Nejat Duzgunes, Ph.D

Nejat Duzgunes received his Ph.D. from SUNY Buffalo. He was a National Cancer Institute Postdoctoral Fellow at UCSF, where he became an adjunct research faculty. He became Chair of the Department of Microbiology (1990) and Professor at the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry in San Francisco (1995). His current research interests are the gene therapy of oral cancer and mechanisms and inhibitors of HIV.

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Adjunct Professor

Email: nejat.duzgunes@dominican.edu

Office: Science Center # 109

Phone: (415) 482-1973

Fax:  (415) 482-1972

 

Academic Area

Microbiology

 

Educational Backgound

 

Teaching and Research Interests

Teaching interests: Microbiology, Medical Microbiology, Membrane Biophysics

Research Interests: Gene therapy of oral cancer; Mechanisms of HIV membrane fusion; Targeted therapy of HIV; DNA microarray analysis of bacterial infection of host cells.

 

Professional Organizations

 

Selected Publications

  • K. Konopka, B. Fallah, J. Monzon-Duller, N. Overlid, A. Lim and N. Düzgünes (2005) Serum-resistant gene transfer to oral cancer cells by Metafectene and GeneJammer: Application to HSV-tk/ganciclovir-mediated cytotoxicity. Cell. Mol. Biol Lett. 10:455-470.
  • S. Simões, A. Filipe, H. Faneca, M. Mano, N. Penacho, N. Düzgünes and M.C. Pedroso de Lima (2005) Cationic liposomes for gene delivery. Expert Opin. Drug Deliv 2:237-254.
  • K. Konduri, S. Nandedkar, D. A. Rickaby, N. Düzgünes and P. R. J. Gangadharam (2005) The use of sterically stabilized liposomes to treat asthma. Methods Enzymol. 391:413-427.
  • N. Düzgünes, S. Simões, V. Slepushkin, E. Pretzer, D. Flasher, I. I. Salem, G. Steffan, K. Konopka and M. C. Pedroso de Lima (2005) Delivery of antiviral agents in liposomes. Methods Enzymol. 391:351-373.
  • I.I. Salem, D. L. Flasher and N. Düzgünes (2005) Liposome-encapsulated antibiotics. Methods Enzymol. 391:261-291.
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