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Michael Baseler is affiliated with Leidos in the United States and maintains an active research profile primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Neurology, Virology, and Genetics.

The scientist's recent papers include studies published between 2022 and 2025 covering topics such as functional enrichment analysis, COVID-19 vaccination strategies, HIV drug resistance detection, and effects of cryopreservation on immune cell transcriptomes. The recent works are:

  • DAVID: a web server for functional enrichment analysis and functional annotation of gene lists (2021 update), 2022, Nucleic Acids Research
  • SARS-Cov-2 vaccination strategies in hospitalized recovered COVID-19 patients: a randomized clinical trial (VATICO Trial), 2025, Scientific Reports
  • HIVGenoPipe: a nextflow pipeline for the detection of HIV-1 drug resistance using a real-time sample-specific reference sequence, 2025, BMC Bioinformatics
  • The effects of cryopreservation on PBMCs transcriptome profile, 2025, Frontiers in Immunology

Michael Baseler collaborates frequently with several co-authors, among them Tomozumi Imamichi and Weizhong Chang with four joint publications each, Brad T. Sherman and H. Clifford Lane with three collaborations each, and Thomas A. Murray with two. This indicates active engagement in multidisciplinary and collaborative research environments.

The scientist's work has been published in various venues, most notably in Nucleic Acids Research, Scientific Reports, BMC Bioinformatics, and Frontiers in Immunology. These journals are associated with molecular biology, bioinformatics, infectious disease, and immunology research.

Key research topics covered by Michael Baseler include:

  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Gene expression and cancer classification
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • HIV Research and Treatment

This body of work reflects a focus on molecular and clinical aspects of infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and HIV, with an emphasis on genomic analysis, clinical trials, and the development of bioinformatics tools.

Best Publications

  • Presence of an inducible HIV-1 latent reservoir during highly active antiretroviral therapy

    Tae-Wook Chun;Lieven Stuyver;Stephanie B. Mizell;Linda A. Ehler

  • HIV-1 and T cell dynamics after interruption of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in patients with a history of sustained viral suppression

    Richard T. Davey;Niranjan Bhat;Christian Yoder;Tae Wook Chun

  • The reservoir for HIV-1 in human peripheral blood is a T cell that maintains expression of CD4

    SM Schnittman;MC Psallidopoulos;HC Lane;L Thompson

  • CD4 counts as predictors of opportunistic pneumonias in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.

    H Masur;F P Ognibene;R Yarchoan;J H Shelhamer

  • HIV infection induces changes in CD4+ T-cell phenotype and depletions within the CD4+ T-cell repertoire that are not immediately restored by antiviral or immune-based therapies.

    M Connors;J A Kovacs;S Krevat;J C Gea-Banacloche

  • Preferential infection of CD4+ memory T cells by human immunodeficiency virus type 1: evidence for a role in the selective T-cell functional defects observed in infected individuals.

    S M Schnittman;H C Lane;J Greenhouse;J S Justement

  • Controlled trial of interleukin-2 infusions in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.

    Joseph A. Kovacs;Susan Vogel;Jeffrey M. Albert;Judith Falloon

  • Increases in CD4 T lymphocytes with intermittent courses of interleukin-2 in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. A preliminary study.

    J A Kovacs;M Baseler;R J Dewar;S Vogel

  • HIV-1 induces phenotypic and functional perturbations of B cells in chronically infected individuals.

    Susan Moir;Angela Malaspina;Kisani M. Ogwaro;Eileen T. Donoghue

  • Increasing viral burden in CD4+ T cells from patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection reflects rapidly progressive immunosuppression and clinical disease.

    Steven M. Schnittman;Jack J. Greenhouse;Miltiades C. Psallidopoulos;Michael Baseler

  • Anti-retroviral effects of interferon-α in AIDS associated Kaposi's sarcoma

    H Clifford Lane;Judith Feinberg;Victoria Davey;Lawrence Deyton

  • Induction of CD4 and susceptibility to HIV-1 infection in human CD8+ T lymphocytes by human herpesvirus 6.

    Paolo Lusso;Andrea De Maria;Mauro Malnati;Franco Lori

  • Long-term in vivo survival of receptor-modified syngeneic T cells in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.

    Robert E. Walker;Christine M. Bechtel;Ven Natarajan;Michael Baseler

  • Human immunodeficiency virus infection of the human thymus and disruption of the thymic microenvironment in the SCID-hu mouse.

    S K Stanley;J M McCune;H Kaneshima;J S Justement

  • Interferon-alpha in patients with asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. A randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

    H. Clifford Lane;Victoria Davey;Joseph A. Kovacs;Judith Feinberg

  • Evidence for increased T cell turnover and decreased thymic output in HIV infection.

    Daniel C. Douek;Michael R. Betts;Brenna J. Hill;Susan J. Little

  • Cellular Immune Responses to Human Papillomavirus (HPV)-16 L1 in Healthy Volunteers Immunized with Recombinant HPV-16 L1 Virus-Like Particles

    Ligia A. Pinto;Jessica Edwards;Philip E. Castle;Clayton D. Harro

  • B Cells of HIV-1–Infected Patients Bind Virions through Cd21–Complement Interactions and Transmit Infectious Virus to Activated T Cells

    Susan Moir;Angela Malaspina;Yuexia Li;Tae-Wook Chun

  • Cutting Edge: Ku70 Is a Novel Cytosolic DNA Sensor That Induces Type III Rather Than Type I IFN

    Xing Zhang;Terrence W. Brann;Ming Zhou;Jun Yang

  • Identification of dynamically distinct subpopulations of T lymphocytes that are differentially affected by HIV.

    Joseph A. Kovacs;Richard A. Lempicki;Igor A. Sidorov;Joseph W. Adelsberger

Frequent Co-Authors

H. Clifford Lane
H. Clifford Lane National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Julia A. Metcalf
Julia A. Metcalf National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Richard T. Davey
Richard T. Davey National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Joseph A. Kovacs
Joseph A. Kovacs National Institutes of Health
Richard A. Lempicki
Richard A. Lempicki National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Henry Masur
Henry Masur National Institutes of Health
Michael A. Polis
Michael A. Polis National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Anthony S. Fauci
Anthony S. Fauci Georgetown University
Irini Sereti
Irini Sereti National Institutes of Health
Claire W. Hallahan
Claire W. Hallahan National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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