Publications

2026

antigen-prime: Simulating coupled genetic and antigenic evolution of influenza virus

Zorian T. Thornton, Thien Tran, Marlin D. Figgins, John Huddleston, Trevor Bedford, Frederick A. Matsen IV, Hugh K. Haddox

Virus Evolution (under review) | Preprint | Code | Docs

A virus escaping through a two-dimensional antigenic space. Hosts at the center are colored by the clades their immune histories remember; the virus flees outward along a trail of past positions, with its nucleotide sequence beneath it and one nonsynonymous epitope-site codon highlighted.

2022

A biophysical model of viral escape from polyclonal antibodies

Timothy C Yu*, Zorian T Thornton*, William W Hannon, William S DeWitt, Caelan E Radford, Frederick A Matsen IV, Jesse D Bloom

Virus Evolution | Paper | Code

* Co-first authors.

2021

Predicting temperature-dependent transmission suitability of bluetongue virus in livestock

Fadoua El Moustaid, Zorian Thornton, Hani Slamani, Sadie J Ryan, Leah R Johnson

Parasites & Vectors | Paper

2018

Tools for 3D Interactome Visualization

Andrew Keller, Juan D. Chavez, Jimmy K. Eng, Zorian Thornton, and James E. Bruce

Journal of Proteome Research | Paper