Racing to Uncover the Link between Zika Virus and Microcephaly

Guo-li Ming, Hongjun Song, Hengli Tang

Index: 10.1016/j.stem.2017.05.010

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In this Backstory, we give a behind-the-scenes account of the collaboration leading to our 2016 paper on Zika virus (ZIKV) infection of neural progenitor cells (http://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(16)00106-5). It was one of the first clues into how ZIKV could be causing birth defects in babies from infected mothers. Clockwise from top left: team members from Johns Hopkins (left to right: Kimberly M. Christian, Guo-li Ming, Hongjun Song, and Xuyu Qian), Florida State (Sarah Ogden, Ruth Didier, Hengli Tang, Emily M. Lee, and Christy Hammack), and Emory (Feiran Zhang, Yujing Li, Peng Jin, and Zhexing Wen, a fellow from Guo-li’s lab and now an assistant professor at Emory) and FSU’s Sarah Ogden working in the lab View Large Image | View Hi-Res Image | Download PowerPoint Slide