Dongsheng Luo | University of Essex

Email
dl25703@essex.ac.uk
Location

Colchester Campus

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Biography

I am a virologist with a PhD from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Institut Pasteur (Paris), where my research focused on the molecular epidemiology, virus discovery, evolution, and ecology of bat-borne viruses such as rhabdoviruses and coronaviruses. After completing my PhD, I held a Wellcome Trust Research Fellowship at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, where I studied dsRNA virus replication and genome assembly in Bluetongue virus using molecular, biochemical, and cellular approaches. Currently, I am a Senior Research Officer at the University of Essex, working on coronavirus biology, 3D cell culture systems, single-cell sequencing, and bat-virus research. My expertise spans virology, molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, and bioinformatics. I am particularly passionate about virus discovery, zoonotic spillover, diagnostic development, biosafety, and virus-host interactions, bat biology — all within a One Health framework.

Qualifications

Ph.D Wuhan Institute of Virology, (2021)
Ph.D Institut Pasteur, (2020)

Appointments

University of Essex

Senior Research Officer, University of Essex (15/5/2025 - 14/5/2028)

Other academic

Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (21/1/2022 - 13/5/2025)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Wuhan Institute of Virology (25/6/2021 - 31/12/2021)

Publications

Publications (1)

Luo, D-S., Harazim, M., Maufrais, C., Bonas, S., Martinkova, N., Lalis, A., Nakouné, E., Adjogoua, EV., Douno, M., Kadjo, B., López-Roig, M., Pikula, J., Shi, Z-L., Bourhy, H., Serra-Cobo, J. and Dacheux, L., (2024). Large circulation of a novel vesiculovirus in bats in the Mediterranean region

Journal articles (11)

Luo, D-S., Zhou, Z-J., Ge, X-Y., Bourhy, H., Shi, Z-L., Grandadam, M. and Dacheux, L., Genome Characterization of Bird-Related Rhabdoviruses Circulating in Africa. Viruses. 13 (11), 2168-2168

Luo, D-S., Li, B., Shen, X-R., Jiang, R-D., Zhu, Y., Wu, J., Fan, Y., Bourhy, H., Hu, B., Ge, X-Y., Shi, Z-L. and Dacheux, L., Characterization of Novel Rhabdoviruses in Chinese Bats. Viruses. 13 (1), 64-64

Pallandre, L., Luo, D., Feuvrier, C., Lieffrig, F., Pozet, F., Dacheux, L. and Bigarré, L., Revisiting the Classification of Percid Perhabdoviruses Using New Full-Length Genomes. Viruses. 12 (6), 649-649

Hu, B., Zeng, L-P., Yang, X-L., Ge, X-Y., Zhang, W., Li, B., Xie, J-Z., Shen, X-R., Zhang, Y-Z., Wang, N., Luo, D-S., Zheng, X-S., Wang, M-N., Daszak, P., Wang, L-F., Cui, J. and Shi, Z-L., Discovery of a rich gene pool of bat SARS-related coronaviruses provides new insights into the origin of SARS coronavirus. PLOS Pathogens. 13 (11), e1006698-e1006698

Sung, P-Y., Phelan, JE., Luo, D., Kulasegaran-Shylini, R., Bohn, P., Smyth, RP. and Roy, P., (2024). Recruitment of multi-segment genomic RNAs by Bluetongue virus requires a preformed RNA network. Nucleic Acids Research. 52 (14), 8500-8514

Chen, J., Yang, X., Si, H., Gong, Q., Que, T., Li, J., Li, Y., Wu, C., Zhang, W., Chen, Y., Luo, Y., Zhu, Y., Li, B., Luo, D., Hu, B., Lin, H., Jiang, R., Jiang, T., Li, Q., Liu, M., Xie, S., Su, J., Zheng, X., Li, A., Yao, Y., Yang, Y., Chen, P., Wu, A., He, M., Lin, X., Tong, Y., Hu, Y., Shi, Z-L. and Zhou, P., (2023). A bat MERS-like coronavirus circulates in pangolins and utilizes human DPP4 and host proteases for cell entry. Cell. 186 (4), 850-863.e16

Kuhn, JH., Adkins, S., Alkhovsky, SV., Avšič-Županc, T., Ayllón, MA., Bahl, J., Balkema-Buschmann, A., Ballinger, MJ., Bandte, M., Beer, M., Bejerman, N., Bergeron, É., Biedenkopf, N., Bigarré, L., Blair, CD., Blasdell, KR., Bradfute, SB., Briese, T., Brown, PA., Bruggmann, R., Buchholz, UJ., Buchmeier, MJ., Bukreyev, A., Burt, F., Büttner, C., Calisher, CH., Candresse, T., Carson, J., Casas, I., Chandran, K., Charrel, RN., Chiaki, Y., Crane, A., Crane, M., Dacheux, L., Bó, ED., de la Torre, JC., de Lamballerie, X., de Souza, WM., de Swart, RL., Dheilly, NM., Di Paola, N., Di Serio, F., Dietzgen, RG., Digiaro, M., Drexler, JF., Duprex, WP., Dürrwald, R., Easton, AJ., Elbeaino, T., Ergünay, K., Feng, G., Feuvrier, C., Firth, AE., Fooks, AR., Formenty, PBH., Freitas-Astúa, J., Gago-Zachert, S., García, ML., García-Sastre, A., Garrison, AR., Godwin, SE., Gonzalez, J-PJ., de Bellocq, JG., Griffiths, A., Groschup, MH., Günther, S., Hammond, J., Hepojoki, J., Hierweger, MM., Hongō, S., Horie, M., Horikawa, H., Hughes, HR., Hume, AJ., Hyndman, TH., Jiāng, D., Jonson, GB., Junglen, S., Kadono, F., Karlin, DG., Klempa, B., Klingström, J., Koch, MC., Kondō, H., Koonin, EV., Krásová, J., Krupovic, M., Kubota, K., Kuzmin, IV., Laenen, L., Lambert, AJ., Lǐ, J., Li, J-M., Lieffrig, F., Lukashevich, IS., Luo, D., Maes, P., Marklewitz, M., Marshall, SH., Marzano, S-YL., McCauley, JW., Mirazimi, A., Mohr, PG., Moody, NJG., Morita, Y., Morrison, RN., Mühlberger, E., Naidu, R., Natsuaki, T., Navarro, JA., Neriya, Y., Netesov, SV., Neumann, G., Nowotny, N., Ochoa-Corona, FM., Palacios, G., Pallandre, L., Pallás, V., Papa, A., Paraskevopoulou, S., Parrish, CR., Pauvolid-Corrêa, A., Pawęska, JT., Pérez, DR., Pfaff, F., Plemper, RK., Postler, TS., Pozet, F., Radoshitzky, SR., Ramos-González, PL., Rehanek, M., Resende, RO., Reyes, CA., Romanowski, V., Rubbenstroth, D., Rubino, L., Rumbou, A., Runstadler, JA., Rupp, M., Sabanadzovic, S., Sasaya, T., Schmidt-Posthaus, H., Schwemmle, M., Seuberlich, T., Sharpe, SR., Shi, M., Sironi, M., Smither, S., Song, J-W., Spann, KM., Spengler, JR., Stenglein, MD., Takada, A., Tesh, RB., Těšíková, J., Thornburg, NJ., Tischler, ND., Tomitaka, Y., Tomonaga, K., Tordo, N., Tsunekawa, K., Turina, M., Tzanetakis, IE., Vaira, AM., van den Hoogen, B., Vanmechelen, B., Vasilakis, N., Verbeek, M., von Bargen, S., Wada, J., Wahl, V., Walker, PJ., Whitfield, AE., Williams, JV., Wolf, YI., Yamasaki, J., Yanagisawa, H., Ye, G., Zhang, Y-Z. and Økland, AL., (2022). 2022 taxonomic update of phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales. Archives of Virology. 167 (12), 2857-2906

Aicher, S-M., Streicher, F., Chazal, M., Planas, D., Luo, D., Buchrieser, J., Nemcova, M., Seidlova, V., Zukal, J., Serra-Cobo, J., Pontier, D., Pain, B., Zimmer, G., Schwartz, O., Roingeard, P., Pikula, J., Dacheux, L. and Jouvenet, N., (2022). Species-Specific Molecular Barriers to SARS-CoV-2 Replication in Bat Cells. Journal of Virology. 96 (14)

Jiang, R-D., Li, B., Liu, X-L., Liu, M-Q., Chen, J., Luo, D-S., Hu, B-J., Zhang, W., Li, S-Y., Yang, X-L. and Shi, Z-L., (2020). Bat mammalian orthoreoviruses cause severe pneumonia in mice. Virology. 551, 84-92

Dacheux, L., Dommergues, L., Chouanibou, Y., Doméon, L., Schuler, C., Bonas, S., Luo, D., Maufrais, C., Cetre‐Sossah, C., Cardinale, E., Bourhy, H. and Métras, R., (2019). Co‐circulation and characterization of novel African arboviruses (genus Ephemerovirus ) in cattle, Mayotte island, Indian Ocean, 2017. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 66 (6), 2601-2604

Luo, Y., Li, B., Jiang, R-D., Hu, B-J., Luo, D-S., Zhu, G-J., Hu, B., Liu, H-Z., Zhang, Y-Z., Yang, X-L. and Shi, Z-L., (2018). Longitudinal Surveillance of Betacoronaviruses in Fruit Bats in Yunnan Province, China During 2009–2016. Virologica Sinica. 33 (1), 87-95

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