E-Insight

June 2006

MIP Welcomes New Postdoctoral Fellow

The Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology (MIP) welcomes Dr. Christopher Logue to the department. Dr. Logue is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Regional Center of Excellence (RCE) for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases research and training under the direction of Drs. Kenneth Olson of MIP and Ann Powers of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. His primary responsibilities include construction of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, eastern equine encephalitis virus and western equine encephalitis chimaeric infectious clones in an attempt to ascertain virulence determinants. He also is conducting an analysis of virulence determinants of Chikungunya virus.

Dr. Logue comes to CSU from the Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. He grew up in Ireland then moved to Brussels for his secondary schools years. Dr. Logue obtained his undergraduate degree in Edinburgh and his PhD in Dublin. He enjoys traveling and has traveled throughout Europe and South America. He plays rugby and squash, and relaxes by hitting local comedy clubs, live theater, cinema and the neighborhood pub to meet friends.

We welcome Dr. Logue to the Colorado State University and Fort Collins community and wish him the best of luck in all his endeavors.