Dora Nabatanzi

Dora Nabatanzi is a Research Associate on the Viral Genomics team in the Sabeti Lab. She is passionate about global public health, with a focus on infectious diseases. While at the Sabeti lab, she is interested in learning and understanding how genomic surveillance through genomic sequencing and epidemiological tools can be used to fight viral pathogens and protect populations.

Dora received her B.S. in Microbiology with a concentration in Public Health from the University of Rochester, New York in May 2024. During her studies, she worked in the Munger Lab at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. There, she conducted a research project investigating the viral-host interactions of Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV). She used CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) and CRISPR activation (CRISPRa) methods to regulate the expression of the genes ddx28 and JunB and explore whether they play a role in limiting replication of the HCMV in human host cells.

Outside the lab, Dora enjoys landscape photography, kayaking, and outdoor adventures. She also plays tennis and pickleball and has a passion for reading, puzzles, and art and crafts.

Ebola Virus Epidemiology, Transmission, and Evolution during Seven Months in Sierra Leone

Cell. 2015.
Park DJ, Dudas G, Wohl S, Goba A, Whitmer SL, Andersen KG, Sealfon RS, Ladner JT, Kugelman JR, Matranga CB, Winnicki SM, Qu J, Gire SK, Gladden-Young A, Jalloh S, Nosamiefan D, Yozwiak NL, Moses LM, Jiang PP, Lin AE, Schaffner SF, Bird B, Towner J, Mamoh M, Gbakie M, Kanneh L, Kargbo D, Massally JL, Kamara FK, Konuwa E, Sellu J, Jalloh AA, Mustapha I, Foday M, Yillah M, Erickson BR, Sealy T, Blau D, Paddock C, Brault A, Amman B, Basile J, Bearden S, Belser J, Bergeron E, Campbell S, Chakrabarti A, Dodd K, Flint M, Gibbons A, Goodman C, Klena J, McMullan L, Morgan L, Russell B, Salzer J, Sanchez A, Wang D, Jungreis I, Tomkins-Tinch C, Kislyuk A, Lin MF, Chapman S, MacInnis B, Matthews A, Bochicchio J, Hensley LE, Kuhn JH, Nusbaum C, Schieffelin JS, Birren BW, Forget M, Nichol ST, Palacios GF, Ndiaye D, Happi C, Gevao SM, Vandi MA, Kargbo B, Holmes EC, Bedford T, Gnirke A, Ströher U, Rambaut A, Garry RF, Sabeti PC

Genomic surveillance elucidates Ebola virus origin and transmission during the 2014 outbreak.

Science. 2014.
Gire SK, Goba A, Andersen KG, Sealfon RS, Park DJ, Kanneh L, Jalloh S, Momoh M, Fullah M, Dudas G, Wohl S, Moses LM, Yozwiak NL, Winnicki S, Matranga CB, Malboeuf CM, Qu J, Gladden AD, Schaffner SF, Yang X, Jiang PP, Nekoui M, Colubri A, Coomber MR, Fonnie M, Moigboi A, Gbakie M, Kamara FK, Tucker V, Konuwa E, Saffa S, Sellu J, Jalloh AA, Kovoma A, Koninga J, Mustapha I, Kargbo K, Foday M, Yillah M, Kanneh F, Robert W, Massally JL, Chapman SB, Bochicchio J, Murphy C, Nusbaum C, Young S, Birren BW, Grant DS, Scheiffelin JS, Lander ES, Happi C, Gevao SM, Gnirke A, Rambaut A, Garry RF, Khan SH, Sabeti PC.

Sequence-based association and selection scans identify drug resistance loci in the Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012.
Park DJ, Lukens AK, Neafsey DE, Schaffner SF, Chang HH, Valim C, Ribacke U, Van Tyne D, Galinsky K, Galligan M, Becker JS, Ndiaye D, Mboup S, Wiegand RC, Hartl DL, Sabeti PC, Wirth DF, Volkman SK.

Harnessing genomics and genome biology to understand malaria biology

Nat Rev Genet. 2012.
Volkman SK1, Neafsey DE, Schaffner SF, Park DJ, Wirth DF.

Identification and functional validation of the novel antimalarial resistance locus PF10_0355 in Plasmodium falciparum.

PLoS Genet. 2011.
Van Tyne D1, Park DJ, Schaffner SF, Neafsey DE, Angelino E, Cortese JF, Barnes KG, Rosen DM, Lukens AK, Daniels RF, Milner DA Jr, Johnson CA, Shlyakhter I, Grossman SR, Becker JS, Yamins D, Karlsson EK, Ndiaye D, Sarr O, Mboup S, Happi C, Furlotte NA, Eskin E, Kang HM, Hartl DL, Birren BW, Wiegand RC, Lander ES, Wirth DF, Volkman SK, Sabeti PC.

DORA NABATANZI

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012. Park DJ, Lukens AK, Neafsey DE, Schaffner SF, Chang HH, Valim C, Ribacke U, Van Tyne D, Galinsky K, Galligan M, Becker JS, Ndiaye D, Mboup S, Wiegand RC, Hartl DL, Sabeti PC, Wirth DF, Volkman SK.

Nat Rev Genet. 2012. Volkman SK1, Neafsey DE, Schaffner SF, Park DJ, Wirth DF.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012.
Park DJ, Lukens AK, Neafsey DE, Schaffner SF, Chang HH, Valim C, Ribacke U, Van Tyne D, Galinsky K, Galligan M, Becker JS, Ndiaye D, Mboup S, Wiegand RC, Hartl DL, Sabeti PC, Wirth DF, Volkman SK.

Nat Rev Genet. 2012.
Volkman SK1, Neafsey DE, Schaffner SF, Park DJ, Wirth DF.