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Menzo J. E. Havenga is affiliated with Batavia Biosciences located in the Netherlands. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine, with a specific focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Oncology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's main research topics include virus-based gene therapy research, viral infectious diseases and gene expression in insects, CAR-T cell therapy research, viral infections and immunology research, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, animal virus infections studies, and hermeneutics and narrative identity.

Menzo J. E. Havenga has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications. Selected recent papers include:

  • Human species D adenovirus hexon capsid protein mediates cell entry through a direct interaction with CD46, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Adenoviral vectors for cardiovascular gene therapy applications: a clinical and industry perspective, 2022, Journal of Molecular Medicine
  • Human AdV-20-42-42, a Promising Novel Adenoviral Vector for Gene Therapy and Vaccine Product Development, 2021, Journal of Virology
  • COVID-19: Transition to Online Problem-based Learning in Robotics - Challenges, Opportunities and Insights, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Developing a manufacturing process to deliver a cost effective and stable liquid human rotavirus vaccine, 2021, Vaccine

Co-authors frequently collaborating with Menzo J. E. Havenga include:

  • Wilfried A.M. Bakker
  • Mónika Z. Ballmann
  • Angelique A. C. Lemckert
  • Niklas Arnberg
  • Lijo John

The scientist publishes regularly in the following venues:

  • Vaccine
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Molecular Medicine
  • Journal of Virology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Adenovirus serotype 5 hexon mediates liver gene transfer

    Simon N. Waddington;John H. McVey;David Bhella;Alan L. Parker

  • Comparative Seroprevalence and Immunogenicity of Six Rare Serotype Recombinant Adenovirus Vaccine Vectors from Subgroups B and D

    Peter Abbink;Angelique A. C. Lemckert;Bonnie A. Ewald;Diana M. Lynch

  • Hexon-chimaeric adenovirus serotype 5 vectors circumvent pre-existing anti-vector immunity

    Diane M. Roberts;Anjali Nanda;Menzo J. E. Havenga;Peter Abbink

  • Replication-Deficient Human Adenovirus Type 35 Vectors for Gene Transfer and Vaccination: Efficient Human Cell Infection and Bypass of Preexisting Adenovirus Immunity

    Ronald Vogels;David Zuijdgeest;Richard van Rijnsoever;Eric Hartkoorn

  • Immune Control of an SIV Challenge by a T Cell-Based Vaccine in Rhesus Monkeys

    Jinyan Liu;Kara L. O’Brien;Diana M. Lynch;Nathaniel L. Simmons

  • Immunogenicity of Recombinant Adenovirus Serotype 35 Vaccine in the Presence of Pre-Existing Anti-Ad5 Immunity

    Dan H. Barouch;Maria G. Pau;Jerome H. H. V. Custers;Wouter Koudstaal

  • Neutralizing Antibodies to Adenovirus Serotype 5 Vaccine Vectors Are Directed Primarily against the Adenovirus Hexon Protein

    Shawn M. Sumida;Diana M. Truitt;Angelique A. C. Lemckert;Ronald Vogels

  • Exploiting the natural diversity in adenovirus tropism for therapy and prevention of disease.

    M. J. E. Havenga;A. A. C. Lemckert;O. J. A. E. Ophorst;M. van Meijer

  • Highly efficient transduction of human monocyte-derived dendritic cells with subgroup B fiber-modified adenovirus vectors enhances transgene-encoded antigen presentation to cytotoxic T cells.

    Delphine Rea;Menzo J. E. Havenga;Maayke van den Assem;Roger P. M. Sutmuller

  • Protective immune responses to a recombinant adenovirus type 35 tuberculosis vaccine in two mouse strains: CD4 and CD8 T-cell epitope mapping and role of gamma interferon.

    Katarina Radošević;Catharina W. Wieland;Ariane Rodriguez;Gerrit Jan Weverling

  • Neutralizing Antibodies and CD8+ T Lymphocytes both Contribute to Immunity to Adenovirus Serotype 5 Vaccine Vectors

    Shawn M. Sumida;Diana M. Truitt;Michael G. Kishko;Janelle C. Arthur

  • Quantifying Adenovirus-Neutralizing Antibodies by Luciferase Transgene Detection: Addressing Preexisting Immunity to Vaccine and Gene Therapy Vectors

    Mieke C. Sprangers;Wandena Lakhai;Wouter Koudstaal;Marielle Verhoeven

  • Adenovirus types 5 and 35 seroprevalence in AIDS risk groups supports type 35 as a vaccine vector.

    Stefan Kostense;Wouter Koudstaal;Mieke Sprangers;Gerrit Jan Weverling

  • Immunogenicity of Heterologous Prime-Boost Regimens Involving Recombinant Adenovirus Serotype 11 (Ad11) and Ad35 Vaccine Vectors in the Presence of Anti-Ad5 Immunity

    Angelique A. C. Lemckert;Shawn M. Sumida;Lennart Holterman;Ronald Vogels

  • Adenoviruses Activate Human Dendritic Cells without Polarization toward a T-Helper Type 1-Inducing Subset

    Delphine Rea;Frederik H. E. Schagen;Rob C. Hoeben;Majid Mehtali

  • Novel replication-incompetent vector derived from adenovirus type 11 (Ad11) for vaccination and gene therapy: low seroprevalence and non-cross-reactivity with Ad5.

    Lennart Holterman;Ronald Vogels;Remko van der Vlugt;Martijn Sieuwerts

  • Novel replication-incompetent adenoviral B-group vectors: high vector stability and yield in PER.C6 cells.

    M. Havenga;R. Vogels;D. Zuijdgeest;K. Radosevic

  • Improved adenovirus vectors for infection of cardiovascular tissues.

    M. J. E. Havenga;A. A. C. Lemckert;J. M. Grimbergen;R. Vogels

  • Complementing cell lines

    Ronald Vogels;Menzo Jans Emco Havenga;Majid Mehtali

  • Magnitude and Phenotype of Cellular Immune Responses Elicited by Recombinant Adenovirus Vectors and Heterologous Prime-Boost Regimens in Rhesus Monkeys

    Jinyan Liu;Bonnie A. Ewald;Diana M. Lynch;Matthew Denholtz

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaap Goudsmit
Jaap Goudsmit Harvard University
Dan H. Barouch
Dan H. Barouch Harvard Medical School
Paul H.A. Quax
Paul H.A. Quax Leiden University Medical Center
Simon N. Waddington
Simon N. Waddington University College London
Peter Abbink
Peter Abbink Harvard Medical School
John H. McVey
John H. McVey University of Surrey
Stuart A. Nicklin
Stuart A. Nicklin University of Glasgow
Andy Baker
Andy Baker University of New South Wales
Michelle A. Lifton
Michelle A. Lifton Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Keith G. Mansfield
Keith G. Mansfield Novartis (Switzerland)

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