Elke Muhlberger, PhD
Professor, Virology, Immunology & Microbiology
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 1/1/2025
Suder EL, Scoon WA, Mühlberger E. Marburg Virus Minigenome Assays. Methods Mol Biol. 2025; 2877:129-139. PMID: 39585618.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 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.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 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.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/1/2024
Zhao C, Bai Y, Wang W, Amonkar GM, Mou H, Olejnik J, Hume AJ, Mühlberger E, Lukacs NW, Fearns R, Lerou PH, Ai X. Activation of STAT3-mediated ciliated cell survival protects against severe infection by respiratory syncytial virus. J Clin Invest. 2024 Nov 01; 134(21). PMID: 39484716.
Read at: PubMed - 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.
Read at: PubMed - 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.
Read at: PubMed - 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.
Read at: PubMed - 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.
Read at: PubMed - 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.
Read at: PubMed - 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.
Read at: PubMed
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