Steven J. Moran, Ph.D.

@SJvrMoran

Postdoc in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics @UNC_SOM • Disco/house music and flowers enthusiast 🪩 🌺 • Ph.D. from @wakeforestmed

North Carolina, USA Joined June 2021

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Steven J. Moran, Ph.D. @SJvrMoran Sep 22, 2022

I’m thrilled to share our paper published in the Journal of Virology! We investigated the role of actin filaments in mediating the active diffusion of vesicular stomatitis virus RNPs in the host cell cytoplasm. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jv…

journals.asm.org Dynamic Actin Filament Traps Mediate Active Diffusion of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Ribonucleopro... RNA virus ribonucleoproteins (RNPs) are too large to freely diffuse in the host cytoplasm, yet their dominant motions consist of movements in random directions that resemble diffusion. We show that...

Steven J. Moran, Ph.D. @SJvrMoran Oct 23, 2023

Finally taking time off, but my brain keeps thinking about new experiments to try when I return to lab 😅

Steven J. Moran, Ph.D. @SJvrMoran Oct 12, 2023

Almost 5 months into my postdoc…oh they’re making me WORK 😭

Steven J. Moran, Ph.D. @SJvrMoran May 14, 2023

Today I officially graduated with my Ph.D., and I’m kind of at a loss for words. I’ve met such wonderful people @wakeforestmed that I will dearly miss. They along with my family made completing a Ph.D. possible. I’ll be forever grateful to them

Steven J. Moran, Ph.D. @SJvrMoran Apr 25, 2023

Not a student or a postdoc (yet), but a secret third thing for the next few weeks