Our laboratory uses bacteria to study fundamental mechanisms of transcription regulation, as well as the biology of prions. With an emphasis on the development of genetic tools, our work also encompasses biochemical, structural and microscopy-based...
Research in the Howley laboratory is focused on the molecular biology of the papillomaviruses and the role of these viruses in carcinogenesis. Several specific types of the human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are associated with human cervical cancer. The "high...
Elucidating the Molecular Principles of Self vs Non-self RNA Discrimination by the Immune System
Correct discrimination of “self” vs “non-self” nucleic acids by the innate immune system is essential for host defense against viral infection. A failure to...
Ancient signaling pathways lie at the base of the initiation of immunity, serving to transmit signals from Pattern Recognition Receptors (PRRs) to trigger the activation of anti-microbial defenses. All PRRs, which evolved to detect potentially pathogenic...
Our research focuses on the processes that mediate and regulate the movement of membrane proteins throughout cells. In particular our studies have help define molecular mechanisms that underlie the cell's sorting machineries mediated by the clathrin...
Our laboratory studies the mechanisms of epigenetic regulation of DNA virus infection. We are interested in the mechanisms by which human cells sense foreign DNA in the cell nucleus and activate transcription of innate response genes and epigenetically...
We are working to understand how cells respond to pathogens, and how these signaling pathways can be harnessed for new potential therapies to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases. Importantly, many critical aspects of the cellular response to infection...
The Lieberman laboratory studies the innate and adaptive immune response to infection and cancer. They seek to understand how cytotoxic T lymphocytes and NK cells provide immune protection in some conditions and fail to function or cause immune pathology...
Our research centers on defining how germline B cell antigen recognition controls epitope targeting in the downstream antibody response. We focus on how gene-encoded ‘pattern' recognition motifs within the antibody repertoire naturally support recognition...
We use dsRNA viruses from the families Reoviridae (primarily orthoreoviruses and rotaviruses), Partitiviridae, and Totiviridae to study fundamental aspects of structure-function relationships in virus particles, virus particle assembly, virus-cell...
Dr. Pardis Sabeti is an Associate Professor at the Center for Systems Biology and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and the Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease at the Harvard School of Public Health, and...
The Vandenberghe laboratory deconstructs viral evolution to improve viral vector design and use in gene therapy. We aim to more profoundly understand capsid structure-function relationships and use this information to select and engineer gene therapy...
