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Zhaohao Liao

Education:

1986-1989: Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China. Major: Occupational Medicine and Toxicology; Degree:MS 
1983-1984: Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai, China. Advanced training in Public Health and Hygiene
1978-1983: Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang, China. Major: Medicine Degree: M.D.

Research Experience:

1998-Present: Research Associate, Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

1996-1998: Senior Research Technician, Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. 1994-1996: Research Associate, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.

1993-1994: Research Fellow, Department of surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.

1992-1993: Visiting Scientist, Department of Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh.

1983-1992:  Assistant professor, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang, China.

Publications:

1. Kitabwalla et al: Enhancement of cell mediated immune response by using lipid- 
   depleted lentivirus as immunogen: a novel approach for inducing recognition of 
   new viral epitopes. Vaccine 23:4666, 2005.
   
2. Liao et al: Lipid rafts and HIV pathogenesis: virion-associated cholesterol is 
   required for fusion and infection of susceptible cells. AIDS Research and Human 
   Retroviruses 19(8): 675, 2003.
   
3. Khanna et al: Vaginal transmission of cell-associated HIV-1 in the mouse is 
   blocked by a topical, membrane-modifying agent. J. Clinical Investigation 109(2):205, 2002.
   
4. Liao et al: Lipid rafts and HIV pathogenesis: host membrane cholesterol is required for infection by HIV type 1. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 20;17(11):1009, 2001Ross et al: LuSIV Cells: A reporter cell line for the detection and quantitation of a   single cycle of HIV and SIV replication. Virology. 273:307, 2000.Liao et al: Increased infectivity of HIV type 1 particles bound to cell surface and solid-phase ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 through acquired adhesion molecules LFA-1 and VLA-4. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 16(4): 355, 2000.Nguyen et al: The channel-forming toxin aerolysin neutralizes human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Molecular Microbiology. 33(3): 659, 1999.
5. Simpkins et al: Opposite effect of metallothionein I and spermine on mitochondrial function. Life Sciences. 58(23): 2091, 1996.
6. Simpkins et al: Effect of metallothionein I on mitochondrial oxygen consumption. Life Sciences. 55(3): 221, 1994.