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 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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  • Published 7/21/2025

    Velasquez-Reyes JM, Schaeffer B, Curry SR, Overbeck V, Sher-Jan C, Taylor BP, Turcinovic J, Kuppalli K, Connor JH, Hanage WP. Characterisation of a persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection lasting more than 750 days in a person living with HIV: a genomic analysis. Lancet Microbe. 2025 Sep; 6(9):101122. PMID: 40706602.

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  • Published 6/18/2025

    LaVerriere E, Behar S, Sher-Jan C, Liang YM, Sagar M, Connor JH. Genomic Epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in a New England Hospital System, 2024. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025 Jun; 12(6):ofaf334. PMID: 40567998.

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  • Published 1/27/2025

    Nguyen MA, Williams C, Gard AL, Connor JH. Endothelial growth media components alter SARS-CoV-2 spike-directed growth kinetics. J Virol Methods. 2025 Apr; 333:115111. PMID: 39880099.

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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 Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students)
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences

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Education

  • Duke University, PhD
  • Swarthmore College, BA

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