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Jack Richard Bennink, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
Cellular Biology and Viral Immunology Section
NIAID/DIR
Research Topics
Virus infections within the human population impose a significant annual burden in morbidity, mortality, and economic loss. The immune system and viruses have evolved and continue to evolve in response to each other. The mission of the Viral Immunology Section is focused on extending our basic understanding of the interaction between the immune system and viruses.
Biography
Dr. Bennink obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania for the study of the specificity of virus immune effector T cells. He spent two years as a member of the Basel Institute for Immunology, followed by five years as assistant and associate professor at the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, before coming to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 1987. His research focuses on influenza virus and antiviral immunity.
Selected Publications
- Brooke CB, Ince WL, Wei J, Bennink JR, Yewdell JW. Influenza A virus nucleoprotein selectively decreases neuraminidase gene-segment packaging while enhancing viral fitness and transmissibility. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014;111(47):16854-9.
- Ince WL, Gueye-Mbaye A, Bennink JR, Yewdell JW. Reassortment complements spontaneous mutation in influenza A virus NP and M1 genes to accelerate adaptation to a new host. J Virol. 2013;87(8):4330-8.
- Brooke CB, Ince WL, Wrammert J, Ahmed R, Wilson PC, Bennink JR, Yewdell JW. Most influenza a virions fail to express at least one essential viral protein. J Virol. 2013;87(6):3155-62.
- Frank GM, Angeletti D, Ince WL, Gibbs JS, Khurana S, Wheatley AK, Max EE, McDermott AB, Golding H, Stevens J, Bennink JR, Yewdell JW. A Simple Flow-Cytometric Method Measuring B Cell Surface Immunoglobulin Avidity Enables Characterization of Affinity Maturation to Influenza A Virus. MBio. 2015;6(4):e01156.
- Cush SS, Reynoso GV, Kamenyeva O, Bennink JR, Yewdell JW, Hickman HD. Locally Produced IL-10 Limits Cutaneous Vaccinia Virus Spread. PLoS Pathog. 2016;12(3):e1005493.
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