Dr Marta Schoenle

Research interests

I am interested in understanding factors that impact immune memory and how immune memory modulates de novo T cell responses in the context of dengue and Zika infection.

Biography

I am a postdoctoral research associate in Laura Rivino’s research group at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. I have also completed postgraduate studies at Cornell University, TETmedical, and the University Arizona investigating B cell immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 and HCV, as well as liver enzyme diagnostic assay developement. During my graduate studies at the University of Arizona, I used structural biology and biochemical assays to study mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in Enterococcus faecium and developed a NMR-based method to screen SARS-CoV-2 antigen–antibody interactions.

Selected research publications

Intrinsic immunogenicity is a major determinant of type-specific responses in SARS-CoV-2 infections – Journal: Nature Immunology – Published: 27th May 2025

Structures and functions of the limited natural polyclonal antibody response to parvovirus infection – Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America – Published: 25th February 2025

Convergent evolution and targeting of diverse E2 epitopes by human broadly neutralizing antibodies are associated with HCV clearance – Journal: Immunity – Published: 9th April 2024

Molecular basis of β-lactam antibiotic resistance of ESKAPE bacterium E. faecium Penicillin Binding Protein PBP5 – Journal: Nature Communications – Published: 17th July 2023

Degradation of the E. coli antitoxin MqsA by the proteolytic complex ClpXP is regulated by zinc occupancy and oxidation – Journal: Journal of Biological Chemistry – Published: 27th January 2022

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