We study how the host adaptive immune response coevolves with pathogens, especially in ways relevant to epidemiological and evolutionary forecasting, vaccine design, and pathogen diversity. Our work is computational, and we collaborate closely with immunologists and epidemiologists.
The Cobey Lab sends a fond farewell to Sang Woo (Daniel) Park, who left to begin as an Assistant Professor at Seoul National University.
Sept. 1, 2025
The lab warmly welcomes a new postdoc, Ananya Saha. Ananya completed her PhD in the Population Biology, Ecology and Evolution at Emory University. She will be investigating heterogeneity in immune responses to vaccination.
Aug. 11, 2025
Cross-reactive human antibody responses to H5N1 influenza virus neuraminidase are shaped by immune history in medRxiv (2025)
Susceptible host dynamics explain pathogen resilience to perturbations in PNAS (2025)
Immune history shapes human antibody responses to H5N1 influenza viruses in Nature Medicine (2025)
Interplay between climate, childhood mixing, and population-level susceptibility explains a sudden shift in RSV seasonality in Japan in Nature Communications (2025)