Anissa E. Buckner, Ph.D.

Education:

• University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, AR
  B.S., Biology



• Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
  Ph.D., Biological Sciences



• Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
  Postdoctoral Research Associate, Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology



• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
  Postdoctoral Fellow, Ocular Virology

Academic Appointment:

Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology

Assistant Professor, Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences

Research Interests:

Dr. Buckner is a molecular biologist who has done research on HIV-1 gene expression and T-lymphocyte signaling. Her research project focuses on the molecular virology of cytomegalovirus infection of retinal pigment epithelium at the transcriptional level. Her other interests include the regulatory role of the transcription factor, NF-kB in response to nicotine exposure in the retinal pigment epithelium and the role this expression may play in age-related macular degeneration. Other projects include the immune response of smokers and non-smokers exposed to nicotine and cytomegalovirus infection.

Representative Publications:

Buckner, AE, Tesmer, VM & Bina, M. (2002). Regulation of HIV-1 Transcription by NF-IL6 in activated Jurkat T Cells. Virus Research 89:53-53.

Buckner, AE & Dix, RD (2003). Human Cytomegalovirus Infection of ARPE-19 Cells Downregulates NF-?B Transcriptional Activity. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 44:4218.

Buckner, AE & Dix, RD (2003). A Comparison of ARPE-19 Cells and Primary Cultures of Human Retinal Epithelium for Human Cytomegalovirus Replication. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 44: 906.

Buckner, AE & Dix, RD (2006). Nicotine Treatment Alters NF-kB Expression in Human Cytomegalovirus-Infected ARPE-19 Cells. Curr Eye Res. 31: 191.