Wednesday March 1st, 2023, at 11:00 am
Sagi Shapira
Systems Biology Laboratory, INEM, Université Paris Cité
Invited by Jonathan Weitzman
“Dissecting Viruses: From Cell Circuits to First Drafts”
The seminar will take place in the Institut Jacques Monod seminar room (RB-18B). Bâtiment Buffon, 15 rue Hélène Brion, Paris 13th.
Zoom link for remote attendees:
https://u-paris.zoom.us/j/86114422072?pwd=VzJ0c2pxcHl4OWppekx3MldlM2Y4QT09
Contact : sophie.polo@univ-paris-diderot.fr
Relevant publications from the speaker:
A Structure-Informed Atlas of Human-Virus Interactions.
Lasso G, Mayer SV, Winkelmann ER, Chu T, Elliot O, Patino-Galindo JA, Park K, Rabadan R, Honig B, Shapira SD.
Cell. 2019 Sep 5;178(6):1526-1541.e16. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2019.08.005
Immune complement and coagulation dysfunction in adverse outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Ramlall V, Thangaraj PM, Meydan C, Foox J, Butler D, Kim J, May B, De Freitas JK, Glicksberg BS, Mason CE, Tatonetti NP, Shapira SD.
Nat Med. 2020 Oct;26(10):1609-1615. doi: 10.1038/s41591-020-1021-2
A Sweep of Earth’s Virome Reveals Host-Guided Viral Protein Structural Mimicry and Points to Determinants of Human Disease.
Lasso G, Honig B, Shapira SD.
Cell Syst. 2021 Jan 20;12(1):82-91.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cels.2020.09.006
Germ-Cell-Specific Inflammasome Component NLRP14 Negatively Regulates Cytosolic Nucleic Acid Sensing to Promote Fertilization.
Abe T, Lee A, Sitharam R, Kesner J, Rabadan R, Shapira SD.
Immunity. 2017 Apr 18;46(4):621-634. doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2017.03.020
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