Emily Bruce, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Determinants of Viral Infectivity and Viral-Host Interaction
PRONOUNS she/her
emily.bruce@med.uvm.edu
322B Stafford Hall
95 Carrigan Drive
Burlington, VT 05405
United States
Pronouns
she/her
Affiliated Department(s)
Translational Global Infectious Diseases Research Center (TGIR)
Area(s) of expertise
- SARS-CoV-2
- Nucleocapsid function
- Variant infectivity
- Influenza
- Viral assembly & trafficking
- Rab11 vesicular transport
- Particle morphology
BIO
- Doctorate - Dr. Bruce received her M. Phil. and Ph.D. in Virology from the University of Cambridge, studying the role of the cellular Rab11 trafficking pathway in influenza virus assembly with Dr. Paul Digard.
- Postdoctoral research, she studied cellular factors involved in bunyavirus entry and egress with Dr. Doms at the University of Pennsylvania and also worked on cellular factors required for arenavirus infection with Dr. Botten at UVM.
- Joined Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in 2021.
Courses
- MMG 3250A: Eukaryotic Virology
- MMG 2060A: Biomedical Research Methods
Publications
Bio
- Doctorate - Dr. Bruce received her M. Phil. and Ph.D. in Virology from the University of Cambridge, studying the role of the cellular Rab11 trafficking pathway in influenza virus assembly with Dr. Paul Digard.
- Postdoctoral research, she studied cellular factors involved in bunyavirus entry and egress with Dr. Doms at the University of Pennsylvania and also worked on cellular factors required for arenavirus infection with Dr. Botten at UVM.
- Joined Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in 2021.
Courses
- MMG 3250A: Eukaryotic Virology
- MMG 2060A: Biomedical Research Methods
Publications
Bruce Lab Team
Allyson Turner - Laboratory technician, allyson.turner@uvm.edu
Sara Jaffrani - Laboratory technician, sara.jaffrani@uvm.edu
Conor Fanuele - MMG Undergraduate Researcher
Matthew Owens - PhD Graduate Student, CMB program
Deborah Ajayi - PhD Graduate Student, CMB program
Sara Jaffrani - Laboratory technician, sara.jaffrani@uvm.edu
Conor Fanuele - MMG Undergraduate Researcher
Matthew Owens - PhD Graduate Student, CMB program
Deborah Ajayi - PhD Graduate Student, CMB program