The mission of the Yewdell lab is to extend a basic understanding of the interaction between the host and viruses and to use viruses as tools to better understand cell biology.
Jonathan Wilson Yewdell, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Cellular Biology Section
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Education:
M.D., Ph.D., 1981, University of Pennsylvania
A.B., 1975, Princeton University

James S. Gibbs, B.S., R.Ph., Ph.D.
Biologist
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Education:
Ph.D., 1990, Harvard GSAS, Division of Medical Sciences, Boston, MA
B.S., 1982, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Boston, MA
Ivan Kosik, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist
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Education:
Ph.D., 2011, Virology, Institute of Virology,Slovak Academy of Science, Bratislava, Slovakia
M.S., 2007, Molecular Biology, Comenius University Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
Languages Spoken: Slovak

Jaroslav Hollý, Ph.D.
Research Fellow
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Education:
Ph.D., 2017, Virology, Institute of Virology, Biomedical Research Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
M.S., 2013, Virology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
B.S., 2011, Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Languages Spoken: Slovak

Amir Ghorbani, D.V.M, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow IRTA
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Education:
Ph.D., 2022, Comparative and Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Residency/Ph.D., 2020, Avian Diseases, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
D.V.M, 2012, Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran
Languages Spoken: Persian/Farsi

Alberto D López-Muñoz, Ph.D., M.S.
Visiting Fellow
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Education:
Ph.D., 2019, Virology, Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Centre, Madrid, Spain
M.S., 2014, Molecular Biomedicine, Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Centre, Madrid, Spain
Languages Spoken: Spanish

Aizan Embong, Ph.D.
Visiting Fellow
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Education:
Ph.D., 2022, Virology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
B.S., 2017, Biotechnology, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Languages Spoken: Malay

Zhe Hu, Ph.D.
Visiting Fellow
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Education:
Ph.D., 2020, Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
M.S., 2017, Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
B.S., 2014, Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China
Languages Spoken: Mandarin

Tiansheng Li
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Education:
Ph.D., 2018, Fudan University
B.S., 2013, NanChang University
Languages Spoken: Chinese

Former Research Group Members
- Neetij Krishnan, B.A., Postbac IRTA
- Nicholas Usher, B.S., Postbac IRTA
- Alec Zhan, B.S., Postbac IRTA
- Nathan Fridlyand, Ph.D., Visiting Fellow
- Jefferson Santos, Ph.D., Visiting Fellow
- Devin Dersh, Ph.D., Research Fellow
- Samantha Muccilli, Ph.D., Rocky-Beth Postdoctoral Fellow