Research Interests:

I am interested in deciphering the structural basis of protein-protein interactions between HIV protein and host cell proteins. I will be using various structural methods to deepen our understanding of how HIV protein Nef activates Tec family kinases.

Education:

B.A. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The College of Wooster (Wooster, OH), May 2014

PhD Advisor: Dr. Thomas Smithgall

Lab Address: 

University of Pittsburgh
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
533 Bridgeside Point II

450 Technology Dr.

Pittsburgh, PA 15219

email: manish.aryal - AT - pitt.edu

Publications:

• Fraga D, Aryal M, Hall JE, Rae E, Snider M. Characterization of the arginine kinase isoforms in Caenorhabditis elegans. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2015; 187:85-101