University of Pittsburgh

Jana Jacobs, PhD

Senior Laboratory Analyst





	
	


			

		Dr. Jana Jacobs	
		

		

	
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Education
	
	

	
PhD in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
BS in Biology (Minors in Biochemistry and French Language), Eastern Michigan University, 2004
        

              
   
  
 
 


  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 	
Mentor
	
	

	
Dr. Carolyn Coyne
        

                
        
        
        
        	
Dissertation
	
	

	Characterization of the roles of two regulators of virus infection: Gp78 and BPIFB3	
	


        
        
        
        
 
 
   
   
















        













	
Areas of Interest
	
	

	Host-pathogen interaction	
	






	
Why I Chose Pitt
	
	

	
Excellence in research and funding record, along with the accessibility of the city of Pittsburgh.
After graduation, Dr. Jacobs accepted a position at the Special Pathogens Laboratory, The Legionella Experts, as a Senior Laboratory Analyst.
	
	




	
Publications
	
	

	
Si, Y; Liu, S; Liu, X; Jacobs, J. L; Cheng, M; Niu, Y; Jin, Q; Wang, T; and Yang, W. (2012) A human claudin-1-derived peptide inhibits hepatitis C virus entry. Hepatology. 56: 507-515. |  View Abstract
McCormick, K. D; Liu, S; Jacobs, J. L; Marques, E. T., Jr; Sluis-Cremer, N; and Wang, T. (2012) Development of a robust cytopathic effect-based high-throughput screening assay to identify novel inhibitors of dengue virus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 56: 3399-3401. |  View Abstract
Oscherwitz, J; Yu, F; Jacobs, J. L; Liu, T. H; Johnson, P. R; and Cease, K. B. (2009) Synthetic peptide vaccine targeting a cryptic neutralizing epitope in domain 2 of Bacillus anthracis protective antigen. Infect Immun. 77: 3380-3388. |  View Abstract
Liu, T. H; Oscherwitz, J; Schnepp, B; Jacobs, J; Yu, F; Cease, K. B; and Johnson, P. R. (2009) Genetic vaccines for anthrax based on recombinant adeno-associated virus vectors. Mol Ther. 17: 373-379. |  View Abstract
Heyl, D. L; Fernandes, S; Khullar, L; Stephens, J; Blaney, E; Opang-Owusu, H; Stahelin, B; Pasko, T; Jacobs, J; Bailey, D; Brown, D; and Milletti, M. C. (2005) Correlation of LUMO localization with the alpha-amylase inhibition constant in a Tendamistat-based series of linear and cyclic peptides. Bioorg Med Chem. 13: 4262-4268. |  View Abstract