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Alex B. Kleinpeter, Ph.D.

  • Center for Cancer Research
  • National Cancer Institute
Postdoctoral Fellow
HIV Dynamics and Replication Program

RESEARCH SUMMARY

Alex Kleinpeter earned his Ph.D. in biochemistry and structural biology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Dr. Chad Petit’s lab.  He is characterizing the role of the small-molecule metabolite inositol hexakisphosphate (IP6), a critical host cofactor in HIV-1 replication, in facilitating the formation of the immature HIV-1 Gag lattice and mature capsids.  Alex was awarded Intramural AIDS Research Fellowships from NIH in 2021 and 2020 to support his research, and he won a travel award for his outstanding presentation at the Fall HIV/AIDS & Cancer Think Tank Meeting.  In 2023, Alex successfully competed for a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence (PI) Award from the NIH.

Areas of Expertise

Virology
Structural Biology
Cell Biology
HIV Inhibitors
HIV Assembly And Maturation
Host Factors