Welcome to the Bukreyev Laboratory at the University of Texas Medical Branch

Wide view of UTMB campus

We are located in Galveston, Texas, which is a coastal city at the periphery of the Houston metropolitan area.

The laboratory works with highly pathogenic and emerging viral infections in the following areas:

  • Virology
  • Vaccines
  • Antibodies
  • Viral Immunology
  • Immunopathogenesis

An important component of our research is work with live viruses under containment in Galveston National Laboratory, which is part of UTMB.

Electron microscopy images of Marburg virus by E. Kandrushin and A. Bukreyev, 1989