Vinita Joshi

Ph.D Student at Harvard University, working at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard. I work on viral evolution and broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV as part of my doctoral thesis.

Research Assistant and Radiation Safety Officer at The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL- under the guidance of Dr. Michael Farzan. I worked on projects aimed at developing and characterizing inhibitors of HIV-1 entry. As Radiation Safety Officer, I was responsible for submitting protocols for review to the Radiation Safety Committee performing radiation surveys, ensuring proper handling of radioactive material within the lab.

Research Assistant at Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA- under the guidance of Dr. Michael Farzan. I identified and characterized neutralizing antibodies that target the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein.

Research Assistant at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA- under the guidance of Dr. David Allman. I worked on projects studying B-cell lineage commitment and maintained mouse colonies.

Research Assistant at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA- under the guidance of Dr. Marcia Brose. I documented and annotated a dataset of somatic mutations associated with head and neck cancer.

Virology, HIV vaccines, Viral evolution, Viral entry, Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies, HIV Immunogen design

Cell Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Virology, Evolutionary Genetics, Immunology

Genetics, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Immunology