Junki Hirano

This paper develops a stable reporter platform for human rhinovirus and other enteroviruses by optimizing gene insertion and stability.

The paper develops a GFP-based reporter to measure 3C protease activity in picornaviruses, showing it works across diverse viral strains and identifies amino acid effects on enzyme activity.

This study identifies new RNA viruses in invasive camelids in Australia, revealing convergent evolution of upstream ORFs across divergent picornaviruses.

The paper evaluates anti-noroviral compounds in 2D human intestinal organoid monolayers and finds lower antiviral activity compared to 3D apical-out organoids.