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Jonathan M. Carlson is affiliated with Microsoft in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with a significant emphasis on Immunology and Microbiology. Within these broader fields, they have contributed notably to Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Virology, and Neurology.

The main topics covered by their work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, COVID-19 clinical research studies, HIV research and treatment, T-cell and B-cell immunology, immunotherapy and immune responses, and the long-term effects of COVID-19.

Carlson has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • "Magnitude and Dynamics of the T-Cell Response to SARS-CoV-2 Infection at Both Individual and Population Levels" (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • "Risk of rapid evolutionary escape from biomedical interventions targeting SARS-CoV-2 spike protein" (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • "HLA tapasin independence: broader peptide repertoire and HIV control" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Longitudinal analysis of T cell receptor repertoires reveals shared patterns of antigen-specific response to SARS-CoV-2 infection" (2022, JCI Insight)
  • "T cell receptor sequencing identifies prior SARS-CoV-2 infection and correlates with neutralizing antibodies and disease severity" (2022, JCI Insight)

Their research has been featured in several frequent publication venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • JCI Insight
  • AIDS
  • Journal of Virology

Carlson collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Harlan Robins
  • Thomas M. Snyder
  • H. Jabran Zahid
  • Rebecca Elyanow
  • Lance Baldo

Best Publications

  • The major genetic determinants of HIV-1 control affect HLA class I peptide presentation

    Pereyra F;Jia X;McLaren Pj

  • Increased HIV-1 vaccine efficacy against viruses with genetic signatures in Env V2

    Morgane Rolland;Paul T. Edlefsen;Brendan B. Larsen;Sodsai Tovanabutra

  • NATURALLY OCCURRING DOMINANT RESISTANCE MUTATIONS TO HEPATITIS C VIRUS PROTEASE AND POLYMERASE INHIBITORS IN TREATMENT-NAIVE PATIENTS

    Thomas Kuntzen;Joerg Timm;Andrew Berical;Niall Lennon

  • HIV-1 adaptation to NK-cell-mediated immune pressure

    Galit Alter;David Heckerman;Arne Schneidewind;Lena Fadda

  • Influence of HLA-C Expression Level on HIV Control

    Richard Apps;Richard Apps;Ying Qi;Ying Qi;Jonathan M. Carlson;Haoyan Chen;Haoyan Chen

  • Founder effects in the assessment of HIV polymorphisms and HLA allele associations.

    Tanmoy Bhattacharya;Tanmoy Bhattacharya;Marcus Daniels;David Heckerman;Brian Foley

  • Selection bias at the heterosexual HIV-1 transmission bottleneck

    Jonathan M. Carlson;Malinda Schaefer;Daniela C. Monaco;Rebecca Batorsky

  • Transmission of HIV-1 Gag immune escape mutations is associated with reduced viral load in linked recipients

    Paul A. Goepfert;Wendy Lumm;Paul Farmer;Philippa Matthews

  • Evidence of Differential HLA Class I-Mediated Viral Evolution in Functional and Accessory/Regulatory Genes of HIV-1

    Zabrina L Brumme;Zabrina L Brumme;Zabrina L Brumme;Chanson J Brumme;Chanson J Brumme;David Heckerman;Bette T Korber;Bette T Korber

  • Additive Contribution of HLA Class I Alleles in the Immune Control of HIV-1 Infection

    Alasdair Leslie;Philippa C. Matthews;Jennifer Listgarten;Jonathan M. Carlson

  • Marked Epitope- and Allele-Specific Differences in Rates of Mutation in Human Immunodeficiency Type 1 (HIV-1) Gag, Pol, and Nef Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Epitopes in Acute/Early HIV-1 Infection

    Zabrina L. Brumme;Chanson J. Brumme;Jonathan Carlson;Jonathan Carlson;Hendrik Streeck

  • HLA-associated immune escape pathways in HIV-1 subtype B Gag, Pol and Nef proteins

    Zabrina L. Brumme;Zabrina L. Brumme;Mina John;Jonathan M. Carlson;Chanson J. Brumme

  • A genome-to-genome analysis of associations between human genetic variation, HIV-1 sequence diversity, and viral control

    István Bartha;Jonathan M Carlson;Chanson J Brumme;Paul J McLaren;Paul J McLaren;Paul J McLaren

  • Central Role of Reverting Mutations in HLA Associations with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Set Point

    Philippa C. Matthews;Andrew Prendergast;Alasdair Leslie;Hayley Crawford

  • HLA Class-I Driven Evolution of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Subtype C Proteome: Immune Escape and Viral Load

    Christine M. Rousseau;Marcus G. Daniels;Jonathan M. Carlson;Jonathan M. Carlson;Carl Kadie

  • Phylogenetic dependency networks: inferring patterns of CTL escape and codon covariation in HIV-1 Gag.

    Jonathan M. Carlson;Jonathan M. Carlson;Zabrina L. Brumme;Christine M. Rousseau;Chanson J. Brumme

  • Early Selection in Gag by Protective HLA Alleles Contributes to Reduced HIV-1 Replication Capacity That May Be Largely Compensated for in Chronic Infection

    Mark A. Brockman;Mark A. Brockman;Mark A. Brockman;Zabrina L. Brumme;Zabrina L. Brumme;Zabrina L. Brumme;Chanson J. Brumme;Chanson J. Brumme;Toshiyuki Miura;Toshiyuki Miura

  • A large-scale database of T-cell receptor beta (TCRβ) sequences and binding associations from natural and synthetic exposure to SARS-CoV-2

    Sean Nolan;Marissa Vignali;Mark Klinger;Jennifer N Dines

  • Genetic Characterization of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Elite Controllers: Lack of Gross Genetic Defects or Common Amino Acid Changes

    Toshiyuki Miura;Mark A. Brockman;Chanson J. Brumme;Zabrina L. Brumme

  • Elevated HLA-A expression impairs HIV control through inhibition of NKG2A-expressing cells

    Veron Ramsuran;Vivek Naranbhai;Amir Horowitz;Ying Qi

  • CD8 and CD4 epitope predictions in RV144: no strong evidence of a T-cell driven sieve effect in HIV-1 breakthrough sequences from trial participants.

    Kalpana Dommaraju;Gustavo Kijak;Jonathan M. Carlson;Brendan B. Larsen

  • Genetic Selection Bias at the Heterosexual HIV-1 Transmission Bottleneck

    J Carlson;D Monaco;M Schaefer;D Claiborne

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce D. Walker
Bruce D. Walker Harvard University
Zabrina L. Brumme
Zabrina L. Brumme Simon Fraser University
Philip J. R. Goulder
Philip J. R. Goulder University of Oxford
David Heckerman
David Heckerman Microsoft (United States)
Thumbi Ndung'u
Thumbi Ndung'u University of KwaZulu-Natal
Simon Mallal
Simon Mallal Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Chanson J. Brumme
Chanson J. Brumme University of British Columbia
Mina John
Mina John Royal Perth Hospital
Mark A. Brockman
Mark A. Brockman Simon Fraser University
Mary Carrington
Mary Carrington Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard

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