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Pavel Nikitin MGM Graduate Student 426 CARL Building Box 3054 DUMC Durham, NC 27710 Phone: 919.668.3123 Fax: 919.684.2790 E-mail: pn14@duke.edu

During my undergraduate studies in Novosibirsk, Russia, I became interested in virology and host-pathogen interaction and worked in the field of flu vaccine development. At Duke I joined Micah Luftig's lab that is focused on host mechanisms suppressing oncogenesis during Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection of human B-cells. Since the lab was new at the time, I was involved in a broad range of projects related to B-lymphocyte proliferation and development of EBV-associated lymphomas. Currently I am working on the host DNA damage response to Epstein-Barr virus infection, TLR9-induced human B-lymphocytes proliferation and EBV-controlled cellular adhesion and manipulation of the immune response. Aside from the lab I volunteer as one of the Duke International House Orientation Peers helping new students from abroad to adjust to US academic culture and to build international community at our great university. Together with my wife, Mayya Shveygert, we like to go hiking, whether in Baikal Mountains, Russia or in Smoky Mountains, North Carolina, play volleyball and take yoga (her) or Aikido (me) classes.

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