Benjamin Gewurz, MD, PhD
George and Sandra K Schussel Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases
Email: bgewurz@bwh.harvard.edu, Twitter: @BenGewurz. Bluesky: @bgewurz.bsky.social Ben graduated from Stanford University with as B.S. in Biological Sciences. As an undergraduate, he used bacterial genetic screens and the first whole genome sequence of a living organism to study bacterial pathogenesis of Haemophilus influenzae...
Eric Burton, PhD
Post-doctoral Fellow
Eric Burton received his PhD from Stonybrook University. Eric's doctoral research with Sumita Bhaduri-McIntosh focused on host pathogen interactions that regulate the EBV lytic cycle. Eric identified that EBV exploits several inflammasome sensors to activate the lytic cycle, in particular...
Yifei Liao
Post-doctoral Fellow
Yifei joins us after completing PhD studies with Sanjay Reddy and Blanca Lupiani at Texas A&M. Yifei's doctoral studies focused on the alpha-herpesvirus Marek's Disease Virus, an important avian tumor virus. Yifei studied roles of the US3 kinase, the MEQ...
Yin Wang
Post-doctoral Fellow
Yin did her doctoral studies at Kansas State in Pathobiology with Dr. Jianfa Bai. Yin's studies focused on developing novel assays for detection of emerging viruses, including African swine fever virus, Seneca valley virus 1 and foot-and-mouth disease virus. She...
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Nina Beri
Postdoctoral Fellow
Nina received a BS Biological Sciences and a BA in Spanish Language and Literature from the University of Maryland. She then moved to the Midwest to pursue a PhD in Molecular Genetics and Genomics at Washington University in St. Louis. ...
Yizhe Sun
Postdoctoral Fellow
Yizhe's doctoral studies at Peking University focused on the role of the phosphatase PTEN roles in T cell dysfunction, cancer immune evasion and disease progression.
Shaowen White
Post-doctoral Fellow
Shaowen received his PhD from the University of Iowa, where his thesis research with Richard Roller focused on herpes simplex virus assembly and trafficking.
Shunji Li
Postdoctoral Fellow
Shunji completed her PhD at the University of Idaho with Rowley, where she studied HIV capsid transport into the nucleus.
Davide Maestri
Postdoctoral Fellow. Davide joined the lab following his PhD studies at The Wistar Institute in the lab of Italo Tempera. He studied how Epstein-Barr Virus hijacks the host nuclear factors CTCF, PARP1 and YY1 to promote unchecked cellular proliferation through reorganization of the the host genome 3D structure.
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Eshaani Mitra
Postdoctoral Fellow
Eshaani did her doctoral studies in virology with Dr. Haitao Guo at University of Indiana and subsequently at University of Pittsburgh studying Hepatitis B virus (HBV) host/pathogen interactions. Eshaani found that HBV precore protein p22 inhibits alpha interferon signaling by...