Ibukun A Akinyemi, Ph.D.
Assistant Scientist
Department:
MD-CHILD HEALTH RES INSTITUTE
Business Phone:
(352) 273-5951
Business Email:
aakinyemi@ufl.edu
About Ibukun A Akinyemi
With background in bioinformatics, molecular biology, and microbiology, I conduct innovative research on EBV-associated lymphomas, single-cell RNA sequencing, and antiviral and diagnostic development.
Research Profile
Areas of Interest
- Infectious diseases
- cancer genomics
Publications
Academic Articles
2023
ATM, KAP1 and the Epstein-Barr virus polymerase processivity factor direct traffic at the intersection of transcription and replication.
Nucleic acids research.
51(20):11104-11122
[DOI] 10.1093/nar/gkad823.
[PMID] 37852757.
2023
Beta human papillomavirus 8E6 promotes alternative end joining.
eLife.
12
[DOI] 10.7554/eLife.81923.
[PMID] 36692284.
2022
IFI16 Partners with KAP1 to Maintain Epstein-Barr Virus Latency.
Journal of virology.
96(17)
[DOI] 10.1128/jvi.01028-22.
[PMID] 35969079.
2022
SARS-CoV-2 viroporin encoded by ORF3a triggers the NLRP3 inflammatory pathway.
Virology.
568:13-22
[DOI] 10.1016/j.virol.2022.01.003.
[PMID] 35066302.
2022
The danger molecule HMGB1 cooperates with the NLRP3 inflammasome to sustain expression of the EBV lytic switch protein in Burkitt lymphoma cells.
Virology.
566:136-142
[DOI] 10.1016/j.virol.2021.12.002.
[PMID] 34922257.
2021
A heterochromatin inducing protein differentially recognizes self versus foreign genomes.
PLoS pathogens.
17(3)
[DOI] 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009447.
[PMID] 33730092.
2021
An Ancestral Retrovirus Envelope Protein Regulates Persistent Gammaherpesvirus Lifecycles.
Frontiers in microbiology.
12
[DOI] 10.3389/fmicb.2021.708404.
[PMID] 34434177.
2020
A Mechanism-Based Targeted Screen To Identify Epstein-Barr Virus-Directed Antiviral Agents.
Journal of virology.
94(21)
[DOI] 10.1128/JVI.01179-20.
[PMID] 32796077.
2020
Nascent Transcriptomics Reveal Cellular Prolytic Factors Upregulated Upstream of the Latent-to-Lytic Switch Protein of Epstein-Barr Virus.
Journal of virology.
94(7)
[DOI] 10.1128/JVI.01966-19.
[PMID] 31941784.
2018
Characterization and comparative analysis of microRNAs in the rice pest Sogatella furcifera.
PloS one.
13(9)
[DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0204517.
[PMID] 30248141.
2018
Genome characterization of the newly identified maize-associated totivirus Anhui.
Archives of virology.
163(10):2929-2931
[DOI] 10.1007/s00705-018-3929-0.
[PMID] 30022239.
2017
Erratum to: Genome sequence of a rice pest, the white-backed planthopper (Sogatella furcifera).
GigaScience.
6(10)
[DOI] 10.1093/gigascience/gix068.
[PMID] 29020751.
2017
Genome sequence of a rice pest, the white-backed planthopper (Sogatella furcifera).
GigaScience.
6(1):1-9
[DOI] 10.1093/gigascience/giw004.
[PMID] 28369349.
2016
Complete genome sequence of tobacco virus 1, a closterovirus from Nicotiana tabacum.
Archives of virology.
161(4):1087-90
[DOI] 10.1007/s00705-015-2739-x.
[PMID] 26795159.
2016
Ecogenomic survey of plant viruses infecting Tobacco by Next generation sequencing.
Virology journal.
13(1)
[PMID] 27814723.
2016
Identification and characterization of microRNAs in the white-backed planthopper, Sogatella furcifera.
Insect science.
23(3):452-68
[DOI] 10.1111/1744-7917.12343.
[PMID] 27060479.
2016
Understanding the immune system architecture and transcriptome responses to southern rice black-streaked dwarf virus in Sogatella furcifera.
Scientific reports.
6
[DOI] 10.1038/srep36254.
[PMID] 27805032.
2015
Complete genome sequence of a novel velarivirus infecting areca palm in China.
Archives of virology.
160(9):2367-70
[DOI] 10.1007/s00705-015-2489-9.
[PMID] 26088445.
Education
Ph.D.
2014-2018
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University of Science and Technology of China
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (352) 273-5951
Emails:
- Business:
- aakinyemi@ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
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1600 SW ARCHER RD
GAINESVILLE FL 32610 - Business Street:
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PO Box 100296
GAINESVILLE FL 32610