Ann C. Palmenberg Explained

Ann C. Palmenberg is a professor of virology and biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received her B.S. from St. Lawrence University and her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Palmenberg has been given numerous awards for her research and involvement within the scientific community, such as Fellow for the American Academy of Microbiology.^[1] News articles have been published about her work within virology, including an article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on her findings on the common cold.^[2]

Leadership & Service

• Reviewer for Journal of Virology, Archives of Virology, Virology, Cell, Journal of Molecular Biology, EMBO Journal, PNAS, Science, Nature, Virus Research, and Biochemistry journals from 1975–Present^[1]

Awards

Ann Palmenberg has received several awards within the science community for her achievements, including the following:

• Made a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology in 2009
• Elected as President for the American Society for Virology in 2007
• Awarded the Distinguished Scientist Award from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2006
• Awarded an American Society for Virology Lifetime Membership in 2001
• Elected Chair for the Institute of Molecular Virology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1997-2013
• Awarded the WARF Faculty Mid-Career Award from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1997
• Awarded the Vilas Associate Award from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1996
• Awarded the H.I. Romnes Faculty Research Award from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1991
• Awarded the Pound Research Award from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1990
• Awarded the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Waksman Institute of Rutgers University in 1989
• Commended by Pan American Foot-and-Mouth Disease Center for Work in the Control and Eradication Programs in South America in 1988^[1]

Publications

The following are the most notable of her 93 publications for which Ann Palmenberg has been a major contributor.

• The Atomic Structure of Mengo Virus at 3.0 A Resolution^[3]
• Proteolytic Processing of Picornaviral Polyprotein^[4]
• Sequencing and Analyses of All Known Human Rhinovirus Genomes Reveal Structure and Evolution^[5]
• Sequence and Structural Elements that Contribute to Efficient Encephalomyocarditis Virus RNA Translation^[6]
• The Nucleotide and Deduced Amino Acid sequences of the Encephalomyocarditis Viral Polyprotein Coding Region^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ann C. Palmenberg | Faculty | Biochemistry | UW-Madison . 13 September 2019 .
2. Web site: Unmasked: UW researchers reveal what mystery cold virus looks like .
3. Luo M, Vriend G, Kamer G, Minor I, Arnold E, Rossmann MG, Boege U, Scraba DG, Duke GM, Palmenberg AC . The atomic structure of Mengo virus at 3.0 A resolution . Science . 235 . 4785 . 182–91 . 1987 . 3026048 . 10.1126/science.3026048.
4. Leijd-Tidbeck K . [Nurses who live together work less within their own profession] . sv . Vardfacket . 2 . 19 . 72–3 . 1978 . 252396 .
5. Palmenberg AC, Spiro D, Kuzmickas R, Wang S, Djikeng A, Rathe JA, Fraser-Liggett CM, Liggett SB . Sequencing and analyses of all known human rhinovirus genomes reveal structure and evolution . Science . 324 . 5923 . 55–9 . 2009 . 19213880 . 3923423 . 10.1126/science.1165557 . 2009Sci...324...55P .
6. Duke GM, Hoffman MA, Palmenberg AC . Sequence and structural elements that contribute to efficient encephalomyocarditis virus RNA translation . J. Virol. . 66 . 3 . 1602–9 . 1992 . 10.1128/JVI.66.3.1602-1609.1992 . 1310768 . 240893 .
7. Palmenberg AC, Kirby EM, Janda MR, Drake NL, Duke GM, Potratz KF, Collett MS . The nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences of the encephalomyocarditis viral polyprotein coding region . Nucleic Acids Res. . 12 . 6 . 2969–85 . 1984 . 6324136 . 318719 . 10.1093/nar/12.6.2969.