Helen J. Wing

Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
Expertise: bacterial pathogens, antibiotic resistance, bacterial genetics, DNA and protein interactions, gene regulation

Biography

Helen J. Wing is an expert on bacterial gene regulation and bacterial pathogens. Her research program focuses on the molecular mechanisms that control virulence gene expression in Shigella flexneri and many other closely related bacteria, including virulent E. coli and Salmonella strains. Since antibiotic resistance is on the increase in these bacterial pathogens, insight into the molecular events underpinning their virulence could lead to the identification of new drug targets.

Wing’s research is widely published in top academic journals and is supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She currently serves as an editor of the journal Genes, an international peer-reviewed publication focused on genes, genetics, and genomics and is an executive board member of the Wind River Conference on Prokaryotic Biology.

 

Education

  • Ph.D. in molecular biology, University of Birmingham (UK)
  • Postdoc in biochemistry, University of Birmingham and University of Sheffield (UK)
  • Postdoc in bacterial pathogenesis, Massachusetts General Hospital

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Helen J. Wing In The News

DailyMail.com
Scientists may have found a way to disable harmful bacteria from being able to sicken millions of people.
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New Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­, research is turning the page in our understanding of harmful bacteria and how they turn on certain genes, causing disease in our bodies.
phys.org
The legendary Alexander Fleming, who famously discovered penicillin, once said "never to neglect an extraordinary appearance or happening." And the path of science often leads to just that. New UNLV research is turning the page in our understanding of harmful bacteria and how they turn on certain genes, causing disease in our bodies.
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Professors and students at UNLV are working together to create a needed component for COVID-19 test kits.

Articles Featuring Helen J. Wing

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Business and Community | December 31, 2020

As the pandemic tightened its grip on Nevada, the nation, and the world, UNLV responded in ways big and small. Members of the media also turned to UNLV's faculty experts for answers.

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Campus News | June 11, 2020

A collection of stories featuring UNLV’s continued flexibility and adaptability in the face of COVID-19.