06.09.2025.
Destiny Cooper has joined the lab as a research specialist. Welcome!
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05.12.2025.
Our study on SARS-CoV-2 3a dense body (3DB) has been published online in Nature Communications: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-59475-x.
Continue reading →04.03.2025.
Stella and Lisa‘s manuscript on SARS-CoV-2 3a dense body has been accepted in principle in Nature Communications. Congratulations Stella and Lisa!
Continue reading →01.24.2025.
We have been awarded an NIH NIAID R01 grant that will support our research on bacterial diseases.
Continue reading →10.21.2024.
Lilly Gorney has joined the lab as a research specialist. Welcome, Lilly!
Continue reading →06.03.2024.
Romele Robe Marcial Rivera has joined the lab as a research specialist. Welcome, Romele!
Continue reading →05.17.2024.
Our preprint is now online: SARS-CoV-2 ORF3a drives dynamic dense body formation for optimal viral infectivity In this study we discovered and characterized a novel type of membrane structures formed during SARS-CoV-2 infection, which we named the 3a dense bodies (3DBs).
Continue reading →05.06.2024.
Our Equipment Supplement for R35 has been awarded (R35GM151390-02S1). This will allow us to obtain a high-resolution live-imaging microscope for our viral/bacterial work at HTRL. We are looking forward to using it to study organelle remodeling in host-pathogen interactions.
Continue reading →05.13.2024.
Erica Olea Velazquez, a first-year UChicago undergraduate student, has joined our lab. Welcome!
Continue reading →04.26.2024.
Stella Hartmann has successfully defended for her PhD thesis. Congratulations, Stella!
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