Benhur Lee
PROFESSOR | Microbiology · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Credentials: · ·
History
Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical
Research
Loss of furin cleavage site attenuates SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis
Nature · 2021 · 596 citations
Immunity · 2013 · 572 citations
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 1999 · First of 5 authors · 488 citations
28 papers
- KO
27 papers · 23 as a resident
10 papers
10 papers
- JB
8 papers
7 papers
6 papers · 1 as a resident
5 papers
Grants
- 2025–2030
Development of Broadly Neutralizing Human Monoclonal Antibodies Against Henipaviruses
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $1.6M · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- 2024–2029
Understanding the Tropism and Pathogenesis of Pararubulaviruses
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R37
Contact PI · $1.6M · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- 2026–2028
Differential Ephrin-A Receptor Usage Determines Tissue Tropism of Novel Bat Henipaviruses
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R21
Contact PI · $252K · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- 2022–2026
Antiviral Countermeasures Development Center (AC/DC)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · U19
Project lead · $5.4M · Emory University