Public Health and Health Professions
Global Pathogens Discovery Lab
Led by John Lednicky · Environmental and Global Health
What we study
The lab studies viruses in humans, animals, and the environment, using lab tests and sequencing to detect and analyze them. They focus on respiratory viruses like influenza and SARS-CoV-2, and have developed tools to track these viruses in air, water, and waste.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Coding helps
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
New BioCascade System for Investigating the Airborne Transmission Modes of Respiratory Viruses
A project studying how respiratory viruses spread through the air.
GatorWATCH
A wastewater testing program to monitor SARS-CoV-2 in the environment.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Genomic Diversity of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus (HRSV) Type A in a Pediatric Cohort in the United States After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic
2026 · Microorganisms
Analyzes HRSV genetic diversity in U.S. children post-COVID-19, finding no clear link between clades and clinical outcomes.
- Multiplexed RT-LAMP Assays in Handheld Devices for In-Situ Detection of Chikungunya, Dengue, Mayaro, and Zika Viruses
2026 · Analytical Chemistry
Develops a handheld device for detecting multiple mosquito-borne viruses using a 7-plex RT-LAMP assay.
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- Four coding-complete genomes of bovine viral diarrhea virus-2a ( Orthopestivirus tauri genotype a) isolated from farmed white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ) in Florida, USA, in 2018
2026 · Microbiology Resource Announcements
Sequences four BVDV-2 genomes from white-tailed deer in Florida, identifying them as sub-genotype a.
- Case of Bundibugyo Virus Disease in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo with Lack of Transmission to Breastfeeding Infant
2026 · American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Reports a case of Bundibugyo virus disease in Congo, showing no transmission to a breastfeeding infant despite close contact.
- Machine-learning-guided prediction and temperature optimization for collection volume control in a condensation-based bioaerosol sampler
2026 · Journal of Aerosol Science
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