Profile

Michael Worobey

Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Member of the Graduate Faculty | Professor, BIO5 Institute | Department Head, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Professor, Genetics - GIDP

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

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Research

Collaboration(18)

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Grants(8)

Extremely Rapid, Ultrasensitive, Multiplex Tests for Pathogens
Active·2024·$130K / $100K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
diagnostic tests, pathogen detection, rapid testing, ultra-sensitive detection, multiplex assays
Innate Immunity and Viral Infection in Asthma
Active·2021·$286.4K / $5.7M·
External
Co-Investigator (COI)
innate immunity, viral infection, asthma, immune response, respiratory health
NIAID Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response
Active·2021·$704.8K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
influenza, niaid, research centers, response, excellence
Understanding and Exploiting Antigenic Imprinting in Influenza
Active·2019·$399.7K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
influenza, antigenic imprinting, immunology, vaccines, epidemiology
Packard Fellowship Grant
Active·2006·$775K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
fellowship, grant, packard, research, science

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Publications(55)

Recent

Sensitive SARS-CoV-2 salivary antibody assays for clinical saline gargle samples using smartphone-based competitive particle immunoassay platforms

2023

covid-19, salivary antibody, diagnostic technology, point-of-care testing, medical devices

Sensitive, smartphone-based SARS-CoV-2 detection from clinical saline gargle samples

2022

sars-cov-2 detection, smartphone-based detection, clinical sample analysis, saline gargle samples, sensitive detection

Smartphone-based sensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2 from saline gargle samples via flow profile analysis on a paper microfluidic chip

2022

diagnostic testing, microfluidics, smartphone technology, sars-cov-2 detection, saline gargle samples

Endogenous Viral Sequences from the Cape Golden Mole Chrysochloris asiatica) Reveal the Presence of Foamy Viruses in All Major Placental Mammal Clades

2015

viral sequences, placental mammals, endogenous viruses, cape golden mole, foamy viruses

A Primitive Endogenous Lentivirus in a Colugo: Insights into the Early Evolution of Lentiviruses

2015

viral evolution, lentivirus, endogenous virus, host-virus interaction, colugo biology

The genesis and pathogenesis of the 1918 influenza pandemic

2014

influenza, pandemic, virology, epidemiology, pathogenesis

Geographical variation of human gut microbial composition

2014

microbiome, geography, human health, microbial diversity, population genetics

A synchronized global sweeof the internal genes of modern avian influenza virus

2014

influenza, viral genetics, global surveillance, avian, synchronization

An endogenous foamy-like viral element in the coelacanth genome

2012

Endogenous lentiviral elements in the weasel family mustelidae)

2012

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Michael Worobey

Collaboration(18)

Bonnie LaFleur

Janko Nikolich

Dean Billheimer

Donata Vercelli

Lynn Gerald

Grants(8)

Extremely Rapid, Ultrasensitive, Multiplex Tests for Pathogens

Innate Immunity and Viral Infection in Asthma

NIAID Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response

Understanding and Exploiting Antigenic Imprinting in Influenza

Packard Fellowship Grant

Publications(55)

Sensitive SARS-CoV-2 salivary antibody assays for clinical saline gargle samples using smartphone-based competitive particle immunoassay platforms

Sensitive, smartphone-based SARS-CoV-2 detection from clinical saline gargle samples

Smartphone-based sensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2 from saline gargle samples via flow profile analysis on a paper microfluidic chip

Endogenous Viral Sequences from the Cape Golden Mole Chrysochloris asiatica) Reveal the Presence of Foamy Viruses in All Major Placental Mammal Clades

A Primitive Endogenous Lentivirus in a Colugo: Insights into the Early Evolution of Lentiviruses

The genesis and pathogenesis of the 1918 influenza pandemic

Geographical variation of human gut microbial composition

A synchronized global sweeof the internal genes of modern avian influenza virus

An endogenous foamy-like viral element in the coelacanth genome

Endogenous lentiviral elements in the weasel family mustelidae)