Taylor Vensko

Taylor Vensko

Research interest(s)/area of expertise

•  Intracellular trafficking

•  Host-virus interactions

Research

My dissertation research focused on how herpesviruses manipulate cellular secretory systems to assemble and spread infectious particles known as virions. An ongoing project is developing analytical methods for integrating and interpreting spatial/temporal multi-omic data for experimental design of host-virus and virus-virus interactions. In the Hariri lab, I’m interested in how organelle-organelle contacts are altered during viral infection and the consequences of atypical lipid metabolism in disease.

Education

• B.S. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. University of Michigan-Flint. 2018.
• M.S. Immunology and Microbiology. Wayne State University School of Medicine. 2022.
• Ph.D. Immunology and Microbiology. Wayne State University School of Medicine. 2024.