Julie Pfeiffer, Ph.D.

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Graduate School

Uni of Michigan - Ann Arbor (2001), Microbiology

• circadian control of viral infection
• coxsackievirus
• murine norovirus
• reovirus
• viral evolution
• virus-host interactions and pathogenesis
• virus-microbiota interactions

Featured Publications

Use of a glycan library reveals a new model for enteric virus oligosaccharide binding and virion stabilization.

Lu H, Lehrman MA, Pfeiffer JK, J. Virol. 2019 Dec

Bacteria Facilitate Enteric Virus Co-infection of Mammalian Cells and Promote Genetic Recombination.

Erickson AK, Jesudhasan PR, Mayer MJ, Narbad A, Winter SE, Pfeiffer JK Cell Host Microbe 2018 Jan 23 1 77-88.e5

Plaques Formed by Mutagenized Viral Populations Have Elevated Coinfection Frequencies.

Aguilera ER, Erickson AK, Jesudhasan PR, Robinson CM, Pfeiffer JK MBio 2017 Mar 8 2

Viral immunity. Transkingdom control of viral infection and immunity in the mammalian intestine.

Pfeiffer JK, Virgin HW Science 2016 Jan 351 6270

Bacterial lipopolysaccharide binding enhances virion stability and promotes environmental fitness of an enteric virus.

Robinson CM, Jesudhasan PR, Pfeiffer JK Cell Host Microbe 2014 Jan 15 1 36-46

Intestinal microbiota promote enteric virus replication and systemic pathogenesis.

Kuss SK, Best GT, Etheredge CA, Pruijssers AJ, Frierson JM, Hooper LV, Dermody TS, Pfeiffer JK Science 2011 Oct 334 6053

Multiple host barriers restrict poliovirus trafficking in mice.

Kuss SK, Etheredge CA, Pfeiffer JK PLoS Pathog. 2008 Jun 4 6 e1000082

Tradeoffs for a viral mutant with enhanced replication speed.

Lanahan MR, Maples RW, Pfeiffer JK, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021 Jul 118 30

Sorting nexin 5 mediates virus-induced autophagy and immunity.

Dong X, Yang Y, Zou Z, Zhao Y, Ci B, Zhong L, Bhave M, Wang L, Kuo YC, Zang X, Zhong R, Aguilera ER, Richardson RB, Simonetti B, Schoggins JW, Pfeiffer JK, Yu L, Zhang X, Xie Y, Schmid SL, Xiao G, Gleeson PA, Ktistakis NT, Cullen PJ, Xavier RJ, Levine B, Nature 2020 Dec

Microbiota-immune system interactions and enteric virus infection.

Woods Acevedo MA, Pfeiffer JK, Curr Opin Virol 2020 Sep 46 15-19

• Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring Award UT Southwestern Postdoctoral Association
  (2022)
• O’Donnell Award in Science, TAMEST
  (2019)
• American Academy of Microbiology
  (2018)
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty Scholar
  (2016)
• Burroughs Wellcome Fund Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease
  (2012)
• Pew Scholar
  (2007)
• President's Research Council Young Investigator Award
  (2007)