Wenjun Ma Lab

Wenjun Ma

Professor

Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine

Research Focus

Dr. Ma’s research interests are viral diseases, with an emphasis on emerging zoonotic viral infections. His current research focuses on understanding mechanisms of pathogenesis and transmissibility, virus-host interaction and developing vaccines and antivirals for different zoonotic viral pathogens, such as Influenza virus, Rift Valley fever virus, SARS-CoV-2, Hantavirus and other viral infections. He is also interested in development of rapid detection systems for viral diseases. His long-term goals are to apply molecular biology and virology approaches to generate countermeasures and scientific knowledge that can be used to address current challenge from influenza and other important diseases for industry and public health needs.

Yuekun Lang

Assistant Research Professor
Email: ylcgm@missouri.edu

Graduate Students

Chao Dai

Graduate Student in Biomedical Sciences
Email: chaodai@missouri.edu

Dipali Gupta

Graduate Student in Biomedical Sciences
Email: dghgf@missouri.edu

Muhammad Afnan Khalid

Graduate Student in Biomedical Sciences
Email: mkgbc@missouri.edu

Sawrab Roy

Graduate Student in Veterinary Pathobiology
Email: srw38@missouri.edu

Lei Shi

Graduate Student in Veterinary Pathobiology
Email: lsfd9@missouri.edu