Dawn P. Wooley is an Associate Professor at Wright State University. Her research expertise includes the molecular mechanisms of HIV mutation, recombination, and pathogenesis ; the use of viral vectors for gene transfer ; and the biosafety of viral vectors in laboratory and animal research. She served a four-year term on the NIH Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee. Dr. Wooley was a postdoctoral fellow with Nobel Laureate Howard Temin atthe University of Wisconsin.
She earned her Ph.D. in virology from Harvard and an honors BS in microbiology from The Pennsylvania State University. Karen B. Byers is the Biosafety Officer of Dana Farber Cancer Institute, an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer enter with an active research community. She is Past-President of the American Biological Safety Association and Co-Editor in Chief of the ABSA journal Applied Biosafely.
Her interest in how laboratory-acquired infections occur is longstanding : she coauthored the chapter on this topic in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th editions of this book. Karen earned an MS in microbiology from the University of Maine and a BA from Colby College.
She earned her Ph.D. in virology from Harvard and an honors BS in microbiology from The Pennsylvania State University. Karen B. Byers is the Biosafety Officer of Dana Farber Cancer Institute, an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer enter with an active research community. She is Past-President of the American Biological Safety Association and Co-Editor in Chief of the ABSA journal Applied Biosafely.
Her interest in how laboratory-acquired infections occur is longstanding : she coauthored the chapter on this topic in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th editions of this book. Karen earned an MS in microbiology from the University of Maine and a BA from Colby College.