CURRENT MEMBERS

David Holthausen, PhD

Lab Manager since June 2020

Ph.D. in Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis, Emory University, Atlanta.

holthausen@wustl.edu

Emna Achouri

Bioinformatician, joined September 2020

Master’s degree in Genomics, majoring in Computational Biology, Université d’Evry (France)

emna@wustl.edu

Publications:

1. Felt SA, Sun Y, Jozwik A, Para A, Habibi MS, Nickle D, Anderson L, Achouri E, Feemster K, Cardenas AM, Turi KN, Chang M, Hartert TV, Sengupta S, Chiu C, and López CB (2021). Detection of Respiratory syncytial virus defective genomes in nasal secretions is associated with distinct clinical outcomes. Nat. Microbiol., https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-021-00882-3.

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Sebastien Felt, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher since June 2017

Ph.D. in Biology, Concentration in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Sciences from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

felt@wustl.edu

Publications:

1. SunY, KimEJ, Felt SA, TaylorLJ, Agarwal D, GrantGR, and LópezCB. (2019) A specific sequence in the genome of respiratory syncytial virus regulates the generation of copy-back defective viral genomes [Preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/06/16/349001]. PloS Pathogens, 15(4): e1007707. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007707. 2. Felt SA, Sun Y, Jozwik A, Para A, Habibi MS, Nickle D, Anderson L, Achouri E, Feemster K, Cardenas AM, Turi KN, Chang M, Hartert TV, Sengupta S, Chiu C, and López CB (2021). Detection of Respiratory syncytial virus defective genomes in nasal secretions is associated with distinct clinical outcomes. Nat. Microbiol., https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-021-00882-3.3. Felt SA and López CB (2022) Harnessing defective viruses to fight infections. Med, 3 1-2 doi:https://doi.org?10.1016/j.med.2021.12.006