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Shelley K. Cockrell, PhD








				

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Dr. Fred Homa
	
	


	

	
Dissertation
 Role of the HSV Type 1 UL25 Protein in DNA Packaging and Virion Assembly
	
	




	

	
Education
PhD in Molecular Virology and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, 2010
BS in Biology, Duke University, 2003
	



    

























	

	
Why I chose Pitt
The virology program was strong, and when I interviewed, the students appeared more well-adjusted than in other places.  The students and faculty actually talked to each other.  Steve Phillips was also a great program director. 
Following her graduate, Shelley was offered a position as a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Biological Sciences here at the University of Pittsburgh.
Abstracts
Shelley K. Cockrell, Paul G. Cantalupo, Danielle Walheim, Guoyan Zhao, Roger Hendrix, David Wang, and James M. Pipas. "Preparation of a Viral Metagenome from Wastewater by Diethylaminoethyl (DEAE) Affinity Chromatography and Deep Sequencing." Presented at the American Society for Virology. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin. (2012)