Laurent Kaiser

Age- and Virus-Specific Signatures of In Vitro Reconstituted Human Airway Epithelia in the Presence and Absence of Respiratory Viral Infections

This study compares age-specific immune responses to respiratory viruses in human airway epithelia, finding distinct SARS-CoV-2 signatures in children that may explain milder disease.

Increased CHIP Prevalence Amongst People Living with HIV

The paper investigates the prevalence of clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) in people living with HIV and finds a higher prevalence compared to controls.

The influence of human genetic variation on Epstein-Barr virus sequence diversity

The paper investigates how human genetic variation influences Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) sequence diversity by analyzing paired viral and human genomic data from HIV-coinfected individuals.

Genomics of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine Attenuation

The paper identifies mutations frequent in HRSV vaccine candidates and rare in wild-type genomes that may contribute to vaccine attenuation.

Novel Rhabdovirus and an almost complete drain fly transcriptome recovered from two independent contaminations of clinical samples.

The paper identifies a novel Rhabdovirus and a nearly complete drain fly transcriptome from contaminations in clinical samples, highlighting the importance of considering non-human sources in metagenomic analyses.