Area of research
Infectious Diseases · Immunology
Research interest
Research interests include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, and Digital Innovation in Industries.
varVAMP: automated pan-specific primer design for tiled full genome sequencing and qPCR of highly diverse viral pathogens
Human lungs show limited permissiveness for SARS-CoV-2 due to scarce ACE2 levels but virus-induced expansion of inflammatory macrophages
SARS-CoV-2 variant Alpha has a spike-dependent replication advantage over the ancestral B.1 strain in human cells with low ACE2 expression
SARS-CoV-2 infection triggers profibrotic macrophage responses and lung fibrosis
A Remote Secondary Binding Pocket Promotes Heteromultivalent Targeting of DC-SIGN
Analysis of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 2 Replication in Explant Cultures of the Human Upper Respiratory Tract Reveals Broad Tissue Tropism of Wild-Type and B.1.1.7 Variant Viruses
A Specific, Glycomimetic Langerin Ligand for Human Langerhans Cell Targeting