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Meixuan Tong

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 3 Assay:proteomics· 3 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Organism:human· 1

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Structural insights into antibody responses against influenza A virus in its natural reservoir

Huibin Lv, Walter N. Harrington, Wenkan Liu, Dalia Naser, Yang Wei Huan, Emma Thames, Pradeep Chopra, Tossapol Pholcharee, Patrick Seiler, Edgardo Ayala, Alyssa Monterroso, Wei Ji, Qi Wen Teo, Akshita Baiju Gopal, Emily X. Ma, , Nicholas C. Wu

This study characterizes antibody responses to H3 influenza A virus in mallard ducks, revealing unique features compared to human antibodies and highlighting gene conversion in antibody evolution.

bioRxiv · Mar 12, 2026 · PreprintImmunology

Vulnerability in the breadth evolution of an influenza broadly neutralizing antibody

Katrine E. Dailey, Yiquan Wang, Qi Wen Teo, Chaoyang Wang, Ruipeng Lei, Meixuan Tong, Lucia A. Rodriguez, Letianchu Wang, Nicholas C. Wu

This study investigates the constraints on the breadth evolution of the CR9114 broadly neutralizing antibody by comparing binding affinity landscapes across different influenza HA subtypes.

bioRxiv · Nov 3, 2025 · PreprintImmunology

Evolution of antibody cross-reactivity to influenza H5N1 neuraminidase from an N2-specific germline

Huibin Lv, Yang Wei Huan, Qi Wen Teo, Chunke Chen, Tossapol Pholcharee, Akshita Baiju Gopal, Madison R. Ardagh, Jessica J. Huang, Ruipeng Lei, Xin Chen, Yuanxin Sun, Yun Sang Tang, Arjun Mehta, Mateusz Szlembarski, Kevin J. Mao, , Nicholas C. Wu

This study identifies an antibody that cross-reacts with H5N1 and H3N2 neuraminidases and shows how somatic hypermutation enables this cross-reactivity.

Cell Host & Microbe · Oct 18, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology

High-throughput synthesis and specificity characterization of natively paired antibodies using oPool+ display

Wenhao O. Ouyang, Huibin Lv, Wenkan Liu, Ruipeng Lei, Zongjun Mou, Tossapol Pholcharee, Logan Talmage, Meixuan Tong, Wei Ji, Yiquan Wang, Katrine E. Dailey, Akshita Baiju Gopal, Danbi Choi, Madison R. Ardagh, Lucia A. Rodriguez, , Nicholas C. Wu

This study introduces oPool+ display, a high-throughput platform for synthesizing and characterizing natively paired antibodies, demonstrating its application in analyzing influenza HA antibodies.

Science Translational Medicine · Sep 3, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology