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David R. Martinez

David R. Martinez

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Microbiology

D-Index
47
Citations
18078
World Ranking
4730
National Ranking
1823

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

David R. Martinez is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their primary research field is Medicine, with a focus on Infectious Diseases, as well as related subfields including Animal Science and Zoology, Epidemiology, Immunology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Martinez's recent publications highlight extensive work on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. Notable papers include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 Reverse Genetics Reveals a Variable Infection Gradient in the Respiratory Tract, 2020, Cell
  • SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine design enabled by prototype pathogen preparedness, 2020, Nature
  • Potently neutralizing and protective human antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Nature
  • Evaluation of the mRNA-1273 Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 in Nonhuman Primates, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • DNA vaccine protection against SARS-CoV-2 in rhesus macaques, 2020, Science

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Ralph S. Baric
  • Alexandra Schäfer
  • Sarah R. Leist
  • Kendra L. Gully
  • Barton F. Haynes

David R. Martinez frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature
  • Science Immunology
  • Science Translational Medicine

Themes central to their work focus on the following topics:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Respiratory viral infections research

David R. Martinez is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), an acknowledgment of their involvement in the molecular biology research community.

Best Publications

  • SARS-CoV-2 Reverse Genetics Reveals a Variable Infection Gradient in the Respiratory Tract.

    Yixuan J. Hou;Kenichi Okuda;Caitlin E. Edwards;David R. Martinez

  • SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine design enabled by prototype pathogen preparedness.

    Kizzmekia S. Corbett;Darin K. Edwards;Sarah R. Leist;Olubukola M. Abiona

  • Safety and Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 Vaccine in Older Adults.

    Evan J. Anderson;Nadine G. Rouphael;Alicia T. Widge;Lisa A. Jackson

  • Potently neutralizing and protective human antibodies against SARS-CoV-2.

    Seth J. Zost;Pavlo Gilchuk;James Brett Case;Elad Binshtein

  • Evaluation of the mRNA-1273 Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 in Nonhuman Primates.

    Kizzmekia S Corbett;Barbara Flynn;Kathryn E Foulds;Joseph R Francica

  • DNA vaccine protection against SARS-CoV-2 in rhesus macaques.

    Jingyou Yu;Lisa H. Tostanoski;Lauren Peter;Noe B. Mercado

  • The receptor binding domain of the viral spike protein is an immunodominant and highly specific target of antibodies in SARS-CoV-2 patients.

    Lakshmanane Premkumar;Bruno Segovia-Chumbez;Ramesh Jadi;David R. Martinez

  • SARS-CoV-2 infection protects against rechallenge in rhesus macaques.

    Abishek Chandrashekar;Jinyan Liu;Amanda J. Martinot;Amanda J. Martinot;Katherine McMahan

  • Single-shot Ad26 vaccine protects against SARS-CoV-2 in rhesus macaques.

    Noe B. Mercado;Roland Zahn;Frank Wegmann;Carolin Loos;Carolin Loos

  • A mouse-adapted model of SARS-CoV-2 to test COVID-19 countermeasures.

    Kenneth H. Dinnon;Sarah R. Leist;Alexandra Schäfer;Caitlin E. Edwards

  • Rapid isolation and profiling of a diverse panel of human monoclonal antibodies targeting the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein.

    Seth J. Zost;Pavlo Gilchuk;Rita E. Chen;James Brett Case

  • Remdesivir Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 in Human Lung Cells and Chimeric SARS-CoV Expressing the SARS-CoV-2 RNA Polymerase in Mice.

    Andrea J. Pruijssers;Andrea J. Pruijssers;Amelia S. George;Amelia S. George;Alexandra Schäfer;Sarah R. Leist

  • The neutralizing antibody, LY-CoV555, protects against SARS-CoV-2 infection in nonhuman primates.

    Bryan E. Jones;Patricia L. Brown-Augsburger;Kizzmekia S. Corbett;Kathryn Westendorf

  • Antibody potency, effector function, and combinations in protection and therapy for SARS-CoV-2 infection in vivo.

    Alexandra Schäfer;Frauke Muecksch;Julio C.C. Lorenzi;Sarah R. Leist

  • Immunogenicity of Ad26.COV2.S vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 variants in humans.

    Galit Alter;Galit Alter;Jingyou Yu;Jinyan Liu;Abishek Chandrashekar

  • In vitro and in vivo functions of SARS-CoV-2 infection-enhancing and neutralizing antibodies.

    Dapeng Li;Robert J. Edwards;Kartik Manne;David R. Martinez

  • Neutralizing antibody vaccine for pandemic and pre-emergent coronaviruses.

    Kevin O. Saunders;Esther Lee;Robert Parks;David R. Martinez

  • Protection Against Papillomavirus with a Polynucleotide Vaccine

    J J Donnelly;D Martinez;K U Jansen;R W Ellis

  • The Impact of IgG transplacental transfer on early life immunity.

    Genevieve G. Fouda;David R. Martinez;Geeta K. Swamy;Sallie R. Permar

  • LY-CoV555, a rapidly isolated potent neutralizing antibody, provides protection in a non-human primate model of SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Bryan E Jones;Patricia L Brown-Augsburger;Kizzmekia S Corbett;Kathryn Westendorf

  • Ultrapotent antibodies against diverse and highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variants.

    Lingshu Wang;Tongqing Zhou;Yi Zhang;Eun Sung Yang

  • Differential Kinetics of Immune Responses Elicited by Covid-19 Vaccines.

    Ai-Ris Y Collier;Jingyou Yu;Katherine McMahan;Jinyan Liu

  • Rapid isolation and profiling of a diverse panel of human monoclonal antibodies targeting the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein.

    Seth J Zost;Pavlo Gilchuk;Rita E Chen;James Brett Case

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph S. Baric
Ralph S. Baric University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sallie R. Permar
Sallie R. Permar Duke University
Alexandra Schäfer
Alexandra Schäfer Duke University
Dan H. Barouch
Dan H. Barouch Harvard Medical School
Barton F. Haynes
Barton F. Haynes Duke University
Boyd Yount
Boyd Yount University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Barney S. Graham
Barney S. Graham Morehouse School of Medicine
David C. Montefiori
David C. Montefiori Duke University
feng gao
feng gao Duke University
Aaron G. Schmidt
Aaron G. Schmidt Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard

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