Mahan Nekoui – Sabeti Lab

MAHAN NEKOUI, MD

Mahan Nekoui was an undergraduate researcher from 2013 to 2017 while at Harvard University. His research focused on computational techniques for viral sequencing and international collaborations. He led a project to deploy on-site sequencing capacities and sequence novel Ebola samples at Universite Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) in Senegal. He completed an undergraduate thesis on the evolution of the Lassa virus and received summa cum laude graduation honors.

He matriculated to Harvard Medical School and is now an Internal Medicine Resident Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also a research associate at the Ellinor Lab & Cardiovascular Disease Initiative at the Broad Institute.

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Genomic surveillance elucidates Ebola virus origin and transmission during the 2014 outbreak

Science, 2014.
Stephen K. Gire, Augustine Goba, Kristian G. Andersen, Rachel S. G. Sealfon, Daniel J. Park, Lansana Kanneh, Simbirie Jalloh, Mambu Momoh, Mohamed Fullah, Gytis Dudas, Shirlee Wohl, Lina M. Moses, Nathan L. Yozwiak, Sarah Winnicki, Christian B. Matranga, Christine M. Malboeuf, James Qu, Adrianne D. Gladden, Stephen F. Schaffner, Xiao Yang, Pan-Pan Jiang, Mahan Nekoui, Andres Colubri, Moinya Ruth Coomber, Mbalu Fonnie, Alex Moigboi, Michael Gbakie, Fatima K. Kamara, Veronica Tucker, Edwin Konuwa, Sidiki Saffa, Josephine Sellu, Abdul Azziz Jalloh, Alice Kovoma, James Koninga, Ibrahim Mustapha, Kandeh Kargbo, Momoh Foday, Mohamed Yillah, Franklyn Kanneh, Willie Robert, James L. B. Massally, Sinéad B. Chapman, James Bochicchio, Cheryl Murphy, Chad Nusbaum, Sarah Young, Bruce W. Birren, Donald S. Grant, John S. Scheiffelin, Eric S. Lander, Christian Happi, Sahr M. Gevao, Andreas Gnirke, Andrew Rambaut, Robert F. Garry, S. Humarr Khan, Pardis C. Sabeti

Clinical Sequencing Uncovers Origins and Evolution of Lassa Virus

Cell. 2015.
Andersen KG, Shapiro BJ, Matranga CB, Sealfon R, Lin AE, Moses LM, Folarin OA, Goba A, Odia I, Ehiane PE, Momoh M, England EM, Winnicki S, Branco LM, Gire SK, Phelan E, Tariyal R, Tewhey R, Omoniwa O, Fullah M, Fonnie R, Fonnie M, Kanneh L, Jalloh S, Gbakie M, Saffa S, Karbo K, Gladden AD, Qu J, Stremlau M, Nekoui M, Finucane HK, Tabrizi S, Vitti JJ, Birren B, Fitzgerald M, McCowan C, Ireland A, Berlin AM, Bochicchio J, Tazon-Vega B, Lennon NJ, Ryan EM, Bjornson Z, Milner DA Jr, Lukens AK, Broodie N, Rowland M, Heinrich M, Akdag M, Schieffelin JS, Levy D, Akpan H, Bausch DG, Rubins K, McCormick JB, Lander ES, Günther S, Hensley L, Okogbenin S; Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Consortium, Schaffner SF, Okokhere PO, Khan SH, Grant DS, Akpede GO, Asogun DA, Gnirke A, Levin JZ, Happi CT, Garry RF, Sabeti PC.

Genomic Analysis of Lassa Virus during an Increase in Cases in Nigeria in 2018

New England Journal of Medicine, 2018.
Katherine J. Siddle, Ph.D., Philomena Eromon, B.Sc., Kayla G. Barnes, Ph.D., Samar Mehta, M.D., Ph.D., Judith U. Oguzie, D.V.M., Ikponmwosa Odia, M.Sc., Stephen F. Schaffner, Ph.D., Sarah M. Winnicki, M.S., Rickey R. Shah, A.L.M., James Qu, M.Sc., Shirlee Wohl, Ph.D., Patrick Brehio, B.S., Christopher Iruolagbe, F.W.A.C.P., John Aiyepada, B.Sc., Eghosa Uyigue, M.Sc., Patience Akhilomen, B.Sc., Grace Okonofua, M.Sc., Simon Ye, B.S., Tolulope Kayode, M.Sc., Fehintola Ajogbasile, M.Sc., Jessica Uwanibe, M.Sc., Amy Gaye, M.Sc., Mambu Momoh, B.Sc., Bridget Chak, B.A., Dylan Kotliar, B.A., Amber Carter, Sc.B., Adrianne Gladden-Young, M.S., Catherine A. Freije, Sc.B., Omigie Omoregie, B.Sc., Blessing Osiemi, B.Sc., Ekene B. Muoebonam, B.Sc., Michael Airende, B.Sc., Rachael Enigbe, B.Sc., Benevolence Ebo, B.Sc., Iguosadolo Nosamiefan, A.B., Paul Oluniyi, M.Sc., Mahan Nekoui, A.B., Ephraim Ogbaini-Emovon, F.M.C.Path., Robert F. Garry, Ph.D., Kristian G. Andersen, Ph.D., Daniel J. Park, Ph.D., Nathan L. Yozwiak, Ph.D., George Akpede, F.W.A.C.P. (Paed.), Chikwe Ihekweazu, M.P.H., F.F.P.H., Oyewale Tomori, D.V.M., Ph.D., Sylvanus Okogbenin, F.W.A.C.S. (O&G), Onikepe A. Folarin, Ph.D., Peter O. Okokhere, F.W.A.C.P. (Int. Med.), Bronwyn L. MacInnis, Ph.D., Pardis C. Sabeti, M.D., D.Phil., and Christian T. Happi, Ph.D.

Field validation of recombinant antigen immunoassays for diagnosis of Lassa fever

Nature Science Reports, 2018.
Matthew L. Boisen, Jessica N. Hartnett, Jeffrey G. Shaffer, Augustine Goba, Mambu Momoh, John Demby Sandi, Mohamed Fullah, Diana K. S. Nelson, Duane J. Bush, Megan M. Rowland, Megan L. Heinrich, Anatoliy P. Koval, Robert W. Cross, Kayla G. Barnes, Anna E. Lachenauer, Aaron E. Lin, Mahan Nekoui, Dylan Kotliar, Sarah M. Winnicki, Katherine J. Siddle, Michael Gbakie, Mbalu Fonnie, Veronica J. Koroma, Lansana Kanneh, Peter C. Kulakosky, Kathryn M. Hastie, Russell B. Wilson, Kristian G. Andersen, Onikepe O. Folarin, Christian T. Happi, Pardis C. Sabeti, Thomas W. Geisbert, Erica Ollmann Saphire, S. Humarr Khan, Donald S. Grant, John S. Schieffelin, Luis M. Branco & Robert F. Garry