People
Assistant Director - GT3 Core
As Assistant Director of the Gene Transfer, Targeting and Therapeutics Viral Vector Core Facility at the Salk Institute, John Naughton’s main focus is on providing comprehensive resources to facilitate the safe and effective use of viral and non-viral gene transfer technologies to study critical problems in all aspects of biological research.
John Naughton is experienced with HIV research and has a background in gene delivery and targeting using multiple viral-vector systems. He provides management and oversight for all GT3 Core resources and is the primary point of contact for any inquiries regarding core services or resources.
Research Assistant - GT3 Core
As the senior Research Assistant for the Salk Institute GT3 Core, John Marlett assist with all aspects of virus production and assuring smooth core operations. He has a particular focus on the production of modified rabies, high-titer custom lentiviral, retroviral, adenoviral and rAAV vectors for multiple investigators.
Research Assistant - GT3 Core
As a Research Assistant for the Salk Institute GT3 Core, Raul Armendariz is responsible for producing rabies, lentiviral, retroviral and rAAV vectors stocks for the core. He is also in charge of GT3 plasmid bank as well as for cloning of new constructs and packaging those into vector stocks.
Raul graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a B.S. in Human Biology, and joined the GT3 Core in July 2013. He plans to pursue his interests in mircobiology by attending graduate school.
Research Assistant - GT3 Core
Bobbi Miller has decades of experience in viral vector production and is the resident specialist for lentiviral and retroviral preparation. She is also skillful in the manufacture of custom AAV viral vectors.
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