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TECHNICAL BACKGROUND: Molecular Biology DNA, RNA, and protein manipulation, purification, expression, silencing, detection Promoter specificity, transcription factors, promoter polynucleotide repeat studies Gene trapping, SNP analysis, factors in hybridization based regulation Immunology Antibody phage display, human antibody engineering, immunogenetics Microbiology Recombinant, pseudo-, lenti, and baculovirus generation, basic virology techniques Virology: Vesicular Stomatitis Virus, SARS and Bat CoV, Influenza, Rabies, M13 phage Bugs: E. coli, S. Cerevisiae, C. Albicans, L. Monocytogenes Cell Biology Fluorescent live cell microscopy, immunocytochemistry, cargo and viral trafficking Cell culture: mammalian suspension and adherent cells, insect cells, primary cells, hematopoietic stem cells