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Alejandro Benjamin Balazs is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard. His laboratory specializes in synthetic immunology, gene transfer technologies, and immune system engineering to combat HIV and emerging viral threats like SARS-CoV-2.
- Current research focuses include:
- Understanding sterilizing immunity mechanisms against HIV.
- Studying pathogen escape from immunological pressure.
- Optimizing AAV vector delivery for broadly neutralizing antibodies.
- Investigating innate immune responses in viral neutralization.
His lab has published extensively on:
- Antibody-mediated prophylaxis against HIV and SARS-CoV-2.
- Viral evolution and immune escape dynamics.
- AAV-based gene delivery systems.
- Humoral immunity in vulnerable populations.
- Immune signatures in humanized mouse models.
Scientific accolades include:
- NIDA Avenir New Innovator (DP2) Grant (2015)
- Gilead Sciences Research Scholars Award (2016)
- MGH Transformative Research Scholars Award (2016)
Doctoral students mentored in his lab include:
- Jackie Brady (Harvard BBS Program, 2015-2020)
- Allen Lin (Harvard Systems Biology, 2015-2020)
- Meredith Phelps (Harvard Virology, 2018-2022)
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