We are a diverse team at the forefront of viral immunology, molecular virology, and protein engineering. Together, we use our expertise to inform vaccine development and therapeutic antibody discovery, particularly focused on pandemic preparedness.
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Our Impact: Fundamental Viral Immunity towards Innovative Vaccine Development
We investigate how interactions between viral surface proteins and host glycans shape viral attachment and entry, immune recognition, and antigenic landscapes across viral families, such as coronaviruses, influenza, and arteriviruses. Our work establishes fundamental viral immunology principles that inform vaccine development and therapeutic antibody discovery… towards pandemic preparedness.
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Design of coronavirus spike-based vaccine antigens and nanoparticle vaccines towards eliciting robust cross-reactive immune responses.
ANTIGENIC LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS
Uncovering the antigenic landscape of coronaviruses, other respiratory viruses, and arteriviruses to decipher virus-host interactions, investigate viral entry, and better understand pathogenesis.
FLOW VIROMETRY
Development of flow virometry tools towards single virion understanding of viral surface proteins towards characterization of understudied viruses with pandemic potential.
SIMIAN ARTERIVIRUSES: A Model for Pandemic Preparedness
Uncovering the immune landscape of arterivirus surface proteins, understanding host cell interactions, and developing novel vaccines and therapeutic antibodies.
The Corbett Lab members walking in the hallway at the Chan School
Kizzmekia talking to Sydney and Christian in the lab
Abigail Dzordzorme,former lab member, talking to Jeswin Joseph while working in the lab
Christian K.O Dzuvor (front) and Abigail Thomas (back)
We hope that we don’t ever have another pandemic, but, frankly, we need to be developing better ways to predict what types of pathogen might emerge and prepare for them.
Here’s to dreaming big. Here’s to being resilient. Here’s to resting along the way.
I try to make sure that my lab and the people I hire come from diverse backgrounds so that our thoughts and the way that we do our science shakes the table a little bit.
IID is thrilled to announce the appointment of endowed professorships to faculty members Dr. Flaminia Catteruccia and Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire, courtesy of generous philanthropic contributions.
Over the past few months, Harvard Chan faculty have been sharing evidence-based recommendations on urgent public health issues facing the next U.S. administration.
Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett on winning the Inspiring Women in Science Achievement Award 2022
