Leslie Parent

Leslie Parent
Alma mater	Duke University
Known for	Retroviruses Virology
Scientific career
Institutions	Pennsylvania State University

Leslie J. Parent is an American microbiologist and immunologist currently professor and vice dean of the College of Medicine at Pennsylvania State University. ^[1] She is an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ^[2] and American Society for Microbiology. ^[3]

Education

She earned her M.D. in 1987 at Duke University followed by residency and training at Duke University Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine. ^[4]

Research

Her research involves virology, retrovirus duplicating and biology. ^[4] Her highest cited paper is "Positionally independent and exchangeable late budding functions of the Rous sarcoma virus and human immunodeficiency virus Gag proteins" ^[5] cited at 278 times, according to Google Scholar. ^[6]

Awards and honors

• 2017- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science ^[2]

Selected publications

• Bewley, MC; Reinhart, L; Stake, MS; Nadaraia-Hoke, S; Parent, LJ; Flanagan, JM (2017). "A non-cleavable hexahistidine affinity tag at the carboxyl-terminus of the HIV-1 Pr55^Gag polyprotein alters nucleic acid binding properties". Protein Expr Purif. 130: 137–145. doi:10.1016/j.pep.2016.10.001. PMC   5536344 . PMID   27721079.
• Kaddis Maldonado, RJ; Parent, LJ (2016). "Orchestrating the Selection and Packaging of Genomic RNA by Retroviruses: An Ensemble of Viral and Host Factors". Viruses. 8 (9): 257. doi: 10.3390/v8090257 . PMC   5035971 . PMID   27657110.
• Rye-McCurdy, T; Olson, ED; Liu, S; Binkley, C; Reyes, JP; Thompson, BR; Flanagan, JM; Parent, LJ; Musier-Forsyth, K (2016). "Functional Equivalence of Retroviral MA Domains in Facilitating Psi RNA Binding Specificity by Gag". Viruses. 8 (9): 256. doi: 10.3390/v8090256 . PMC   5035970 . PMID   27657107.
• Stake, M; Singh, D; Singh, G; Marcela Hernandez, J; Kaddis Maldonado, R; Parent, LJ; Boris-Lawrie, K (2015). "HIV-1 and two avian retroviral 5' untranslated regions bind orthologous human and chicken RNA binding proteins". Virology. 486: 307–20. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2015.06.001. PMC   4877169 . PMID   26584240.

References

1. "Meet Dr. Leslie Parent, Penn State Hershey's new vice dean for research". Penn State Health News. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
2. "Five Penn State Researchers Named AAAS Fellows". pennstate.edu. December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
3. "Leslie J. Parent". asm.org. Retrieved December 17, 2017.^{[ dead link ]}
4. "Leslie Parent". psu.edu. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
5. L J Parent, R P Bennett, R C Craven, T D Nelle, N K Krishna, J B Bowzard, C B Wilson, B A Puffer, R C Montelaro and J W Wills. J. Virol. September 1995 vol. 69 no. 9 5455-5460
6. "Leslie Parent" . Retrieved December 17, 2017.