Education

B.S. in Biochemistry, Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, 2005

Current position

Research Assistant, Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University

Publications

1. Piper, A., Ribeiro, M., Smith, K. M., Briggs, C. M., Huitt, E., Nanda, K., Spears, C. J., Quiles, M., Cullen, J., Thomas, M. E., Brown, D. T. and Hernandez, R. (2013). Chikungunya virus host range E2 transmembrane deletion mutants induce protective immunity against challenge in C57BL/6J mice. J Virol 87(12): 6748-6757.
   
2. Smith, K. M., Nanda, K., Spears, C. J., Piper, A., Ribeiro, M., Quiles, M., Briggs, C. M., Thomas, G. S., Thomas, M. E., Brown, D. T., Hernandez, R. and McCarl, V. (2012). Testing of novel dengue virus 2 vaccines in African green monkeys: safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy. Am J Trop Med Hyg 87(4): 743-753.
   
3. Stowe, S. D., Tucker, A. T., Thompson, R., Piper, A., Richards, J. J., Rogers, S. A., Mathies, L. D., Melander, C. and Cavanagh, J. (2012). Evaluation of the toxicity of 2-aminoimidazole antibiofilm agents using both cellular and model organism systems. Drug Chem Toxicol 35(3): 310-315.
   
4. He, L., Piper, A., Meilleur, F., Hernandez, R., Heller, W. T. and Brown, D. T. (2012). Conformational changes in Sindbis virus induced by decreased pH are revealed by small-angle neutron scattering. J Virol 86(4): 1982-1987.
   
5. Smith, K. M., Nanda, K., Spears, C. J., Ribeiro, M., Vancini, R., Piper, A., Thomas, G. S., Thomas, M. E., Brown, D. T. and Hernandez, R. (2011). Structural mutants of dengue virus 2 transmembrane domains exhibit host-range phenotype. Virol J 8: 289.
   
6. He, L., Piper, A., Meilleur, F., Myles, D. A., Hernandez, R., Brown, D. T. and Heller, W. T. (2010). The structure of Sindbis virus produced from vertebrate and invertebrate hosts as determined by small-angle neutron scattering. J Virol 84(10): 5270-5276.
   
7. Hafer, A., Whittlesey, R., Brown, D. T. and Hernandez, R. (2009). Differential incorporation of cholesterol by Sindbis virus grown in mammalian or insect cells. J Virol 83(18): 9113-9121.