Vincent Racaniello: Fecal shedding in COVID-19 patients and function of SARS-CoV-2 nsp4 and ORF8 proteins
Dr. Racaniello has two projects, one more clinical and one more basic.
The clinical project is to determine the role of fecal shedding and transmission since during the CoV1 outbreak transmission occurred due to a building’s plumbing issue.
The second project will determine the role that two viral proteins, nsp4 and orf8, play within the cell and its role within pathogenesis. This will be done in collaboration with Rodney Rothstein to use yeast to identify pathways that regulate lipid metabolism and vesicle trafficking.
