Jan Carette, PhD

Jan Carette, PhD, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology, studies how viruses make us sick. By systematically turning off each of our 25,000 genes, he identifies the ones that let viruses thrive. Understanding how to target human genes rather than the viruses may lead to the creation of a new class of drugs a certain virus can’t resist and could benefit the health of millions of people in developing and developed countries.