Biography

Dr. Liesl Kerlyn Jeffers-Francis is currently working as Research Associate at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. She has completed her Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from same University. Her main area of interest focuses on Biomedical Sciences. Her area of expertise includes Virology, Salivary Gland Disease, Preclinical Research, long Non Coding RNA, Microbiology, HIV/Aids, Biomedical Science, Antiviral Drug Studies, Immunology, Sjogrens Syndrome, Clinical Trial Design, Polyomavirus, Oral Infections, and Malat1. She has 4 publications in journals.

Area of Interest:

Biomedical Sciences

100%

Virology

62%

Microbiology

90%

Immunology

75%

HIV

55%

Research Publications in Numbers

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Selected Publications

Jeffers-Francis, L.K., R. Burger-Calderon and J. Webster-Cyriaque, 2015. Effect of leflunomide, cidofovir and ciprofloxacin on replication of bkpyv in a salivary gland in vitro culture system. Antiviral Res., 118: 46-55.
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Jeffers, L.K., K. Duan, L.G. Ellies, W.T. Seaman, R.A. Burger-Calderon, L.B. Diatchenko and J. Webster-Cyriaque, 2013. Correlation of transcription of MALAT-1, a novel noncoding RNA, with deregulated expression of tumor suppressor p53 in small DNA tumor virus models. J. Cancer Ther., 4: 774-786.
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Jeffers, L and J.Y. Webster-Cyriaque, 2011. Viruses and salivary gland disease (sgd) lessons from hiv sgd. Adv. Dent. Res., 23: 79-83.
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Jeffers, L.K., V. Madden and J. Webster-Cyriaque, 2009. BK virus has tropism for human salivary gland cells in vitro: implications for transmission. Virol., 394: 183-193.
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