Chris Lauber

This study identifies MYO10 as a host factor critical for RSV post-entry spread, showing that its disruption reduces viral dissemination without affecting early infection stages.

This study identifies ancient RNA virus genomes in Adelie penguin mummies, revealing viral sequences from specimens up to 2000 years old.

This paper introduces Virushunter and Virusgatherer, tools for discovering viral genomes from sequencing data, and applies them to bat transcriptomes to identify novel virus species.

The paper identifies a new order of RNA viruses, Quisvirales, with a novel helicase superfamily replacing the nidovirus SF1 helicase, suggesting convergent evolution of large replicases.

The paper expands the known range of nidovirus genomes up to 64 kb and identifies host constraints and new replicase expression modes in giant invertebrate nidoviruses.

The paper longitudinally analyzes wastewater viromes to track viral diversity and detect pathogens, identifying thousands of novel viral transcripts.