title: My life with adeno-associated virus: a long time spent studying a short genome.
abstract: My 45 years of studying the molecular biology of adeno-associated virus are recounted. Additional activities as a mentor, department chair, and medical school administrator are described, as are my activities in the public sphere, which involved national issues related to science policy and medical education.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida 32608, USA. kberns@ufl.edu
authors.forename: Kenneth I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Berns
mesh_terms: D000229:Dependovirus; D004501:Education, Medical; D016679:Genome, Viral; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D012577:Schools, Medical; D014481:United States; D014773:Virology / Q000266:history*