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Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Stella Victorelli
Mayo Clinic
2
Matthew T. N. Yarnall
McGovern Institute for Brain Research
3
Huawei Tong
Chinese Academy of Sciences
4
Nitzan Tal
Weizmann Institute of Science
5
Victoria Moiseeva
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
6
Jessie R. Davis
Broad Institute
7
Christian F. Baca
Rockefeller University
8
Liuhui Fu
New York University
9
Marleen Bérouti
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
10
Han Altae-Tran
McGovern Institute for Brain Research

Papers

1
Development of deaminase-free T-to-S base editor and C-to-G base editor by engineered human uracil DNA glycosylase
Nature Communications|2024
49 cit.
2
Publication in Nature (2024) [30 citations, W4390707249]
Nature|2024
30 cit.
3
Publication in Cell (2024) [20 citations, W4403824927]
Cell|2024
20 cit.
4
Publication in Science (2025) [16 citations, W4409317391]
Science|2025
16 cit.
5
Mitochondrial RNA cytosolic leakage drives the SASP
Nature Communications|2025
12 cit.
6
Structural modeling reveals phage proteins that manipulate bacterial immune signaling
Science|2026
8 cit.
7
Programmable G-to-Y base editing using engineered DNA glycosylase
Life Medicine|2024
1 cit.
8
Clinical outcomes of patients with Polyvascular disease admitted with an acute diabetic foot ulcer
Journal of Diabetes and its Complications|2025
1 cit.
9
Nucleotides on the frontline: Nucleotide-centric defense systems reveal a core principle in bacterial antiviral immunity
Science|2025
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Marianna Cortese
Harvard University
2
Omar O. Abudayyeh
Brigham and Women's Hospital
3
Jonathan S. Gootenberg
Brigham and Women's Hospital
4
Catherine A. Freije
Rockefeller University
5
Andrea Ablasser
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
6
Baek Kim
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
7
Céline Eidenschenk
Délégation Paris 5
8
Michael P. Weekes
University of Cambridge
9
Philip J. Kranzusch
Harvard University
10
Laurent Perez
Hôpital Orthopédique de la Suisse Romande

Papers

1
cGAS–STING drives ageing-related inflammation and neurodegeneration
Nature|2023
925 cit.
2
The cGAS–STING pathway drives type I IFN immunopathology in COVID-19
Nature|2022
542 cit.
3
Drag-and-drop genome insertion of large sequences without double-strand DNA cleavage using CRISPR-directed integrases
Nature Biotechnology|2022
429 cit.
4
Bacterial gasdermins reveal an ancient mechanism of cell death
Science|2022
266 cit.
5
Phage anti-CBASS and anti-Pycsar nucleases subvert bacterial immunity
Nature|2022
189 cit.
6
Rapid in silico directed evolution by a protein language model with EVOLVEpro
Science|2024
156 cit.
7
Clathrin-associated AP-1 controls termination of STING signalling
Nature|2022
149 cit.
8
Cryo-EM structure of an active bacterial TIR–STING filament complex
Nature|2022
126 cit.
9
Structural basis of Gabija anti-phage defence and viral immune evasion
Nature|2023
116 cit.
10
Programmable eukaryotic protein synthesis with RNA sensors by harnessing ADAR
Nature Biotechnology|2022
109 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Feng Zhang
Broad Institute
2
Thomas Shenk
Princeton University
3
Don Ganem
Novartis (Switzerland)
4
Patrick S. Moore
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
5
Michael Boeckh
Fred Hutch Cancer Center
6
Lawrence Corey
Fred Hutch Cancer Center
7
Edward S. Mocarski
Emory University
8
Hidde L. Ploegh
Boston Children's Hospital
9
Louis J. Picker
Oregon National Primate Research Center
10
Giuseppe Gerna
Policlinico San Matteo Fondazione

Papers

1
Multiplex Genome Engineering Using CRISPR/Cas Systems
Science|2013
15.7k cit.
2
Genome engineering using the CRISPR-Cas9 system
Nature Protocols|2013
11.7k cit.
3
Identification of Herpesvirus-Like DNA Sequences in AIDS-Sssociated Kaposi's Sarcoma
Science|1994
5.7k cit.
4
Genome-Scale CRISPR-Cas9 Knockout Screening in Human Cells
Science|2013
5.5k cit.
5
DNA targeting specificity of RNA-guided Cas9 nucleases
Nature Biotechnology|2013
4.9k cit.
6
Cpf1 Is a Single RNA-Guided Endonuclease of a Class 2 CRISPR-Cas System
Cell|2015
4.9k cit.
7
Nucleic acid detection with CRISPR-Cas13a/C2c2
Science|2017
3.8k cit.
8
Double Nicking by RNA-Guided CRISPR Cas9 for Enhanced Genome Editing Specificity
Cell|2013
3.4k cit.
9
Clonal Integration of a Polyomavirus in Human Merkel Cell Carcinoma
Science|2008
3.2k cit.
10
Genome-scale transcriptional activation by an engineered CRISPR-Cas9 complex
Nature|2014
2.9k cit.

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