Topics and Expertise: Zika

USAID photo exhibit on Zika launches QBI symposium on arthropod-borne diseases

Wed Jun 12, 2019
Woman at exhibit

USAID’s “Stronger There, Safer Here” exhibit is on display June 12 to July 31, 2019, on the first floor of Mission Hall at UCSF’s Mission Bay campus.

A photo exhibition on the response by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to Zika virus outbreaks in Latin America and the Caribbean was kicked off with a reception this June at the UC San Francisco Mission Bay campus.

QBI scientists decipher how Ebola, dengue, and Zika infect human cells

Fri Dec 14, 2018
Krogan
Chris Goodfellow (Gladstone Institutes)

Nevan Krogan, PhD, senior author on the two studies and director of QBI

In a pair of recent studies, scientists at the Quantitative Biosciences Institute uncovered how Ebola, dengue, and Zika hijack human proteins to infect human cells, findings that point to new approaches for treating these diseases.