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Veterinary Medicine Academia

Michael Letko

Academic Title: Assistant Professor

Name: Michael Letko

 

Department: Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health

Department Website: http://globalhealth.wsu.edu

Institution: Washington State University

 

Address: SE 240 Ott Road
Pullman, Washington 99164-7090

 

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Expertise: Development of a time and cost-effective platform to screen lineage B betacoronaviruses for their ability to use different host receptors and infect human and other mammalian-derived cell lines
Screened the host-receptor preferences for the majority of currently-known lineage B betacoronaviruses showing that several viruses in this group, found circulating in bats, are capable of infecting human cells
Used to effectively demonstrate, in the laboratory, the host-r eceptor for SARS-CoV-2, in under 12 days from the release of the first viral genome.

 

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