Despite the progress made in preventing, understanding, and treating viral infections in the last decades, viral diseases still pose a huge social and economic cost,…				
				
			
		 
		
			
		                 
				
				 
				
				 
					The Earnest lab studies the diversity and effectiveness of antibody responses to viral infection. Our primary focus is on mosquito-borne viruses that are spread in…				
				
			
		 
		
			
		                 
				
				 
				
				 
					Cell biology approach to study host-pathogen interactions Intracellular bacteria live and survive inside host cells, using the host cell’s own metabolism as a source of…				
				
			
		 
		
			
		                 
				
				 
				
				 
					EDUCATION Postdoctoral training: Harvard Medical School, Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston MA Ph.D., Immunology, Tufts University, Boston MA…				
				
			
		 
		
			
		                 
				
				 
				
				 
					EDUCATION Postdoctoral training: Yale University, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Ph.D.: Université de Sherbrooke (Québec, Canada), Biochemistry B.Sc. :…				
				
			
		 
		
			
		                 
				
				 
				
				 
					The overall goal of our research is to understand the mechanisms bacteria use to resist antimicrobials and the host immune system to ultimately guide future…				
				
			
		 
		
			
		                 
				
				 
				
				 
					My ongoing and future research endeavors are centered on two lines of research, both of which strive to gain further insights into how CD4 T…				
				
			
		 
		
			
		                 
				
				 
				
				 
					Dr. McKinstry completed his PhD at the University of Saskatchewan (Canada) followed by postdoctoral training at the Trudeau Institute in Saranac Lake, New York.  He…				
				
			
		 
		
			
		                 
				
				 
				
				 
					  Post-translational Modifications (PTMs) Driving Inflammatory Disease Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and next-generation sequencing technologies (NGS) have greatly expanded our knowledge of disease-associated genetic variants….				
				
			
		 
		
			
		                 
				
				 
				
				 
					We study the infections and innate immune responses to Enveloped RNA viruses – a remarkably diverse family of viruses, some of which are the most…