Karim Essani

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Karim Essani
Professor of Biological Sciences
Office: 
(269) 387-5636
Location: 
3931 Wood Hall, Mail Stop 5410
Mailing address: 
Department of Biological Sciences
Western Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5410 USA
Research interests: 
  • Immunology
  • Molecular virology
Bio: 

Dr. Karim Essani is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Western Michigan Univerity.

Essani is a molecular virologist interested in the molecular and immunological aspects of viral infections, and uses the tanapox virus as a model. Apart from molecular biology and immunology of tanapoxvirus, his projects include molecular characterization of integral membrane proteins of colorectal cancer cells.

Each flag represents a country of a post doc or graduate student who worked in Dr. Essani's virology lab for at least two years during the last 29 years.