Elke Muhlberger, PhD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Virologist;
Expert in molecular biology of Marburg and Ebola viruses and other highly pathogenic viruses;
Experienced in BSL4 work;
Focus on virus-host interaction.

Publications

  • Published 7/15/2025

    Olejnik J, Meier K, Herrera JN, DeStasio DJ, Deeney DJ, Flores EY, White MR, Hume AJ, Mühlberger E. Harnessing Hazara Virus as a Surrogate for Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Enables Inactivation Studies at a Low Biosafety Level. Pathogens. 2025 Jul 15; 14(7). PMID: 40732746.

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  • Published 6/1/2025

    Kuhn JH, Adkins S, Alkhovsky SV, An W, Avšic-Županc T, Ayllón MA, Bacnik K, Bahl J, Balkema-Buschmann A, Ballinger MJ, Beer M, Bejerman N, Bergeron É, Biedenkopf N, Blair CD, Blasdell KR, Bradfute SB, Briese T, Brown K, Brown PA, Buchholz UJ, Buchmeier MJ, Bukreyev A, Burt F, Calisher CH, Calvelage S, Cao M, Casas I, Chabi-Jesus C, Chandran K, Charrel RN, Crane A, Cuypers LN, Bó ED, de la Torre JC, de Souza WM, de Swart RL, Debat HJ, Dheilly NM, Di Paola N, Di Serio F, Dietzgen RG, Digiaro M, Drexler JF, Duprex WP, Dürrwald R, Easton AJ, Elbeaino T, Ergünay K, Eshak MIY, Feng G, Firth AE, Fooks AR, Formenty PBH, Freitas-Astúa J, Freuling CM, Gadd T, Gago-Zachert S, García ML, García-Sastre A, Garrison AR, Goldberg TL, Gonzalez JJ, Goüy de Bellocq J, Griffiths A, Groschup MH, Gryseels S, Gutiérrez-Aguirre I, Günther S, Hammond J, Hepojoki J, Horie M, Hume AJ, Hyndman TH, Höper D, Jiang D, Junglen S, Klempa B, Klingström J, Kondo H, Koonin EV, Krupovic M, Kubota K, Kurath G, Kutnjak D, Laenen L, Lambert AJ, Lee B, Li C, Li J, Li JM, Lukashevich IS, Maes P, Marklewitz M, Marshall SH, Marzano SL, McCauley JW, Mehle N, Mirazimi A, Morikawa T, Mühlberger E, Müller T, Naidu R, Natsuaki T, Navarro B, Navarro JA, Neriya Y, Netesov SV, Nicoloso VM, Neumann G, Nokireki T, Nowotny N, Nunes MRT, Ochoa-Corona FM, Palacios G, Pallás V, Papa A, Paraskevopoulou S, Parrish CR, Pauvolid-Corrêa A, Pecman A, Pérez DR, Pfaff F, Plemper RK, Postler TS, Radoshitzky SR, Ramos-González PL, Ravnikar M, Resende RO, Reuter G, Reyes CA, Rivarez MPS, Romanowski V, Rubbenstroth D, Rubino L, Runstadler JA, Ruiz-Padilla A, Sabanadzovic S, Salvato MS, Sasaya T, Schmaljohn CS, Schmidt-Posthaus H, Schwemmle M, Seljak G, Seuberlich T, Shi M, Shimomoto Y, Simmonds P, Sironi M, Smith DB, Smither S, Song JW, Spann KM, Spengler JR, Stenglein MD, Takada A, Takemura C, Tammiranta N, Tesh RB, Thornburg NJ, Tischler ND, Tomitaka Y, Tomonaga K, Tordo N, Turina M, Tzanetakis IE, Vaira AM, van den Hoogen B, Vanmechelen B, Vasilakis N, Verbeek M, von Bargen S, Vucurovic A, Wada J, Wahl V, Walker PJ, Wang F, Whitfield AE, Williams JV, Wolf YI, Yanagisawa H, Yang C, Ye G, Yu MC, Zerbini FM, Zhang S, Økland AL, Hughes HR. Annual (2024) taxonomic update of RNA-directed RNA polymerase-encoding negative-sense RNA viruses (realm Riboviria: kingdom Orthornavirae: phylum Negarnaviricota). J Gen Virol. 2025 Jun; 106(6). PMID: 40512168.

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  • Published 1/1/2025

    Suder EL, Scoon WA, Mühlberger E. Marburg Virus Minigenome Assays. Methods Mol Biol. 2025; 2877:129-139. PMID: 39585618.

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  • Published 12/3/2024

    Schrell L, Fuchs HL, Dickmanns A, Scheibner D, Olejnik J, Hume AJ, Reineking W, Störk T, Müller M, Graaf-Rau A, Diederich S, Finke S, Baumgärtner W, Mühlberger E, Balkema-Buschmann A, Dobbelstein M. Inhibitors of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase synergize with the broad antiviral activity of 4'-fluorouridine. Antiviral Res. 2025 Jan; 233:106046. PMID: 39638153.

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  • Published 11/5/2024

    Gonzalez V, Hurtado-Monzón AM, O'Krafka S, Mühlberger E, Letko M, Frank HK, Laing ED, Phelps KL, Becker DJ, Munster VJ, Falzarano D, Schountz T, Seifert SN, Banerjee A. Studying bats using a One Health lens: bridging the gap between bat virology and disease ecology. J Virol. 2024 Dec 17; 98(12):e0145324. PMID: 39499009.

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Other Positions

  • Faculty, National Emerging Infectious Disease Lab
    Boston University
  • Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students)
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences
  • Member, Genome Science Institute
    Boston University

Education

  • Philipps-Universität Marburg, PhD
  • Philipps-Universität Marburg, MA