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Mark Blackstad

University of Minnesota

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Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1

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Mark R. SchleissiD· 2 shared Adam P. GeballeiD· 1 shared Alexey J Badillo-Guzman· 1 shared Cheryl A. GaleiD· 1 shared Christine E Tanna· 1 shared Claudia Fernández-AlarcóniD· 1 shared Craig J. BierleiD· 1 shared Dan KnightsiD· 1 shared

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Replication-Deficient Whole-Virus Vaccines Against Cytomegalovirus Induce Protective Immunity in a Guinea Pig Congenital Infection Model

Mark R. Schleiss, Claudia Fernández-Alarcón, Craig J. Bierle, Adam P. Geballe, Alexey J Badillo-Guzman, Christine E Tanna, Kanokpan Tsriwong, Mark Blackstad, Jian Ben Wang, Michael A. McVoy

This study evaluates two replication-deficient whole-virus vaccines against GPCMV in a guinea pig model, showing they are attenuated and provide protective immunity against maternal viremia and congenital infection.

Journal of Virology · Jun 11, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology

Human Cytomegalovirus in breast milk is associated with milk composition, the infant gut microbiome, and infant growth

Kelsey E. Johnson, Nelmary Hernandez-Alvarado, Mark Blackstad, Timothy J. Heisel, Mattea Allert, David A. Fields, ELVIRA M. ISGANAITIS, Katherine M. Jacobs, Dan Knights, Eric F. Lock, Michael C. Rudolph, Cheryl A. Gale, Mark R. Schleiss, Frank Wolfgang Albert, Ellen W. Demerath, Ran Blekhman

The paper investigates the association between human cytomegalovirus in breast milk and milk composition, infant gut microbiome, and infant growth.

Nature Communications · Jul 23, 2024Peer-reviewedGenomics