Viral Nanotechnology

Viral Nanotechnology presents an up-to-date overview of the rapidly developing field of viral nanotechnology in the areas of immunology, virology, microbiology, chemistry, physics, and mathematical modeling. Its chapters are by leading researchers and practitioners, making it both a comprehensive and indispensable resource for study and research.Th

About the Author

Yury Khudyakov, PhD, received his MS in genetics from Novosibirsk State University and his PhD in molecular biology from the D.I. Ivanovsky Institute of Virology, Academy of Medical Sciences in Russia. He is chief of the Molecular Epidemiology and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. He has published more than 170 research papers and book chapters, is an author of several issued and pending patents, and is a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Clinical Virology and academic editor for PlosOne .

Paul Pumpens graduated from the Chemical Department of the University of Latvia in 1970, received his PhD in molecular biology from the Latvian Academy of Sciences in Riga, and received his DSc from the Institute of Molecular Biology of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Moscow. He pioneered genetic engineering research in Latvia and was one of the first in the world to successfully clone the hepatitis B virus genome. He is an author of more than 300 scientific papers and issued or pending patents.