Approximately 38 million people worldwide are infected with HIV and they are 20 times more likely to become ill with tuberculosis (TB) than uninfected individuals. HIV co-infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the etiologic bacterium that causes TB, is the leading cause of death among people living with HIV. In collaboration with the laboratories of Ling […]

Zac has had an exciting semester!  First, he recently published a first author review article in the journal Viruses entitled “Disassembling the Nature of Capsid: Biochemical, Genetic, and Imaging Approaches to Assess HIV-1 Capsid Functions” in which he summarizes the methods used to detect and measure the function of HIV-1 capsid in vitro and in […]