| OBJECTIVE |
To dissect the role of HIV-1
coreceptor tropism in viral pathogenesis. |
| EDUCATION |
B.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology
and Genetics
University of Maryland, College Park,
Maryland 20742
Graduation Date: May 1997, Summa cum
laude
Overall GPA: 3.98
M.D./Ph.D. Program:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, 21201
Ph.D. Granting Dept.: Microbiology and Immunology
Expected Graduation Date: May 2004 |
| HONORS |
Maryland Distinguished Scholar Award (1993):
$3,000/year in financial aid
Dean's List (1993-97) at the University of
Maryland, College Park
Academic Honors from the Office of Multi-Ethnic
Student Education
Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honors
Society (1994)
Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honors Society
(1994)
Barry M. Goldwater National Scholarship (1994-95):
of 13,000 national applicants, 285 students accepted
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society at the
University of Maryland (1995)
Golden Key National Honor Society (1995)
Alpha Lambda Delta Pre-Medical Honor
Society (1995)
Mortar Board Senior Honor Society (1996)
Outstanding Asian American Senior Award (1997)
Phi Beta Kappa (1997)
Outstanding Scholar Award (1997), University
of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine: $12,000/year in aid
Merit Award (2000) from the University of
MD, Baltimore, School of Medicine, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology
Honorable mention (2000) from the Howard Hughes'
Institute Pre-doctoral Fellowship Grant Committee
NIH Infection and Immunity Training Grant
(2001-2002) through the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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| EXPERIENCE |
| Biological Aide |
March 1996 - June 1997 |
National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Basic
Sciences, Bethesda, MD
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Performed
gel electrophoresis, polymerase chain reaction (Perkin Elmer/Cetus), Southern
Blotting, Mini-Preps, Magic-Preps, DNA phenol extraction and purification,
cell culturing, cell transformation and transfection, Ficoll separation
of PBMCs |
| Volunteer |
February 1997 - June 1997 |
Emergency Department, Suburban General Hospital,
Bethesda, MD
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100
volunteer hours in the Emergency Room making beds, directing visitors to
the patient, talking with patients and visitors, light cleaning, moving
patients to various departments, delivering documents and samples to various
departments |
| Volunteer Research Aide |
June 1995 - August 1995 |
National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Tumor
Cell Biology, Bethesda, MD
| First-aider/Computer Consultant |
September 1993 - May 1995 |
Center for Information Technologies, University
of Maryland, College Park, MD
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Required knowledge
of SunSparc IPX's, DECstation's, UNIX/DOS/Windows/Macintosh applications,
Windows 3.1 (WP 6.0, MS Word 6.0, Excel 4.0), NOVELL 4.0, computer maintenance
and repair |
| Student Summer Intern |
June 1993 - August 1993 |
National Cancer Institute, Mathematical Biology,
Rockville, MD
| ¨ |
Knowledge
in UNIX, C programming, peptide structures (for Computer Aided Molecular
Imaging) |
| Desk clerk |
June 1994 - August
1994 |
Facility Service Company, Rockville, MD
| ¨ |
Knowledge
in Wordperfect 5.1/6.0, phone reception, light bookkeeping, managerial
duties |
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| ABSTRACTS |
J Vu, T Fouts, and A DeVico,
The In Vitro Selection of HIV-1 Mutants by a CCR5-Specific Immunoadhesin:
Addressing the Coreceptor Switch Paradigm, 2002 International Meeting of the Institute of Human Virology, Baltimore, Maryland. September 9-13, 2002.
J Vu, T Fouts, and A DeVico,
A Novel
CCR5-Specific Immunoadhesin Neutralizes R5-Tropic HIV-1 Infection In
Vitro, 2001 International Meeting of the Institute of Human Virology,
Baltimore, Maryland. September 9-13, 2001.
J Vu, T Fouts, and A DeVico,
A Novel
CCR5-Specific Immunoadhesin Neutralizes R5-Tropic HIV-1 Infection In
Vitro, 2001 International Meeting of Vaccine Development and Immunotherapy
in HIV, San Juan, Puerto Rico. May 22-25, 2001.
John Vu, Timothy Fouts, Karla
Godfrey, Robert Tuskan, and Anthony DeVico, A Novel Soluble CD4-Gp120
Single Chain Complex Presents Epitopes Required for HIV Envelope Binding
to HIV Coreceptor/Chemokine Receptor, CCR5, 2000 International Meeting
of the Institute of Human Virology, Baltimore, Maryland. September
2000.
Roberta M. Kamin-Lewis, Amanda Baker, John Vu, Farley Cleghorn, William Blattner, Alash'le Abimiku, Anthony DeVico, and George K. Lewis,
Analysis of MIP-1b Secreting T Cell Subsets in Humans and Rhesus Macaques,
1999 Workshop on Assessing Cytokine Responses in Vaccinated Macaques, Rockville, Maryland. February 11, 1999.
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| PUBLICATIONS |
Pending submission. |
| ACTIVITIES |
Activities Director (1994), Vietnamese
Student Association, University of Maryland, College Park
Secretary (1995), Alpha Epsilon
Delta, Pre-Medical Honor Society, University of Maryland, College Park
Vice-President (1996), Mortar Board
Senior Honor Society, University of Maryland, College Park
President (1996), Alpha Epsilon
Delta |
| COMPUTER SKILLS |
Programming languages (proficient):
Python, C
Programming languages (familiar):
Fortran, C++, Pascal, BASIC
Operating Systems (proficient):
Linux, DOS, Windows 95/98
Document preparation languages/applications:
LaTeX, BibTeX, HTML, MS Word 97/2000
Server application setup and maintenance:
Apache, PHP, MySQL
Application development: Pybliographer
(PubMed/Medline search interface) and intranet server application to generate
order forms (written in PHP) |
| REFERENCES |
Available upon request. |
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