Congratulations to Markus von Schaewen, Benjamin Winer and Qiang Ding for their recent publications in Virology, Journal of Virology, MBio and PNAS :

Ding Q, Heller B, Capuccino JM, Song B, Nimgaonkar I, Hrebikova G, Contreras JE, Ploss A. 2017. Hepatitis E virus ORF3 is a functional ion channel required for release of infectious particles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Winer BY, Huang T, Low BE, Avery C, Pais MA, Hrebikova G, Siu E, Chiriboga L, Wiles MV, Ploss A. 2016. Recapitulation of treatment response patterns in a novel humanized mouse model for chronic hepatitis B virus infection. Virology 502:63-72.

Ding Q, von Schaewen M, Hrebikova G, Heller B, Sandmann L, Plaas M, Ploss A. 2016. Mice expressing minimally humanized CD81 and occludin genes support hepatitis C virus uptake in vivo. Journal of virology.

von Schaewen M, Dorner M, Hueging K, Foquet L, Gerges S, Hrebikova G, Heller B, Bitzegeio J, Doerrbecker J, Horwitz JA, Gerold G, Suerbaum S, Rice CM, Meuleman P, Pietschmann T, Ploss A. 2016. Expanding the Host Range of Hepatitis C Virus through Viral Adaptation. mBio 7.