Education

University of Buenos Aires, School of Science (FCEyN), Argentina, Masters, 1980, Biology
University of Buenos Aires, School of Science (FCEyN), Argentina, Ph.D., 1986, Chemistry

Honors & Awards

  • 1994    
    Contract Grant for Infectious Disease Research, Eli Lilly and Company 
  • 1995    
    American Cyanamid Research Award
  • 2002    
    Dean’s Special Lecture
  • 2004    
    Sandler Award for Innovation in Basic Science
  • 2007    
    Grand Marnier Scientist-in-Residence Program
  • 2012    
    Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology (elected) 
  • 2017     
    M.W. Beijerinck Virology Prize, The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences 
  • 2019        
    Professorship Kyoto University, Kyoto Japan
  • 2023       
    Humboldt Research Award    Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
  • 2024    
    John J. Holland Award    American Society for Virology

Selected Publications

  1. Andino R, Darling D. Now you see me, now you don't: What and how viral RNAs are detected by cytoplasmic pattern-recognition receptors. Mol Cell. 2025 Apr 17; 85(8):1482-1483. View on PubMed
  2. Garcia-Knight MA, Kelly JD, Lu S, Tassetto M, Goldberg SA, Zhang A, Pineda-Ramirez J, Anglin K, Davidson MC, Chen JY, Fortes-Cobby M, Park S, Martinez A, So M, Donovan A, Viswanathan B, Richardson ET, McIlwain DR, Gaudilliere B, Rutishauser RL, Chenna A, Petropoulos C, Wrin T, Deeks SG, Abedi GR, Saydah S, Martin JN, Briggs Hagen M, Midgley CM, Peluso MJ, Andino R. Circulating neutralizing antibodies and SARS-CoV-2 variant replication following postvaccination infections. JCI Insight. 2025 Mar 10; 10(5). View on PubMed
  3. Catching A, Te Yeh M, Bianco S, Capponi S, Andino R. A tradeoff between enterovirus A71 particle stability and cell entry. Nat Commun. 2023 11 17; 14(1):7450. View on PubMed
  4. Yeh MT, Smith M, Carlyle S, Konopka-Anstadt JL, Burns CC, Konz J, Andino R, Macadam A. Genetic stabilization of attenuated oral vaccines against poliovirus types 1 and 3. Nature. 2023 07; 619(7968):135-142. View on PubMed
  5. Lidsky PV, Yuan J, Andino R. Reconsidering life history theory amid infectious diseases. Trends Ecol Evol. 2023 08; 38(8):699-700. View on PubMed
  6. Yang J, Xiao Y, Lidsky PV, Wu CT, Bonser LR, Peng S, Garcia-Knight MA, Tassetto M, Chung CI, Li X, Nakayama T, Lee IT, Nayak JV, Ghias K, Hargett KL, Shoichet BK, Erle DJ, Jackson PK, Andino R, Shu X. Fluorogenic reporter enables identification of compounds that inhibit SARS-CoV-2. Nat Microbiol. 2023 01; 8(1):121-134. View on PubMed
  7. Wu CT, Lidsky PV, Xiao Y, Cheng R, Lee IT, Nakayama T, Jiang S, He W, Demeter J, Knight MG, Turn RE, Rojas-Hernandez LS, Ye C, Chiem K, Shon J, Martinez-Sobrido L, Bertozzi CR, Nolan GP, Nayak JV, Milla C, Andino R, Jackson PK. SARS-CoV-2 replication in airway epithelia requires motile cilia and microvillar reprogramming. Cell. 2023 01 05; 186(1):112-130.e20. View on PubMed
  8. Lidsky PV, Yuan J, Rulison JM, Andino-Pavlovsky R. Is Aging an Inevitable Characteristic of Organic Life or an Evolutionary Adaptation? Biochemistry (Mosc). 2022 Dec; 87(12):1413-1445. View on PubMed
  9. Lidsky PV, Andino R. Could aging evolve as a pathogen control strategy? Trends Ecol Evol. 2022 12; 37(12):1046-1057. View on PubMed
  10. Xiao Y, Lidsky PV, Shirogane Y, Aviner R, Wu CT, Li W, Zheng W, Talbot D, Catching A, Doitsh G, Su W, Gekko CE, Nayak A, Ernst JD, Brodsky L, Brodsky E, Rousseau E, Capponi S, Bianco S, Nakamura R, Jackson PK, Frydman J, Andino R. A defective viral genome strategy elicits broad protective immunity against respiratory viruses. Cell. 2021 12 09; 184(25):6037-6051.e14. View on PubMed
  11. Aviner R, Li KH, Frydman J, Andino R. Author Correction: Cotranslational prolyl hydroxylation is essential for flavivirus biogenesis. Nature. 2021 Nov; 599(7885):E3. View on PubMed
  12. Aviner R, Li KH, Frydman J, Andino R. Cotranslational prolyl hydroxylation is essential for flavivirus biogenesis. Nature. 2021 08; 596(7873):558-564. View on PubMed
  13. Catching A, Capponi S, Yeh MT, Bianco S, Andino R. Examining the interplay between face mask usage, asymptomatic transmission, and social distancing on the spread of COVID-19. Sci Rep. 2021 08 06; 11(1):15998. View on PubMed
  14. Wu CT, Lidsky PV, Xiao Y, Lee IT, Cheng R, Nakayama T, Jiang S, Demeter J, Bevacqua RJ, Chang CA, Whitener RL, Stalder AK, Zhu B, Chen H, Goltsev Y, Tzankov A, Nayak JV, Nolan GP, Matter MS, Andino R, Jackson PK. SARS-CoV-2 infects human pancreatic β cells and elicits β cell impairment. Cell Metab. 2021 08 03; 33(8):1565-1576.e5. View on PubMed
  15. Deng X, Garcia-Knight MA, Khalid MM, Servellita V, Wang C, Morris MK, Sotomayor-González A, Glasner DR, Reyes KR, Gliwa AS, Reddy NP, Sanchez San Martin C, Federman S, Cheng J, Balcerek J, Taylor J, Streithorst JA, Miller S, Sreekumar B, Chen PY, Schulze-Gahmen U, Taha TY, Hayashi JM, Simoneau CR, Kumar GR, McMahon S, Lidsky PV, Xiao Y, Hemarajata P, Green NM, Espinosa A, Kath C, Haw M, Bell J, Hacker JK, Hanson C, Wadford DA, Anaya C, Ferguson D, Frankino PA, Shivram H, Lareau LF, Wyman SK, Ott M, Andino R, Chiu CY. Transmission, infectivity, and neutralization of a spike L452R SARS-CoV-2 variant. Cell. 2021 06 24; 184(13):3426-3437.e8. View on PubMed
  16. Whitfield ZJ, Prasad AN, Ronk AJ, Kuzmin IV, Ilinykh PA, Andino R, Bukreyev A. Species-Specific Evolution of Ebola Virus during Replication in Human and Bat Cells. Cell Rep. 2020 08 18; 32(7):108028. View on PubMed
  17. Lidsky PV, Andino R. Epidemics as an adaptive driving force determining lifespan setpoints. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 07 28; 117(30):17937-17948. View on PubMed
  18. Yeh MT, Bujaki E, Dolan PT, Smith M, Wahid R, Konz J, Weiner AJ, Bandyopadhyay AS, Van Damme P, De Coster I, Revets H, Macadam A, Andino R. Engineering the Live-Attenuated Polio Vaccine to Prevent Reversion to Virulence. Cell Host Microbe. 2020 05 13; 27(5):736-751.e8. View on PubMed
  19. Diep J, Ooi YS, Wilkinson AW, Peters CE, Foy E, Johnson JR, Zengel J, Ding S, Weng KF, Laufman O, Jang G, Xu J, Young T, Verschueren E, Kobluk KJ, Elias JE, Sarnow P, Greenberg HB, Hüttenhain R, Nagamine CM, Andino R, Krogan NJ, Gozani O, Carette JE. Enterovirus pathogenesis requires the host methyltransferase SETD3. Nat Microbiol. 2019 12; 4(12):2523-2537. View on PubMed
  20. Laufman O, Perrino J, Andino R. Viral Generated Inter-Organelle Contacts Redirect Lipid Flux for Genome Replication. Cell. 2019 07 11; 178(2):275-289.e16. View on PubMed

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