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Eric Rubin

Scientific Advisory Board


Harvard University,
Cambridge, United States

Collaboration Interests
  • Pathogenesis
  • TB

Eric Rubin is a physician-scientist whose research focuses on tuberculosis. His laboratory develops genetic tools to study Mycobacterium tuberculosis, with the aim of understanding bacterial growth, survival and pathogenesis, and translating these findings into improved strategies for TB treatment and prevention.

In addition to his research activities at Harvard, he is an infectious diseases attending physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Publications
The conserved translation factor LepA is required for optimal synthesis of a porin family in Mycobacterium smegmatis Mycobacterium smegmatis HtrA blocks the toxic activity of a putative cell wall amidase Deletion of a mycobacterial divisome factor collapses single-cell phenotypic heterogeneity Mycobacterial metabolic syndrome: LprG and Rv1410 regulate triacylglyceride levels, growth rate and virulence in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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