John H. Connor, PhD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

My laboratory studies the virus-host interaction. We take a variety of approaches from genetic to systems biology to biochemistry and molecular biology. We are studying how viruses take over the cellular protein synthesis apparatus, how cells effectively fight virus infection, and how the host responds to infection with viruses that cause hemorrhagic fever.

Publications

  • Published 6/2/2026

    Turcinovic J, Fenton KA, Agans KN, Borisevich V, Deer DJ, Geisbert JB, O'Toole R, Abelson D, Dobias NS, Prasad AN, Woolsey C, Connor JH, Albariño CG, Geisbert TW, Cross RW. Recombinant Bombali ebolavirus in cynomolgus macaques as a survival model of Ebola virus disease. Nat Commun. 2026 Jun 02; 17(1). PMID: 42230576.

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  • Published 5/9/2026

    Suresh S, John R, Cooke JP, Connor JH, Jain A. Shear cytokine crosstalk is a determinant of SARS-CoV-2-induced endothelial pathophysiology and thrombosis in human vessel chips. J Thromb Haemost. 2026 May 09. PMID: 42107712.

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  • Published 12/15/2025

    Cavalli L, Taylor BP, Schaeffer B, Turcinovic J, Connor JH, Hanage WP. SARS-CoV-2 Intra-host Variation Shows Evidence of Transmission and Convergent Evolution in a University Surveillance Cohort. bioRxiv. 2025 Dec 15. PMID: 41446131.

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  • Published 9/8/2025

    Kenney D, O'Connell AK, Tseng AE, Turcinovic J, Sheehan ML, Nitido AD, Montanaro P, Gertje HP, Ericsson M, Connor JH, Vrbanac V, Crossland NA, Harly C, Balazs AB, Douam F. Immune signatures of SARS-CoV-2 infection resolution in human lung tissues. PLoS Pathog. 2025 Sep; 21(9):e1013469. PMID: 40920821.

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  • Published 8/5/2025

    Cross RW, Prasad AN, Turcinovic J, Borisevich V, Agans KN, Woolsey C, Deer DJ, Harrison MB, O'Toole R, Villasante-Tezanos A, Velasquez-Reyes J, Dobias NS, Connor JH, Fenton KA, Geisbert TW. Lassa fever in African green monkeys: Clinical disease and fatal outcome are associated with systemic viral dissemination and inflammation. Cell Rep Med. 2025 Aug 19; 6(8):102263. PMID: 40763738.

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Other Positions

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

Education

  • Duke University, PhD
  • Swarthmore College, BA