Emily A. Rumschlag Booms
Biology
Associate Professor
Office:
Room BBH 352D
Phone:
(773) 442-5725
Email:
e-booms@neiu.edu
Office Hours:
Please email e-booms@neiu.edu to arrange to meet or speak with Dr. Rumschlag Booms.
Expertise
Microbiology
Essential Skills for Biologists (BIO 150)
General Biology I (BIO 201)
General Microbiology (BIO 341)
Pathogenic Microbiology (BIO 342)
Emerging Infectious Diseases (BIO 345)
Advanced Immunology (BIO 475)
Advance Topics In Biology: Applied & Environmental Microbiology (BIO 485L)
Research Interests
Viral attachment and entry, Antiviral therapeutic development
Education
Bachelor’s Degree, Indiana University
Ph.D., University of Illinois, College of Medicine
Selected Publications
Rumschlag-Booms, E. and Rong, L. Influenza A Virus Entry: Implications in Virulence and Future Therapeutics. Advances in Virology. January 2013.
Ahmet Dirim Arslan, Xiaolong He, Minxiu Wang, Emily Rumschlag-Booms, Lijun Rong, and William T. Beck. A High-Throughput Assay to Identify Small-Molecule Modulators of Alternative Pre-mRNA Splicing. (2013).
Rumschlag-Booms E, , , , . One-stone-two-birds, an antiviral screening protocol. (2011), .
Rumschlag-Booms E, Guo Y, Wang J, Caffrey M, Rong L., 2009. . Virology Journal 2009, 6:76; June 10.
Guo Y, Rumschlag-Booms E*, Wang J, Xiao H, Yu J, Wang J, Guo L, Gao GF, Cao Y, Caffrey M, Rong L., 2009. Virology Journal, 6:39; April 2. *Co-first author
Manicassamy B, Wang J, Rumschlag E, Tymen S, Volchkova V, Volchkov V, Rong L, 2007. Characterization of Marburg virus glycoprotein in viral entry. Virology, 358:79-88.