Florian Douam, PhD

Assistant Professor, Virology, Immunology & Microbiology

Florian Douam
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Biography

Florian Douam, Ph.D. has a Ph.D. in molecular virology from École normale supérieure de Lyon, France. He previously worked as a postdoctoral research associate in the Ploss Lab, in the department of molecular biology at Princeton University. He currently leads the Douam Lab located at the National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratories (NEIDL), which investigates how the human immune system as a tissue interacts with specific viral pathogens and ultimately regulates different outcome of infection.

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

Education

  • L'École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, PhD
  • Universite De Tours, BS

Publications

  • Published on 2/4/2025

    Subramaniam S, Jose A, Kenney D, O'Connell AK, Bosmann M, Douam F, Crossland N. Challenging the notion of endothelial infection by SARS-CoV-2: insights from the current scientific evidence. Front Immunol. 2025; 16:1443932. PMID: 39967675.

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  • Published on 1/30/2025

    Subramaniam S, Napoleon MA, Lotfollahzadeh S, Kamal MH, Kurniawan H, Elsadawi M, Kenney D, Douam F, Bosmann M, Whelan S, Cabral H, Burks EJ, Zhao G, Kolachalama V, Ravid K, Chitalia V. Tryptophan metabolism reprogramming contributes to the prothrombotic milieu in mice and humans infected with SARS-CoV-2. bioRxiv. 2025 Jan 30. PMID: 39896681.

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  • Published on 9/24/2024

    Joseph J, Baby HM, Quintero JR, Kenney D, Mebratu YA, Bhatia E, Shah P, Swain K, Lee D, Kaur S, Li XL, Mwangi J, Snapper O, Nair R, Agus E, Ranganathan S, Kage J, Gao J, Luo JN, Yu A, Park D, Douam F, Tesfaigzi Y, Karp JM, Joshi N. Toward a Radically Simple Multi-Modal Nasal Spray for Preventing Respiratory Infections. Adv Mater. 2024 Nov; 36(46):e2406348. PMID: 39318086.

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  • Published on 7/8/2024

    McGee JE, Kirsch JR, Kenney D, Cerbo F, Chavez EC, Shih TY, Douam F, Wong WW, Grinstaff MW. Complete substitution with modified nucleotides in self-amplifying RNA suppresses the interferon response and increases potency. Nat Biotechnol. 2024 Jul 08. PMID: 38977924.

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  • Published on 6/7/2024

    Subramaniam S, Kenney D, Jayaraman A, O'Connell AK, Walachowski S, Montanaro P, Reinhardt C, Colucci G, Crossland NA, Douam F, Bosmann M. Aging is associated with an insufficient early inflammatory response of lung endothelial cells in SARS-CoV-2 infection. Front Immunol. 2024; 15:1397990. PMID: 38911865.

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  • Published on 4/22/2024

    Hartmann JA, Cardoso MR, Talarico MCR, Kenney DJ, Leone MR, Reese DC, Turcinovic J, O'Connell AK, Gertje HP, Marino C, Ojeda PE, De Paula EV, Orsi FA, Velloso LA, Cafiero TR, Connor JH, Ploss A, Hoelzemer A, Carrington M, Barczak AK, Crossland NA, Douam F, Boucau J, Garcia-Beltran WF. Evasion of NKG2D-mediated cytotoxic immunity by sarbecoviruses. Cell. 2024 May 09; 187(10):2393-2410.e14. PMID: 38653235.

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  • Published on 3/8/2024

    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. Resolution of SARS-CoV-2 infection in human lung tissues is driven by extravascular CD163+ monocytes. bioRxiv. 2024 Mar 08. PMID: 38496468.

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  • Published on 10/10/2023

    Mesev EV, Lin AE, Guare EG, Heller BL, Douam F, Adamson B, Toettcher JE, Ploss A. Membrane-proximal motifs encode differences in signaling strength between type I and III interferon receptors. Sci Signal. 2023 Oct 10; 16(806):eadf5494. PMID: 37816090.

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  • Published on 9/17/2023

    McGee JE, Kirsch JR, Kenney D, Chavez E, Shih TY, Douam F, Wong WW, Grinstaff MW. Complete substitution with modified nucleotides suppresses the early interferon response and increases the potency of self-amplifying RNA. bioRxiv. 2023 Sep 17. PMID: 37745375.

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  • Published on 7/1/2023

    Hogan G, Winer BY, Ahodantin J, Sellau J, Huang T, Douam F, Funaki M, Chiriboga L, Su L, Ploss A. Persistent hepatitis B virus and HIV coinfections in dually humanized mice engrafted with human liver and immune system. J Med Virol. 2023 Jul; 95(7):e28930. PMID: 37403703.

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