Elke Muhlberger, PhD

Professor, Virology, Immunology & Microbiology

Elke Muhlberger
617.358.9153
72 E. Concord St Instructional (L)

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.

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

Publications

  • Published on 7/16/2024

    Meier K, Olejnik J, Hume AJ, Mühlberger E. A Comparative Assessment of the Pathogenic Potential of Newly Discovered Henipaviruses. Pathogens. 2024 Jul 16; 13(7). PMID: 39057814.

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  • Published on 7/1/2024

    Ross SJ, Hume AJ, Olejnik J, Turcinovic J, Honko AN, McKay LGA, Connor JH, Griffiths A, Mühlberger E, Cifuentes D. Low-Input, High-Resolution 5' Terminal Filovirus RNA Sequencing with ViBE-Seq. Viruses. 2024 Jul 01; 16(7). PMID: 39066227.

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  • Published on 5/23/2024

    Hume AJ, Deeney DJ, Smetana JS, Turcinovic J, Connor JH, Belfort M, Mühlberger E, Lennon CW. Improved protein splicing through viral passaging. mBio. 2024 Jun 12; 15(6):e0098424. PMID: 38780266.

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  • Published on 4/26/2024

    Parthasarathy S, Saenjamsai P, Hao H, Ferkul A, Pfannenstiel JJ, Suder EL, Bejan DS, Chen Y, Schwarting N, Aikawa M, Muhlberger E, Orozco RC, Sullivan CS, Cohen MS, Davido DJ, Hume AJ, Fehr AR. PARP14 is pro- and anti-viral host factor that promotes IFN production and affects the replication of multiple viruses. bioRxiv. 2024 Apr 26. PMID: 38712082.

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  • Published on 2/9/2024

    Rasmussen AL, Gronvall GK, Lowen AC, Goodrum F, Alwine J, Andersen KG, Anthony SJ, Baines J, Banerjee A, Broadbent AJ, Brooke CB, Campos SK, Caposio P, Casadevall A, Chan GC, Cliffe AR, Collins-McMillen D, Connell N, Damania B, Daugherty MD, Debbink K, Dermody TS, DiMaio D, Duprex WP, Emerman M, Galloway DA, Garry RF, Goldstein SA, Greninger AL, Hartman AL, Hogue BG, Horner SM, Hotez PJ, Jung JU, Kamil JP, Karst SM, Laimins L, Lakdawala SS, Landais I, Letko M, Lindenbach B, Liu S-L, Luftig M, McFadden G, Mehle A, Morrison J, Moscona A, Mühlberger E, Munger J, Münger K, Murphy E, Neufeldt CJ, Nikolich JZ, O'Connor CM, Pekosz A, Permar SR, Pfeiffer JK, Popescu SV, Purdy JG, Racaniello VR, Rice CM, Runstadler JA, Sapp MJ, Scott RS, Smith GA, Sorrell EM, Speranza E, Streblow D, Tibbetts SA, Toth Z, Van Doorslaer K, Weiss SR, White EA, White TM, Wobus CE, Worobey M, Yamaoka S, Yurochko A. Correction for Rasmussen et al., "Virology-the path forward". J Virol. 2024 Mar 19; 98(3):e0007424. PMID: 38334328.

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  • Published on 2/1/2024

    Biedenkopf N, Bukreyev A, Chandran K, Di Paola N, Formenty PBH, Griffiths A, Hume AJ, Mühlberger E, Netesov SV, Palacios G, Paweska JT, Smither S, Takada A, Wahl V, Kuhn JH. ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Filoviridae 2024. J Gen Virol. 2024 Feb; 105(2). PMID: 38305775.

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  • Published on 1/18/2024

    Wuchty S, White AK, Olthof AM, Drake K, Hume AJ, Olejnik J, Aguiar-Pulido V, Mühlberger E, Kanadia RN. Minor intron-containing genes as an ancient backbone for viral infection? PNAS Nexus. 2024 Jan; 3(1):pgad479. PMID: 38274120.

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  • Published on 1/9/2024

    Hume AJ, Olejnik J, White MR, Huang J, Turcinovic J, Heiden B, Bawa PS, Williams CJ, Gorham NG, Alekseyev YO, Connor JH, Kotton DN, Mühlberger E. Heat Inactivation of Nipah Virus for Downstream Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Does Not Interfere with Sample Quality. Pathogens. 2024 Jan 09; 13(1). PMID: 38251369.

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  • Published on 1/3/2024

    Rasmussen AL, Gronvall GK, Lowen AC, Goodrum F, Alwine J, Andersen KG, Anthony SJ, Baines J, Banerjee A, Broadbent AJ, Brooke CB, Campos SK, Caposio P, Casadevall A, Chan GC, Cliffe AR, Collins-McMillen D, Connell N, Damania B, Daugherty MD, Debbink K, Dermody TS, DiMaio D, Duprex WP, Emerman M, Galloway DA, Garry RF, Goldstein SA, Greninger AL, Hartman AL, Hogue BG, Horner SM, Hotez PJ, Jung JU, Kamil JP, Karst SM, Laimins L, Lakdawala SS, Landais I, Letko M, Lindenbach B, Liu S-L, Luftig M, McFadden G, Mehle A, Morrison J, Moscona A, Mühlberger E, Munger J, Münger K, Murphy E, Neufeldt CJ, Nikolich JZ, O'Connor CM, Pekosz A, Permar SR, Pfeiffer JK, Popescu SV, Purdy JG, Racaniello VR, Rice CM, Runstadler JA, Sapp MJ, Scott RS, Smith GA, Sorrell EM, Speranza E, Streblow D, Tibbetts SA, Toth Z, Van Doorslaer K, Weiss SR, White EA, White TM, Wobus CE, Worobey M, Yamaoka S, Yurochko A. Virology-the path forward. J Virol. 2024 Jan 23; 98(1):e0179123. PMID: 38168672.

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  • Published on 11/23/2023

    Rahimi N, White MR, Amraei R, Lotfollahzadeh S, Xia C, Michalak M, Costello CE, Mühlberger E. Calreticulin Regulates SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Turnover and Modulates SARS-CoV-2 Infectivity. Cells. 2023 Nov 23; 12(23). PMID: 38067122.

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