Blanco-Melo Lab
Digitally-colorized TEM images from CDC-PHIL. Credits: Frederick Murphy, Cynthia Goldsmith, A. Harrison, P. Feorino, A. Balsh, Charles Humphrey & NIAID
Our Research
The Blanco-Melo Lab at Fred Hutch studies the strategies that animal hosts have deployed throughout evolution to combat viral infections. Through the combination of molecular biology, genomics and bioinformatics, we seek to characterize modern and ancient viral infections, understand the evolution of our antiviral immune response, and enable the design of broadly acting therapeutics against current and emerging viral threats.
Lab News
Ancient viral genomes reveal introduction of HBV and B19V into Mexico during the transatlantic slave trade. Now published in eLife and featured on TWiV.
Welcome to the lab! Qing Yang joined our group on August 1st, 2022.
Lots of love for our new lab whiteboard (>9K likes on Twitter). Art/design by Hector Blanco.
DE&I
We believe that the scientific endeavor is enriched by the inclusion of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and opinions. However, those underrepresented in science still face many challenges that could discourage them from achieving their goals. Therefore, we are committed to build a supportive environment of trust, inclusion and belonging where people can flourish, regardless of their race, ethnicity, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or physical ability.
Poster modified from https://sammykatta.com/diversity using BioRender.com
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