John H. Connor, PhD
Associate Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Virology, Immunology & Microbiology

PhD, Duke University
BA, Swarthmore College



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.

Faculty
Boston University
National Emerging Infectious Disease Lab


Member
Boston University
Genome Science Institute


Member
Boston University
Bioinformatics Graduate Program


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




Determinants of COVID19-induced venous thrombosis and targeted therapy assessed with bioengineered vein-chip
05/01/2021 - 04/30/2025 (PI)
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
5R01HL157790-03

Advancement of a poxvirus inhibitor
03/12/2020 - 02/28/2025 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
5R01AI151559-04

Development of a rVSV Vectored Vaccine for Lassa Virus: Nonhuman Primate Efficacy and Immunogenicity Studies
09/01/2021 - 08/31/2023 (Subcontract PI)
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston DOD DTRA


Deep sequencing of pathogens to precisely define transmission networks using rare variants
06/01/2021 - 05/31/2023 (Subcontract PI)
President and Fellows of Harvard College dba Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health NIH NIAID
5R01AI128344-05

GeoSentinel – The Global Surveillance Network of ISTM and CDC
05/01/2022 - 04/30/2023 (Subcontract PI)
International Society of Travel Medicine HHS CDC


Culture of SARS-CoV-2 variants of interest from the Massachusetts region
10/01/2021 - 03/31/2023 (Subcontract PI)
President & Fellows of Harvard College on behalf of Harvard Medical School China Evergrande Gr


Modular point-of-care platform for differential diagnosis of viral hemorrhagic fevers
02/14/2022 - 02/22/2023 (Subcontract PI)
RedBud Labs NIH NIAID
1R43AI157508-01A1

B-BIC RADX-Rad: Unlu (BU) Subcontract
12/21/2020 - 08/31/2022 (Co-Investigator)
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. NIH NHLBI
4U54HL119145-08

Antimicrobial Surface Coatings to Reduce COVID-19 Spread
11/18/2020 - 08/24/2022 (Subcontract PI)
Physical Sciences, Inc. DOD Air Force


SARS-CoV-2 Variants in the Tufts population
04/01/2021 - 03/31/2022 (PI)
Trustees of Tufts College, Inc


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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2023 Determinants of COVID19-induced venous thrombosis and targeted therapy assessed with bioengineered vein-chip 5R01HL157790-03
2023 Advancement of poxvirus inhibitor 5R01AI151559-04
2022 Determinants of COVID19-induced venous thrombosis and targeted therapy assessed with bioengineered vein-chip 5R01HL157790-02
2022 Advancement of poxvirus inhibitor 5R01AI151559-03
2021 Determinants of COVID19-induced venous thrombosis and targeted therapy assessed with bioengineered vein-chip 1R01HL157790-01
2021 Advancement of poxvirus inhibitor 5R01AI151559-02
2020 Advancement of poxvirus inhibitor 1R01AI151559-01
2019 Genetic probing of residues involved in ebolavirus glycoprotein entry 5R21AI135517-02 1
2018 Genetic probing of residues involved in ebolavirus glycoprotein entry 1R21AI135517-01 1
2017 Assessment of infection route and vulnerability of neural precursor classes to Zika virus 5R21NS101151-02 3
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  1. Woolsey C, Strampe J, Fenton KA, Agans KN, Martinez J, Borisevich V, Dobias NS, Deer DJ, Geisbert JB, Cross RW, Connor JH, Geisbert TW. A recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus-based vaccine provides postexposure protection against Bundibugyo ebolavirus infection. J Infect Dis. 2023 Jun 08. PMID: 37290053
     
  2. Tseng AE, Carossino M, Gertje HP, O'Connell AK, Gummuluru S, Kolachalama VB, Balasuriya UBR, Connor JH, Bennett RS, Liu DX, Hensley LE, Crossland NA. Hepatic proinflammatory myeloid phenotypes are a hallmark of Ebola virus Kikwit pathogenesis in rhesus monkeys. Vet Pathol. 2023 Jul; 60(4):473-487.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37170900
     
  3. Carmola LR, Turcinovic J, Draper G, Webner D, Putukian M, Silvers-Granelli H, Bombin A, Connor BA, Angelo KM, Kozarsky P, Libman M, Huits R, Hamer DH, Fairley JK, Connor JH, Piantadosi A, Bourque DL. Genomic Epidemiology of a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Outbreak in a US Major League Soccer Club: Was It Travel Related? Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Jun; 10(6):ofad235.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37323423; PMCID: PMC10264064; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad235;
     
  4. Chen DY, Turcinovic J, Feng S, Kenney DJ, Chin CV, Choudhary MC, Conway HL, Semaan M, Close BJ, Tavares AH, Seitz S, Khan N, Kapell S, Crossland NA, Li JZ, Douam F, Baker SC, Connor JH, Saeed M. Cell culture systems for isolation of SARS-CoV-2 clinical isolates and generation of recombinant virus. iScience. 2023 May 19; 26(5):106634.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37095858; PMCID: PMC10083141; DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106634;
     
  5. Bouton TC, Atarere J, Turcinovic J, Seitz S, Sher-Jan C, Gilbert M, White L, Zhou Z, Hossain MM, Overbeck V, Doucette-Stamm L, Platt J, Landsberg HE, Hamer DH, Klapperich C, Jacobson KR, Connor JH. Viral Dynamics of Omicron and Delta Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Variants With Implications for Timing of Release from Isolation: A Longitudinal Cohort Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Feb 08; 76(3):e227-e233.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35737948; PMCID: PMC9278204; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac510;
     
  6. Petros BA, Turcinovic J, Welch NL, White LF, Kolaczyk ED, Bauer MR, Cleary M, Dobbins ST, Doucette-Stamm L, Gore M, Nair P, Nguyen TG, Rose S, Taylor BP, Tsang D, Wendlandt E, Hope M, Platt JT, Jacobson KR, Bouton T, Yune S, Auclair JR, Landaverde L, Klapperich CM, Hamer DH, Hanage WP, MacInnis BL, Sabeti PC, Connor JH, Springer M. Early Introduction and Rise of the Omicron Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Variant in Highly Vaccinated University Populations. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Feb 08; 76(3):e400-e408.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35616119; PMCID: PMC9213864; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac413;
     
  7. Chen DY, Chin CV, Kenney D, Tavares AH, Khan N, Conway HL, Liu G, Choudhary MC, Gertje HP, O'Connell AK, Adams S, Kotton DN, Herrmann A, Ensser A, Connor JH, Bosmann M, Li JZ, Gack MU, Baker SC, Kirchdoerfer RN, Kataria Y, Crossland NA, Douam F, Saeed M. Spike and nsp6 are key determinants of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 attenuation. Nature. 2023 Mar; 615(7950):143-150.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36630998
     
  8. Chen DY, Kenney D, Chin CV, Tavares AH, Khan N, Conway HL, Liu G, Choudhary MC, Gertje HP, O'Connell AK, Kotton DN, Herrmann A, Ensser A, Connor JH, Bosmann M, Li JZ, Gack MU, Baker SC, Kirchdoerfer RN, Kataria Y, Crossland NA, Douam F, Saeed M. Role of spike in the pathogenic and antigenic behavior of SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 Omicron. bioRxiv. 2023 Jan 10.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36263066; PMCID: PMC9580375; DOI: 10.1101/2022.10.13.512134;
     
  9. Seymour E, Ünlü MS, Connor JH. A high-throughput single-particle imaging platform for antibody characterization and a novel competition assay for therapeutic antibodies. Sci Rep. 2023 Jan 06; 13(1):306. PMID: 36609657; PMCID: PMC9821353; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-27281-w;
     
  10. Boytz R, Seitz S, Gaudiano E, Patten JJ, Keiser PT, Connor JH, Sharpe AH, Davey RA. Inactivation of Ebola Virus and SARS-CoV-2 in Cell Culture Supernatants and Cell Pellets by Gamma Irradiation. Viruses. 2022 Dec 23; 15(1).View Related Profiles. PMID: 36680083; PMCID: PMC9866162; DOI: 10.3390/v15010043;
     
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Bar chart showing 139 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 15 publications in 2017

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Best of The Brink 2022: BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories

BU Today 12/13/2022

COVID-19's Lessons for Future Pandemics

Harvard Medical School 11/17/2022

Coronavirus Alert: U.S. Cases Dip but Deaths Slowly Rising, Michigan Governor Whitmer Tests Positive, and More

Everyday Health 8/10/2022

Study: In-Person Learning Did Not Spread COVID In Classrooms

WBZ News Radio 8/9/2022

BU’s Mask and Vaccination Mandates Prevented Spread of COVID in Classes, Research Finds

BU Today 8/8/2022

Masked, Vaccinated Students Didn’t Catch Covid in Classrooms

Bloomberg 8/5/2022

Masks and mandatory vaccinations ‘halt class Covid transmission’

Times Higher Education 8/5/2022

Boston University study finds in-person learning did not increase COVID-19 transmission

WCVB 8/5/2022

Monkeypox Cases—and Concern—Climbing

BU Today 8/3/2022

How new Boston University School of Medicine study supports current COVID-19 guidelines

WCVB 6/27/2022

A Bellwether for COVID-19

Harvard Medical School 6/8/2022

How Worried Should We Be about Monkeypox?

BU Today 5/25/2022

Is Five Days of COVID Isolation Enough? New BU Study Has Some Answers

BU Today 4/12/2022

BU Scientists Are Prepared to Detect Omicron—and Other Variants

BU Today 12/9/2021

The Omicron Variant Is a Mystery. Here’s How Science Will Solve It

Wired 12/1/2021

Those infected with the Delta variant may be carrying more than a thousand times more viral particles than prior variants

Genetic Literacy Project 8/17/2021

COVID-19 Delta Variant Is 'More Infectious and Replicates Faster', New Study Might Reveal Why

Science Times 7/24/2021

Where did COVID-19 come from?

USA Today 1/16/2021

What Does Pfizer’s Vaccine News Mean for the Coronavirus Pandemic?

BU Today 11/10/2020

Recovered Holyoke Soldiers’ Home vet testing positive for coronavirus raises questions about reinfection

The Boston Herald 7/28/2020

Coronavirus Immunity Studies ‘Encouraging’ For Short-Term Protection From Reinfection, Says BU Immunologist

The Boston Herald 5/5/2020

Mass. Hospitals To Launch Trial Of Japanese Drug Aimed At Fighting COVID-19

WBUR 4/9/2020

Mass. Hospitals To Launch Trail Of Japanese Drug Aimed At Fighting COVID-19

WBUR 4/9/2020

Antibodies found in blood of recovered coronavirus patients could offer a path to treatment

The Boston Herald 3/31/2020

Boston University Researchers Work To Develop Quick Coronavirus Test For Doctors’ Offices

CBS Boston 3/12/2020

Coronavirus Declared a Pandemic, Cases in U.S. and Massachusetts Continue to Rise

The Boston Herald 3/11/2020

COVID-19: What You Should And Shouldn’t Do Now

Futurity 3/4/2020

Coronavirus Is Coming: Dos and Don’ts for Protecting Yourself

BU Today 2/27/2020

Coronavirus Declared a Global Health Emergency by World Health Organization

The Boston Herald 1/30/2020

Robots on the March

Bloomberg Baystate Business 1/24/2020

Why Doesn’t The Flu Freak Us Out More?

Futurity 12/3/2019

Should We Fear The Flu More Than EEE?

BU Today 12/2/2019

Boston Medical Center Pathogen Specialist Hails New Ebola Study Hinting at Possible Cure

Boston Globe 8/12/2019

Amid High-Profile Outbreaks, Benefit of Widespread Asymptomatic Screening Remains Low

Contagion Live 2/14/2019

Spotting Ebola in the Crowd

BU Today 1/28/2019

Rapid diagnostic test detects Ebola, malaria in the field

MedTech DIVE 12/14/2018

New Portable Diagnostic Test For Ebola And Malaria Has Big Public Health Implications

WBUR 12/13/2018

Point-of-care test differentiates Ebola from similar diseases in 30 minutes

Healio ITJ 12/13/2018

Researchers Develop Portable Diagnostic Test For Ebola And Malaria

AAAS 12/12/2018

New Field Test Discerns Between Ebola and Lookalike Fevers

MDDI 12/12/2018

BU Experts on New Ebola Outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo

BU Today 5/31/2018

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