Sara R. Cherry | |
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| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Microbiology |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania Harvard Medical School |
| Thesis | The regulation of V(D)J recombination (1999) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Baltimore |
Sara R. Cherry is an American microbiologist who is John W. Eckman Professor of Medical Science and Professor of Microbiology in Biochemistry and Biophysics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.[1] Her research involves genetic and mechanistic studies of virus–host interactions. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Cherry looked to identify novel therapeutic strategies.