William P. Lynch, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Molecular Virology and Neuroscience

Northeastern Ohio Universities
Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy
4209 State Route 44, P.O. Box 95
Rootstown, Ohio 44272-0095
Phone: (330) 325-6137
E-Mail: wonk@neoucom.edu

 

Education:

1988 Ph.D., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
1982 B.S., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
1974-1976 Chemical Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH.

 

Professional Experience:

2003-Present Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, Rootstown, OH.
1997-Present Faculty, Graduate Program in Neuroscience, and Cellular & Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH.
1997-2003 Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology/Immunology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH.
1996-1997 Instructor, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

 

Recent Publications:

Dr. Lynch's publications listed in PubMed

Allen, K.A., Tschantz, D., Awad,K., Lynch, W., DeLucia, A. 2007. A plant lignan, 3’-O-methyl nordihydroguaiaretic acid, suppresses papillomavirus E6 protein function, stabilizes p53 protein and induces apoptosis in cervical tumor cells. Mol. Carcinog. (Epub ahead of print, March 28).

Dimcheff, D., Volkert, L. G., Li, Y., DeLucia, A. L., and W.P. Lynch. 2006. Gene expression profiling of microglia infected by a highly neurovirulent murine leukemia virus: implications for neuropathogenesis. Retrovirology 3:26.

Ourednik, J., Ourednik, V., Lynch, W.P., Snyder, E.Y., and M. Schachner. 2002. Neuronal rescue by neural stem cells in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease. Nat. Biotech.11:1103-10.

Traister, R. S. and W.P. Lynch. 2002. Re-examination of amphotropic murine leukemia virus neurovirulence: neural stem cell-mediated microglial infection fails to induce acute neurodegeneration. Virology 293:262-272.

Lynch, W.P. and J. L. Portis. 2000. Neural stem cells as tools for understanding retroviral neuropathogenesis. Virology 271:227-233.

Lynch, W.P. and A.H. Sharpe. 2000. Differential glycosylation of the Cas-Br-E Env protein is associated with retrovirus-induced spongiform neurodegeneration. J. Virol. 73: 1558-1565.