Original Papers (selection)

Schultz EP, Ponsness L, Lanchy JM, Zehner M, Klein F, Ryckman BJ. Human cytomegalovirus gH/gL/gO binding to PDGFRα provides a regulatory signal activating the fusion protein gB that can be blocked by neutralizing antibodies. J Virol. 202498(8):e00035-25. doi:10.1128/jvi.00035-25. PMID: 40202318

Zehner M*, Alt M*, Ashurov A*, Goldsmith JA, Spies R, Weiler N, Lerma J, Gieselmann L, Stöhr D, Gruell H, Schultz EP, Kreer C, Schlachter L, Janicki H, Laib Sampaio K, Stegmann C, Nemetchek MD, Dähling S, Ullrich L, Dittmer U, Witzke O, Koch M, Ryckman BJ, Lotfi R, McLellan JS, Krawczyk A, Sinzger C, Klein F. Single-cell analysis of memory B cells from top neutralizers reveals multiple sites of vulnerability within HCMV Trimer and Pentamer. Immunity (2023) 14;56(11):2602-2620.e10. PubMed PMID: 37967532

Korenkov M*, Zehner M*, Cohen-Dvashi H, Borenstein-Katz A, Kottege L, Janicki H, Vanshylla K, Weber T, Gruell H, Koch M, Diskin R, Kreer C, Klein F. Somatic hypermutation introduces bystander mutations that prepare SARS-CoV-2 antibodies for emerging variants. Immunity (2023) 12;56(12):2803-2815.e6. PubMed PMID: 38035879 

Gruell H, Vanshylla K, Korenkov M, Tober-Lau P, Zehner M, Münn F, Janicki H, Augustin M, Schommers P, et al. SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineages exhibit distinct antibody escape patterns. Cell Host Microbe (2022) 14;30(9):1231-1241.e6. PubMed PMID: 35921836 

Kreer C*, Zehner M *, Weber T, Ercanoglu MS, Gieselmann L, Rohde C, Halwe S, Korenkov M, Schommers P, Vanshylla K, Di Cristanziano V, Janicki H, Brinker R, Ashurov A, Krähling V, Kupke A, Cohen H, Koch M, Eckert JM, Lederer S, Pfeifer N, Wolf T, Vehreschild MJGT, Wendtner C, Diskin R, Gruell H, Becker S, Klein F. Longitudinal Isolation of Potent Near-Germline SARS-CoV-2-Neutralizing Antibodies from COVID-19 Patients. Cell (2020) Sep 17;182(6):1663-1673. PubMed PMID: 32946786 

Cohen-Dvashi H, Zehner M, Ehrhardt S, Katz M, Elad N, Klein F, Diskin R. Structural Basis for a Convergent Immune Response against Ebola Virus. Cell Host Microbe (2020) 11;27(3):418-427.e4. PubMed PMID: 32059794 

Ehrhardt SA*, Zehner M *, Krähling V, Cohen H, Kreer C, Elad N, Gruell H, Ercanoglu MS, Schommers P, Gieselmann L, Eggeling R, Dahlke C, Wolf T, Pfeifer N, Addo MM, Diskin R, Becker S, Klein F. Polyclonal and convergent antibody response to Ebola virus vaccine rVSV-ZEBOV Nat Med. (2019); 25(10):1589. PubMed PMID: 31591605 

Recent contributions to conferences

03/2025                             Talk at the GfV (Hamburg, Germany)

07/2024                             Talk at the International Herpes Workshop (Portland, USA) 

02/2024                             Invitation for a lecture at the Nantes Universite (France)