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Ladislau Kovari is a Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology at Wayne State University School of Medicine. His research focuses on structural biology, viral protease inhibition, and overcoming drug resistance in HIV-1 and Hepatitis C virus (HCV) through biochemical and computational methods.
Education:
- Ph.D., University of Tennessee (1992)
- Fellowship in Structural Biology (X-ray Crystallography) at Purdue University (1992-1997)
Research interests include:
- Mechanisms of HIV and HCV drug resistance
- Structure-function studies of viral proteins
- Crystallographic analysis of protease-inhibitor interactions
- Development of next-generation antiviral compounds
- Protein flexibility and molecular recognition
- Multidrug-resistant viral strains
Recent publications highlight advancements in:
- Coronavirus protease inhibition (SARS-CoV-2 PLpro and 3CLpro)
- Antiviral strategies for norovirus and Zika virus
- Structural modeling of drug resistance mutations
- Thermal stability studies of epigenetic enzymes
- Crystallographic exploration of protease-substrate complexes
- Computational screening for broad-spectrum inhibitors
His lab collaborates with institutions like Argonne National Laboratory and utilizes the Life Sciences Collaborative Access Team (LS-CAT) synchrotron facility for X-ray crystallography.
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