Retrovirology Associate Editor Monsef Benkirane has been elected a Fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology. Fellows are members of the academy, which is the honorific leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). The mission of the academy is to recognize scientists for outstanding contributions to microbiology and provide microbiological expertise in the service of science and the public. Members of the AAM, are elected through a highly selective, annual, peer-reviewed process, based on their records of scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced microbiology.

Details of the Academy can be found on http://www.asm.org/

A tribute by Shibo Jiang
(Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China shibojiang@fudan.edu.cn)

On the morning of January 29, 2013 when I turned on my computer, I saw the first email saying “It is with great sadness that we have heard Kuan-Teh Jeang passed away suddenly on Sunday night”. My first reaction is “Oh my God, Teh must make another joke on me”. It was only a few days before that he had asked me if I could submit my review article on HIV entry inhibitors to Retrovirology on the promised date. I told him that I needed to extend the deadline for three weeks since I was very busy writing grant applications. He pretended to be very angry, saying …

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Dr Kuan-Teh Jeang, Editor-in-Chief of Retrovirology, passed away on 27th January. We understand that Teh was well known and well liked by his friends and colleagues, so we would like to invite you share your memories and add your messages of condolences to this post. Below is a message about Teh from Dr Gottesman of NIH.

Dear colleagues,

Some of you have now heard the tragic news about Kuan-Teh Jeang of NIAID, who died suddenly and unexpectedly late Sunday night, on January 27. The cause of his death has not been verified, and I do not have the full details to relay.

I am sure you share my sense of shock and grief. Teh was 54 years old, had a remarkably …

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Postdoctoral Fellow Position Available

Laboratory of Molecular Virology

A Postdoctoral Fellow position is available in a research program supported by
the European Research Council (ERC Advanced Grant) focused on
understanding the molecular basis for HIV-1 transcriptional silencing.
Applicants are invited for a 2 to 3 years Post-doctoral Research Position. The
research program will require expertise in the field of transcription, chromatin
(genome wide analyses) and biochemistry.

The Institute of Human Genetics (http://www.igh.cnrs.fr/) is a major CNRS unit
dedicated to excellence in fundamental research and pathology. The principal
research interests of the IGH are genome dynamics, developmental genetics,
epigenetics, and molecular and cellular pathology. The institute is located in
Montpellier, one of the most lively and concentrated areas for research
scientists in France. Please …

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Dr Kuan-Teh Jeang, Editor-in-Chief of Retrovirology and Associate Editor for Cell & Bioscience (as well as editorial board member of BMC Biology and BMC Medicine) recently delivered the 2012 NIH George Khoury lecture. The George Khoury lecture is an NIH “named” lectures and represents a high recognition of scientific research. Previous Khoury lecturers included David Baltimore, Phil Sharp, Robert Tjian, Bert Vogelstein, Robert Weinberg amongst others. Dr Jeang spoke on his work regarding HTLV-1 and Adult T-cell leukemia. A videocast of his lecture can be accessed here.

Presentation made by the NIH Director for Intramural Research, Dr Michael Gottesman, to Dr Jeang at the Khoury lecture.

Li Wu wrote the following for me to post on the Retrovirology Blog:

Because of rapid research progress and advances in the techniques in studying HIV interactions with host cells and factors, there is a critical need for a book on HIV interactions with dendritic cells. Two editorial broad members of Retrovirology, Dr. Li Wu (The Ohio State University, USA) and Dr. Olivier Schwartz (Institut Pasteur, France), have edited a new book entitled HIV Interactions with Dendritic Cells Infection and Immunity.

The book has been published by Springer (New York) in September 2012, which Systematically addresses HIV interactions with dendritic cells with emphasis on HIV infection and immunity; Features state-of-the-art research on HIV interactions with dendritic cells using virological and immunological approaches; Provides …

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