Whelan, Sean P. J.
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- Fields virology, 2021:title page (volume associate editor, Sean P.J. Whelan)
- OCLC, April 30, 2021(access point: Whelan, Sean Patrick Joseph ; no usage)
- Whelan Lab, via WWW, April 30, 2021(Originally from Leeds, England, Sean P.J. Whelan obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Birmingham, England in Biological Sciences (Microbiology). He joined the group of Jeffrey Almond at the University of Reading, England for graduate studies on poliovirus. For post-doctoral studies he switched strands to work on VSV at the University of Alabama at Birmingham with Gail Wertz)
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Sean Whelan is a British-American virologist. He is known for identifying the cellular protein used as a receptor by Ebola virus, for defining the entry pathway that rabies virus uses to enter neurons, and for identifying the ribosome as a possible target for antiviral drugs. In July 2019, he was announced as the new Chair of the Department of Molecular Microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Missouri. In February 2020, Whelan was recognized as the LGBTQ+ Scientist of the Year 2020 by the National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals.
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