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Chen Liang

ResearcherAIDS Pathogenesis UnitMcGill University

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Chen Liang

Researcher

AIDS Pathogenesis Unit

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
35 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 10 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 13 research grants (13 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervisor on 2 trainee awards (2 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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116

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Research

Hiv Hiv/Aids Innate Immune Response Interferon Sars-Cov Viral Pathogenicity Zoonotic Transmission Aids

Latest papers

Development of a virus particle fusion assay to study and target virus entry.
Virology · 2026 · senior author
Identification of SARS-CoV-2 proteins suppressing host protein synthesis.
Virology · 2026 · senior author
Evidence on Digital HIV Self-Testing From Accuracy to Impact: Updated Systematic Review.
Journal of medical Internet research · 2025

All 116 publications

Latest funding

Curing HIV-1 reservoir cells by targeted delivery of CRISPR
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$200,000
Investigating the role of accessory protein ORF8 secretion and immunomodulation in the pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants
CIHR · 2023 · Supervisor
$105,000
Investigate the immune modulation function of SARS-CoV-2 accessory protein ORF8
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$1,289,025

All 20 grants and awards

116 publications.

Development of a virus particle fusion assay to study and target virus entry.

Terzopoulos N, Tiplady O, Pan Q, Liang C

Virology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2026.111025 PMID: 42424865

Identification of SARS-CoV-2 proteins suppressing host protein synthesis.

Wang Z, Pan Q, Arduini A, Liang C

Virology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2026.111006 PMID: 42287953

Evidence on Digital HIV Self-Testing From Accuracy to Impact: Updated Systematic Review.

Beecroft A, Vaikla O, Engel N, Duchaine T, Liang C, Pant Pai N

Journal of medical Internet research2025

DOI: 10.2196/63110 PMID: 40053740

Progress in Pseudotyping Lentiviral Vectors Towards Cell-Specific Gene Delivery In Vivo.

Arduini A, Katiyar H, Liang C

Viruses2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/v17060802 PMID: 40573393

Editorial: Insights in genome editing in human health and disease 2023/2024.

Lu B, Mou H, Liang C

Frontiers in genome editing2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fgeed.2025.1697828 PMID: 41058710

Exploring the diagnostic accuracy of an HIV self-test optimized by a digital app-based solution: Results from a secondary data analysis of a field trial in South Africa.

Beecroft A, Esmail A, Vaikla O, Duchaine T, Engel N, Liang C, Zhang Q, Dheda K, Pai NP

PLOS digital health2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000791 PMID: 40198638

A cell-based assay to discover inhibitors of Zika virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase.

Wang L, Zhou R, Liu Y, Guo S, Yi D, Zhao J, Li Q, Zhang Y, Liang C, Wang J, Shan G, Cen S

Virology2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2023.109939 PMID: 37979208

The Antiviral Activity of Interferon-Induced Transmembrane Proteins and Virus Evasion Strategies.

Wang J, Luo Y, Katiyar H, Liang C, Liu Q

Viruses2024

DOI: 10.3390/v16050734 PMID: 38793616

SARS-CoV-2 Assembly: Gaining Infectivity and Beyond.

Katiyar H, Arduini A, Li Y, Liang C

Viruses2024Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/v16111648 PMID: 39599763

Surface-Based Multimeric Aptamer Generation and Bio-Functionalization for Electrochemical Biosensing Applications.

Hamidi SV, Jahromi AK, Hosseini II, Moakhar RS, Collazos C, Pan Q, Liang C, Mahshid S

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2024

DOI: 10.1002/anie.202402808 PMID: 38764376

Curing HIV-1 reservoir cells by targeted delivery of CRISPR

Nominated PICIHR2024Ca. Gr.: Biomedical Res. for HIV/AIDS/STBBI -Next-gen. therapeutic interventions

Principal investigators: Liang, Chen

Keywords: Crispr Gene Editing; Hiv/Aids; Lnps; Reservoirs; Targeted Delivery

$200,000

Investigating the role of accessory protein ORF8 secretion and immunomodulation in the pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants

SupervisorCIHR2023Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Arduini, Ariana

Keywords: Cell-Mediated Immunity; Coronavirus; Covid-19; Fc-Mediated Effector Functions; Host-Virus Interactions; Immune Evasion; Mammalian Culture Systems; Orf8 Accessory Protein; Sars-Cov-2; Secreted Factor

$105,000

Investigate the immune modulation function of SARS-CoV-2 accessory protein ORF8

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Liang, Chen; Finzi, Andrés; Uchil, Pradeep D

Keywords: Adcc; Fc Effector Function; Immune Modulation; Orf8; Sars-Cov-2

$1,289,025

COVID-19 Variant Supplement - Understand the high pathogenicity and zoonotic transmission of the COVID-19 virus: evasion of host innate immune responses

Nominated PICIHR2021Operating Grant: SARS-CoV-2 variants supplement stream 1

Principal investigators: Liang, Chen

Keywords: Covid-19; Innate Immune Response; Interferon; Sars-Cov; Viral Pathogenicity; Zoonotic Transmission

$50,000

Design of high performance antiviral and antibacterial cold spray coatings for continuous disinfection on high-touch surfaces

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Yue, Stephen S

Keywords: anti bacterial; antiviral; coatings; cold spray; copper and copper alloys; corrosion; fomites; high touch surfaces; metal powders; wear

$550,000

An Automated Molecular Point of Care Testing Device for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 and New Variants

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Op Gr: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gap & Priorities - Testing models/surveillance

Principal investigators: Mahshid, Sara; Costiniuk, Cecilia T; Liang, Chen; Reisner, Walter W

Keywords: Detection Of New Variants; Molecular Detection Of Sars-Cov-2; Point Of Care Diagnostics; Rna-Based Covid-19 Test

$320,000

Sex as a Biological Variable Supplement - Understand the high pathogenicity and zoonotic transmission of the COVID-19 virus: evasion of host innate immune responses

Nominated PICIHR2020Op Grant: Sex as a Biological Variable Supplement: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO

Principal investigators: Liang, Chen

Keywords: Covid-19.; Innate Immune Response; Interferon; Sars-Cov; Viral Pathogenicity; Zoonotic Transmission

$50,000

Development and validation of a SARS-CoV-2 antiviral coatings for high-touch critical surfaces_x000d_ _x000d_

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Yue, Stephen

$50,000

Understand the high pathogenicity and zoonotic transmission of the COVID-19 virus: evasion of host innate immune responses

Nominated PICIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Transmission dynamics/animal host/modeling

Principal investigators: Liang, Chen

Keywords: Covid-19; Innate Immune Response; Interferon; Sars-Cov; Viral Pathogenicity; Zoonotic Transmission

$480,000

Study IFITM restriction of HIV-1 entry: cross-talk with adaptive immunity

Nominated PICIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Liang, Chen; Finzi, Andrés

Keywords: Hiv/Aids; Ifitm; Restriction Factors; Virus Entry

$979,200

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Chen Liang

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Development of a virus particle fusion assay to study and target virus entry.

Identification of SARS-CoV-2 proteins suppressing host protein synthesis.

Evidence on Digital HIV Self-Testing From Accuracy to Impact: Updated Systematic Review.

Progress in Pseudotyping Lentiviral Vectors Towards Cell-Specific Gene Delivery In Vivo.

Editorial: Insights in genome editing in human health and disease 2023/2024.

Exploring the diagnostic accuracy of an HIV self-test optimized by a digital app-based solution: Results from a secondary data analysis of a field trial in South Africa.

A cell-based assay to discover inhibitors of Zika virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase.

The Antiviral Activity of Interferon-Induced Transmembrane Proteins and Virus Evasion Strategies.

SARS-CoV-2 Assembly: Gaining Infectivity and Beyond.

Surface-Based Multimeric Aptamer Generation and Bio-Functionalization for Electrochemical Biosensing Applications.

Design of high performance antiviral and antibacterial cold spray coatings for continuous disinfection on high-touch surfaces

Development and validation of a SARS-CoV-2 antiviral coatings for high-touch critical surfaces_x000d_ _x000d_

Frequent collaborators

Jing Hu

Sara Mahshid

Allison McGeer

Shan Cen

Inna Sekirov

Bluma Brenner

Lawrence Kleiman

Thomas Duchaine

Anne-Claude Gingras

Rongtuan Lin

Samira Mubareka

Anne Gatignol

Nathalie Arbour

Jack Antel

Dao Nguyen

Qian Liu

Subburaj Ilangumaran

Jacek Majewski

Hugo Soudeyns

Qihuang Zhang

David Langlais

Philippe Gros

Mark Lathrop

Alexandre Prat

Michael Witcher

Karen Mossman