Journal of Antivirals & Antiretrovirals
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Johan Lennerstrand

Biography

Johan Lennerstrand received his PhD in Medical Virology in 1996 at Uppsala University, Sweden. He did his postdoctoral work in 1998 – 2000 with Dr. Brendan Larder at Virco UK, Cambridge. In 2005 he became an Associate Professor in Experimental Virology at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. In 2005 - 2007, Johan Lennerstrand was a visiting scientist in Professor Raymond Schinazi´s laboratory at Emory University, Atlanta. He is currently at Section of Virology, Uppsala University. He has authored more than 30 publications including peer reviewed papers, reviews and patents. He is a member of the HCV DrAG. He is the founder of the bi-annual meeting Nordic Conference of HIV and Hepatitis Drug Resistance and Treatment Strategies.

Research Interest

Drug resistance, treatment strategies and drug discovery in Hepatitis C virus, HIV, Influenza virus, Dengue virus and cancer.