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Julie Pfeiffer, Ph.D.

Julie Pfeiffer, Ph.D.

Professor & Chair

School
Medical School
Department
Microbiology
Graduate Programs
Molecular Microbiology
  • Biography
  • Education
    Graduate School
    Uni of Michigan - Ann Arbor (2001), Microbiology
  • Research Interest
    • circadian control of viral infection
    • coxsackievirus
    • murine norovirus
    • reovirus
    • viral evolution
    • virus-host interactions and pathogenesis
    • virus-microbiota interactions
  • Publications

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    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
  • Honors & Awards
    • 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)