Emily Bruce, PhD

Assistant Professor

Determinants of Viral Infectivity and Viral-Host Interaction

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emily.bruce@med.uvm.edu
(802) 656-9069
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emily.bruce@med.uvm.edu
+18026569069

322B Stafford Hall
95 Carrigan Drive
Burlington, VT 05405
United States
Emily Bruce's lab
Pronouns she/her
Affiliated Department(s)
  • Dept of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
  • Translational Global Infectious Research (TGIR)

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

Emily Bruce publications

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

Emily Bruce publications

Areas of Expertise

  • SARS-CoV-2
    • Nucleocapsid function
    • Variant infectivity
  • Influenza
    • Viral assembly & trafficking
    • Rab11 vesicular transport
    • Particle morphology
lab team

Lab Team

Conor Fanuele (MMG Undergraduate Student)
Emily Bruce (PI)
Allyson Turner (laboratory technician)
Matthew Owens, (PhD Student, CMB program)
Deborah Ajayi, (PhD Student, CMB program)
Sara Jaffrani, (Accelerated Masters Student)