Moriah
Szpara
Associate Professor of Biology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Expertise:
- Health & Medicine
Focus Areas:
- Genomics
- Infectious Disease
- Neurobiology
- Pathobiology
In The Media:
About
- Szpara is researching different methods for sterilizing and reusing PPE (personal protective equipment), including face masks, which are needed by healthcare providers treat COVD-19 patients.
- Szpara can comment on the survival of COVID-19 on surfaces and in the environment. Her research illuminates new aspects of virus evolution, host-pathogen interactions, and novel avenues for therapeutic intervention.
Moriah Szpara is an associate professor of biology and biochemistry and molecular biology and specializes in viruses, genomics, central nervous system diseases, and neurons. Spzara’s lab studies how genetic variation influences the outcomes of long-term chronic viral infections on the nervous system, and her research is centered around herpes viruses.
In The Media
from The Scientist March 31, 2014
“This is what always happens in science,” says Szpara. “We have an idea of what we’re studying and then in the course of researching this idea, other things come to light.”
In Penn State News
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Moriah Szpara uses the Cyber Health visualization wall at Penn State to show a student how HSV encodes and assembles its capsid.
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