Welcome to the Ding lab!

We are broadly interested in studying enteric virus-host interactions. We investigate the interface of rotavirus and SARS-CoV-2 infection, host mucosal immune responses, and intestinal epithelial cell biology.

Research Areas

  • Molecular mechanisms of rotavirus replication and pathogenesis
  • Rotavirus-host interactions
  • Innate immune signaling in the intestinal epithelium
  • Gastrointestinal SARS-CoV-2 infection and diarrhea development

Research Tools

  • Rotavirus reverse genetics system
  • Genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screen
  • Virus-host protein interactome
  • Viral RNA binding protein interactome
  • Interferon-stimulated gene screen
  • 2D and 3D human small intestinal enteroid cultures
  • Live-cell imaging
  • Knockout and conditional knockout neonatal mouse models

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