Dental Medicine Scientist Training Program

Student Profiles > Michael DeFee

2nd year DMSTP student

Research

My current research focuses on signaling events related to the pathogenesis of Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus, a major cause of oral cancer in immuno-compromised patients.

Mentor and Department

Chris H. Parsons, MD
Medical University of South Carolina

Abstracts/Meeting Presentations

• Michael DeFee^1,3, Zhiqiang Qin¹, Jennifer Issacs⁴ and Chris Parsons^{1,2,3 1}Departments of Medicine, ²Microbiology/Immunology, ³Dental Medicine, ⁴Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC. Targeting membrane-associated hsp90 inhibits the establishment of latent infection by an oncogenic herpesvirus. NIDCR Dental Medicine Scientist Training Program, 2008. Poster Presentation.

Meetings Attended

• NIDCR Dental Scientist Training Program - 2008
• MUSC Department of Medicine Research Day - 2008
• MUSC Student Research Day - 2008
• MUSC Medical Scientist Training Program Research Day - 2007