Sergei Nekhai, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor Department, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Howard University
Director of Research Scientist Laboratory, Howard University

Phone: (202) 865-4545
Fax: (202) 865-7861
Email: snekhai@howard.edu
Website: http://home.myprimus.com/~nekhai

Current HIV/AIDS Educational Activities:

Annual HIV-1/AIDS lectures for MD and graduate students at General Clinical Research Center (GCRC), Howard University
Continuous supervision of 3 postgraduate fellows and graduate students.

Current HIV/AIDS Research Activities:

Investigation of the role of CDK2/cyclin E in the regulation of HIV-1 transcription
Role of protein phosphatase-1 in HIV-1 and host cell transcription
Effect of iron chelators on HIV-1 transcription
Role of LIS-1 protein in regulation of protein phosphatase 2A and HIV-1 pathogenesis
Effect of hypoxia on activation of HIV-1 genes

Current HIV/AIDS Service Activities:

Member of Howard University Graduate School
Direction ofÂ research activities in the Research Scientist Lab at the Center for Sickle Cells Disease, Howard University
Reviewer of HIV-1 related articles in Retrovirology, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Gene Therapy, and Cancer Research
External dissertation reviewer at The George Washington University