Patrizia Caposio, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, VGTI-Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute

Biography

Dr. Patrizia Caposio received her B.Sc. in Biology from University of Turin, Italy in 1999. She obtained her Master in Microbiology and Virology in 2004 and the doctorate degree in Biochemistry in 2007 at the Department of Public Health and Microbiology, University of Turin. In the period 2005-2009 she became research assistant professor at the University of Turin. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, OHSU.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.Sc., 1999, University of Turin
    • Ph.D., 2007, Department of Public Health and Microbiology/ University of Turin

Areas of interest

  • HCMV pathogenesis
  • HCMV Latency and reactivation
  • HCMV as vaccine vector platform

Publications

Selected publications

  • Kim JH, Collins-McMillen D, Caposio P, Yurochko AD. Viral binding-induced signaling drives a unique and extended intracellulartrafficking pattern during infection of primary monocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci US A. 2016 Aug 2; 113(31):8819-24. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1604317113.
  • Caviness K, Bughio F, Crawford LB, Streblow DN, Nelson JA,Caposio P, Goodrum F.Complex Interplay of the UL136 Isoforms Balances Cytomegalovirus Replication and Latency. MBio. 2016 Mar 1;7(2):e01986. doi:10.1128/mBio.01986-15.[PMID: 26933055]
  • Crawford LB, Streblow DN, Hakki M, Nelson JA, Caposio P.Humanizedmouse models of human cytomegalovirus infection. Curr Opin Virol. 2015Aug;13:86-92. doi: 10.1016/j.coviro.2015.06.006. [PMID: 26118890]
  • Tsuda Y, Parkins CJ, Caposio P, Feldmann F, Botto S, Ball S,Messaoudi I, Cicin-Sain L, Feldmann H, Jarvis MA. A cytomegalovirus-basedvaccine provides long-lasting protection against lethal Ebola virus challengeafter a single dose. Vaccine. 2015 May 5;33(19):2261-6. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.03.029. [PMID: 2582006]
  • MacManiman JD, Meuser A, Botto S, Smith PP, Liu F, Jarvis MA, Nelson JA, Caposio Human cytomegalovirus-encoded pUL7 is a novel CEACAM1-like molecule responsible for promotion of angiogenesis. P. MBio. 2014 Oct 28;5(6):e02035. (doi: 10.1128/mBio.02035-14.) [PMID: 25352622, PMCID: PMC4217178]

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