First name,Last name,Preferred title,Overview,Position,Department,Individual
Vianna,Weyhausen,Visiting Scholar,"I am a founder member of Peace Parks Club and of WildInvest, and have been involved in various capacities with Tusk Trust, Support for Africa, the Sahara Conservation Fund, AfriCat, The Red Cross, Bonobo Conservation Initiative. I am a member of The Explorers Club.
I created Canines for Africa in 2016 as an innovative and effective means to help protect the endangered wildlife and landscape of Africa, which are part of my soul.",Visiting Scholar,Ecology and Conservation Biology,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n2b32e2cb
Van,Wilson,Professor,"My area of specialization is the molecular biology of papovaviruses, with a primary focus on how viral proteins modify the host cell environment. Recently, we determined that the viral replication proteins, E1 and E2, are post-translationally modified by addition of 1 or more SUMO moieties. Sumoylation is a widespread modification whose biological functions are only recently becoming understood. Studies are in progress to 1) determine the role of sumoylation in the viral life cycle, 2) evaluate the effect of sumoylation on the structure and activity of the E1 helicase, 3) understand the mechanism by which sumoylation influences E2 stability and transcriptional activity, and 4) determine how sumoylation is modulated by the viral E6 oncoprotein. In addition to the role of sumoylation in the viral life cycle, we are also exploring how sumoylation participates in normal keratinocyte differentiation. We have developed a keratinocyte cell line inducibly expressing a tagged SUMO moiety to facilitate proteomics studies of sumoylation changes and regulation during controlled differentiation.",Professor,Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n4837bbf9
Vickie,Williamson,Instructional Professor,"My training is in chemical education, one of the divisions recognized by the American Chemical Society. In addition to teaching in the 101-102 chemistry program, I teach graduate-level chemical education courses. These courses are of two types; those for graduate chemical education students and those for teachers. My research area is in chemical education, research, which is inseparable from teaching. Chemical education research involves: (a) the development of teaching strategies and/or curriculum and the testing of the relative effectiveness of the strategy or curriculum via statistical analysis and (b) investigations into the nature of the student-learner in our chemistry classes.",Instructional Professor,Chemistry,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na7241af9
Victoria,Woo,Clinical Professor,,Clinical Professor,Diagnostic Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/naa11b3a5