Welcome to the Chan Lab!

Our Research Goal

The Chan lab is an academic research laboratory within the Microbiology and Immunology Department at SUNY Upstate Medical University, located in Syracuse, NY. Our overarching research goal is focused on studying host-pathogen interactions involving human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and understanding how HCMV-mediated alterations to cellular function lead to human disease. In particular, our work emphasizes on how HCMV alters the functional biology of infected monocytes and examining novel small-molecule inhibitors that target the unique cellular changes induced by HCMV.

Latest Publications

Inhibition of SIRT2 promotes death of human cytomegalovirus-infected peripheral blood monocytes via apoptosis and necroptosis.

Jennifer Cheung, Stacy Remiszewski, Lillian W Chiang, Ejaz Ahmad, Mohan Pal, Sm Ashikur Rahman, Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska, Gary C Chan

Recent News

Congratulations Brittany Geiler on

successfully defending her thesis!

“Battle of Arms: Human Cytomegalovirus Manipulates Monocyte Survival for Viral Dissemination”