Department of Microbiology
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
701 West 168th St.
New York, NY 10032
E-mail vrr1@columbia.edu
Education
1974 BA, Cornell University, Biological Sciences
1980 Ph.D., Mt. Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York, Biomedical Sciences. Adviser: Dr. Peter Palese
Appointments
1979-1982 Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. David Baltimore,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1982-1988 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
1988-1990 Associate Professor of Microbiology
1990- Professor of Microbiology
1994- Higgins Professor of Microbiology
Awards & Honors
1980 NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship
1983 Irma T. Hirschl Career Scientist Award
1984 Searle Scholars Award
1991 First Lamb Professor, Vanderbilt University
1991 Harvey Society Lecturer
1992 Eli Lilly Award, American Society for Microbiology
1993 NIH Merit Award
1993 Hilleman Lectureship, University of Chicago
1995 University Lecture, Columbia University
1996 Hilleman-Merck Lecturer, American Society for Virology
Annual Meeting
Professional Activities
1988-1992 Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Virology
1987-1989 Consultant, Lederle Laboratories
1988-1993 Member, Editorial Board, Virology
1989-1993 Member, NIH Virology Study Section
1989 Advisor, World Health Organization
1989 Consultant, Applied bioTechnology, Inc.
1988- Director, Graduate Program, Dept. of Microbiology
1990-1995 Member, WHO Steering Committee on Hepatitis/Polio
1992-2002 Editor, Journal of Virology
1995 Co-Chair, Gordon Conference on Viruses and Cells
1995-1998 Chair, NIH Virology Study Section
2002- Associate Editor, Journal of Clinical Investigation
Departmental Committees
Graduate Committee (1986–2002)
Chairman, Graduate Committee (1988–2002)
Program Director, Microbiology Dept. Training Grant (1988–2003)
Teaching
Medical Microbiology (1983–)
Advanced Topics in Microbiology (1983–1999)
Advanced Microbiology (1991–1999)
Eukaryotic Molecular Biology (1995–)
Virology (1999–)
Doctoral and Postdoctoral Trainees
Patents
1. Baltimore, D. and V.R. Racaniello (1988). Production of Complementary DNA Representing RNA Viral Sequences by Recombinant DNA Methods and Uses Therefor. US. Patent 4,719,177.
2. Almond, J.W., Skinner, M.A., Racaniello, V.R. and Minor, P.D. (1994). Attenuated polioviruses. US Patent 5,286,640.
3. Ticehurst, J.R., Baltimore, D., Feinstone, S.M., Purcell, R.H., Racaniello, V.R. and Baroudy, B.M. (1996). Methods of detecting hepatitis A virus. US Patent 5,516,630.
4. Racaniello, V.R., Tatem, J.M., Weeks-Levy, C.L. (1996). Method for producing RNA viruses from cDNA. US Patent 5,525,715.
Publications