Xiaoyong Bao is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the
Division of Clinic and Experimental Immunology and Infectious Disease. She
received her PhD in Cellular Physiology and Molecular Biophysics from the
University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. She continued her education as
a J.Kempner Scholar for the year 2003–2004 and completed her postdoctoral
fellowship in an NIAID-supported T32 training program for emerging and
re-emerging infections in UTMB. One of her research interests focuses on the
biological roles of small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs), especially the newly
discovered sncRNA derived from tRNA, in response to viral infection and
environmental stimuli. The ultimate goal of her sncRNA research is to control
viral replication or stress-induced cellular responses by regulating the
expression of sncRNAs. Her other research interests include identifying the
mechanisms associated with immune evasion of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
and human metapneumovirus (hMPV), the two leading causes of lower respiratory
tract infection in children, and developing therapeutic molecules and
attenuated vaccine candidates to combat or prevent these two viral infections.
Short Biography
Xiaoyong Bao is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the
Division of Clinic and Experimental Immunology and Infectious Disease. She
received her PhD in Cellular Physiology and Molecular Biophysics from the
University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. She continued her education as
a J.Kempner Scholar for the year 2003–2004 and completed her postdoctoral
fellowship in an NIAID-supported T32 training program for emerging and
re-emerging infections in UTMB. One of her research interests focuses on the
biological roles of small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs), especially the newly
discovered sncRNA derived from tRNA, in response to viral infection and
environmental stimuli. The ultimate goal of her sncRNA research is to control
viral replication or stress-induced cellular responses by regulating the
expression of sncRNAs. Her other research interests include identifying the
mechanisms associated with immune evasion of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
and human metapneumovirus (hMPV), the two leading causes of lower respiratory
tract infection in children, and developing therapeutic molecules and
attenuated vaccine candidates to combat or prevent these two viral infections.
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