Rate My Professor Sarah Londrigan

Her research examines the cellular responses to respiratory virus infections, with a particular emphasis on the pathways utilized by influenza and other respiratory viruses to infect host cells. Key investigations include the reasons behind the high pathogenicity of certain respiratory viruses leading to severe disease and the mechanisms by which airway immune cells, such as macrophages, control viral replication to avert severe infections. Among her influential publications are "Rotavirus contains integrin ligand sequences and a disintegrin-like domain that are implicated in virus entry into cells" published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in 1997; "N-linked glycosylation facilitates sialic acid-independent attachment and entry of influenza A viruses into cells expressing DC-SIGN or L-SIGN" in Journal of Virology in 2011; "The fate of influenza A virus after infection of human macrophages and dendritic cells" in Journal of General Virology in 2012; "Host cell restriction factors that limit influenza A infection" in Viruses in 2017; and "The C-type lectin langerin functions as a receptor for attachment and infectious entry of influenza A virus" in Journal of Virology in 2016. Sarah Londrigan is an award-winning teacher who has designed novel digital resources, including 3D digitised anatomical specimens, for use in teaching.