William Schief, PhD

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• Jardine, Joseph G.; Julien, J. P.; Menis, S.; Ota, Takayuki; Kalyuzhniy, O.; McGuire, A.; Sok, Devin; Huang, P. S.; MacPherson, S.; Jones, M.; Nieusma, T.; Mathison, J.; Baker, D.; Ward, Andrew B.; Burton, Dennis R.; Stamatatos, L.; Nemazee, David; Wilson, Ian A.; Schief, William R. Rational HIV immunogen design to target specific germline B cell receptors. Science 2013, 340, 711-716.

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• Steichen, J. M.; Lin, Y. C.; Havenar-Daughton, C.; Pecetta, S.; Ozorowski, G.; Willis, J. R.; Toy, L.; Sok, Devin; Liguori, A.; Kratochvil, S.; Torres, J. L.; Kalyuzhniy, O.; Melzi, E.; Kulp, D. W.; Raemisch, S.; Hu, X.; Bernard, S. M.; Georgeson, E.; Phelps, N.; Adachi, Y.; Kubitz, M.; Landais, Elise; Umotoy, J.; Robinson, A.; Briney, Bryan S.; Wilson, Ian A.; Burton, Dennis R.; Ward, Andrew B.; Crotty, Shane; Batista, F. D.; Schief, William R. A generalized HIV vaccine design strategy for priming of broadly neutralizing antibody responses. Science 2019, 366.

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• Leggat, David J.; Cohen, Kristen W.; Willis, Jordan R.; Fulp, William J.; deCamp, Allan C.; Kalyuzhniy, Oleksandr; Cottrell, Christopher A.; Menis, Sergey; Finak, Greg; Ballweber-Fleming, Lamar; Srikanth, Abhinaya; Plyler, Jason R.; Schiffner, Torben; Liguori, Alessia; Rahaman, Farhad; Lombardo, Angela; Philiponis, Vincent; Whaley, Rachael E.; Seese, Aaron; Brand, Joshua; Ruppel, Alexis M.; Hoyland, Wesley; Yates, Nicole L.; Williams, LaTonya D.; Greene, Kelli; Gao, Hongmei; Mahoney, Celia R.; Corcoran, Martin M.; Cagigi, Alberto; Taylor, Alison; Brown, David M.; Ambrozak, David R.; Sincomb, Troy; Hu, Xiaozhen; Tingle, Ryan; Georgeson, Erik; Eskandarzadeh, Saman; Alavi, Nushin; Lu, Danny; Mullen, Tina-Marie; Kubitz, Michael; Groschel, Bettina; Maenza, Janine; Kolokythas, Orpheus; Khati, Nadia; Bethony, Jeffrey; Crotty, Shane; Roederer, Mario; Karlsson Hedestam, Gunilla B.; Tomaras, Georgia D.; Montefiori, David; Diemert, David; Koup, Richard A.; Laufer, Dagna S.; McElrath, M. Juliana; McDermott, Adrian B.; Schief, William R. Vaccination induces HIV broadly neutralizing antibody precursors in humans. Science 2022, 378, eadd6502.

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• Willis, Jordan R.; Prabhakaran, Madhu; Muthui, Michelle; Naidoo, Ansuya; Sincomb, Troy; Wu, Weiwei; Cottrell, Christopher A.; Landais, Elise; deCamp, Allan C.; Keshavarzi, Nahid R.; Kalyuzhniy, Oleksandr; Lee, Jeong Hyu H.; Murungi, Linda M.; Ogonda, Wilfrida A.; Yates, Nicole L.; Corcoran, Martin M.; Phulera, Swastik; Musando, Joel; Tsai, Amanda; Lemire, Gabrielle; Sein, Yiakon; Muteti, Michael; Alamuri, Praveen; Bohl, Jennifer A.; Holman, Drienna; Himansu, Sunny; Leav, Brett; Reuter, Caroline; Lin, Li-A A.; Ding, Baoyu; He, Chunla; Straus, Walter L.; MacPhee, Kellie J.; Regadas, Isabel; Nyabundi, Diana V.; Chirchir, Ruth; Anzala, Omu; Kimotho, John N.; Kibet, Caleb; Greene, Kelli; Gao, Hongmei; Beatman, Erica; Benson, Kiara; Laddy, Dominick; Brown, David M.; Bronson, Rhianna; Jean-Baptiste, Jalen; Gajjala, Suprabhath; Rikhtegaran-Tehrani, Zahra; Benner, Alison; Ramaswami, Mukundhan; Lu, Danny; Alavi, Nushin; Amirzehni, Sonya; Kubitz, Michael; Tingle, Ryan; Georgeson, Erik; Phelps, Nicole; Adachi, Yumiko; Liguori, Alessia; Flynn, Claudia; McKenney, Katherine; Zhou, Xiaoya; Owuor, D Collin C.; Owuor, Sharon A.; Kim, Soo-Youn Y.; Duff, Michael; Kim, Ju Yeon Y.; Gibson, Grace; Baboo, Sabyasachi; Diedrich, Jolene; Schiffner, Torben; Shields, Marisa; Matsoso, Mabela; Santos, Jennifer; Syvertsen, Kristen; Kennedy, Allison; Schroeter, Melissa; Vekemans, Johan; Yates, John R.; Paulson, James C.; Hyrien, Ollivier; McDermott, Adrian B.; Maenetje, Pholo; Nyombayire, Julien; Karita, Etienne; Ingabire, Rosine; Edward, Vinodh; Muturi-Kioi, Vincent; Maenza, Janine; Shapiro, Adrienne E.; McElrath, M Julian J.; Edupuganti, Srilatha; Taylor, Barbara S.; Diemert, David; Ozorowski, Gabriel; Koup, Richard A.; Montefiori, David; Ward, Andrew B.; Karlsson Hedestam, Gunilla B.; Tomaras, Georgia; Hunt, Devin J.; Muema, Daniel; Sok, Devin; Laufer, Dagna S.; Andrews, Sarah F.; Nduati, Eunice W.; Schief, William R. Vaccination with mRNA-encoded nanoparticles drives early maturation of HIV bnAb precursors in humans. Science 2025, 389, eadr8382.

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• Steichen, Jon M.; Madden, Patrick J.; Flynn, Claudia T.; Phulera, Swastik; Shil, Monolina; Kalyuzhniy, Oleksandr; Liguori, Alessia; Kifude, Carolyne; Sewall, Leigh M.; Cottrell, Christopher A.; Ma, Krystal M.; Baboo, Sabyasachi; Diedrich, Jolene K.; McKenney, Katherine; deCamp, Allan C.; Carnathan, Diane G.; Phung, Ivy; Ramezani-Rad, Parham; Marina-Zárate, Ester; Freeman, Brian; Xie, Zhenfei; Lee, Jeong Hyu H.; Sincomb, Troy; Phelps, Nicole; Lu, Danny; Goodwin, Diana; Tingle, Ryan; Adachi, Yumiko; Alavi, Nushin; Tran, Jenny; Tran, Andy S.; Nascimento, Alyne; Sovie, Catherine; Bader, Daniel L V; Voic, Hannah; Zhou, Xiaoya; Pixton, Grace; Walsh, Agnes; Melo, Mariane B.; Schiffner, Torben; Batista, Facundo D.; Burton, Dennis R.; Irvine, Darrell J.; Paulson, James C.; Yates, John R.; Ozorowski, Gabriel; Ward, Andrew B.; Silvestri, Guido; Crotty, Shane; Schief, William R. Vaccination elicits HIV broadly neutralizing antibodies in primates. Nature 2026.

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