and eventually to the development of a vaccine against the virus. Other research interest include examining the viral pathogenic processes and the host response to SHFV as well as searching for and identifying new arteriviruses. These studies have been funded by a NIH Shannon Award and a grant from the U.S. Public Health Service as well as Competitive Organized Research Program funds from the School of Veterinary Medicine at LSU.
Selected Publications
Godeny, E. K., L. Chen, S. N. Kumar, S. L. Methven, E. V. Koonin, and M. A. Brinton. 1993. Complete genome sequence and phylogenetic analysis of lactate dehydrogenase-elevating virus (LDV). Virology 194:585-596.
Zeng, L., E. K. Godeny, S. L. Methven, and M. A. Brinton. 1995. Analysis of simian hemorrhagic fever virus (SHFV) subgenomic mRNAs, junction sequences and 5' leader. Virology 207:543-548.
Godeny, E. K., L. Zeng, S. L. Smith, and M. A. Brinton. 1995. Molecular characterization of the 3' terminus of the simian hemorrhagic fever virus genome. J. Virol. 69:2679-2683.
Smith, S. L., Wang, X, and Godeny, E.K. 1997. Sequence of the 3' end of the simian hemorrhagic fever virus genome. Gene 191:205-210.
Wang, X.C., S.L. Smith and E.K. Godeny. 1998. Organization of the simian hemorrhagic fever virus (SHFV) genome and identification of the sgRNA junction sequences. In coronaviruses and Arteriviruses, (eds. L. Enjuanes, S. Siddell and W. Spaan), Plenum Press, New York. p 281-287.
Godeny, E.K., A.A.F. de Vries, X.C. Wang, S.L. Smith and R. De Groot. 1998. Identification of the leader-body junctions for the viral subgenomic mRNAs and orgnization of the simian hemorrhagic fever virus genome: Evidence for gene duplication during arterivirus evolution. J. Virol. 72:862-867.
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