About A.G. (Anusca) Rader
Anusca G. Rader is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Viroscience (Erasmus MC). During her PhD she studied three major human viruses: SARS-CoV-2, Dengue virus, and HIV-1. Using primary human immune cells and advanced human intestinal organoid models, she studied how these viruses interact with autophagy and intracellular trafficking at mucosal surfaces.
Her current postdoctoral research in the HerpeslabNL focuses on identifying conserved features of alphaherpesvirus latency-associated transcripts (LATs) and elucidating their common and unique functions during both productive and latent infection.
Herpesviruses, In vitro models, Mucosal immunology, Cellular virology, Molecular virology
• 2026 – present: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, the Netherlands
• 2020 – 2026: PhD candidate, Department of Experimental immunology & Center for Infection and Molecular Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands
Doctoral thesis: Autophagy in the chiaroscuro of human viral diseases
• 2017 – 2020: (pre-)Master, Biomedical sciences, University of Leiden, the Netherlands
• 2013 – 2017: Bachelor, Biology and Medical Laboratory Research, Applied university Leiden, the Netherlands
• 2020 – 2026: PhD candidate, Department of Experimental immunology & Center for Infection and Molecular Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands
Doctoral thesis: Autophagy in the chiaroscuro of human viral diseases
• 2017 – 2020: (pre-)Master, Biomedical sciences, University of Leiden, the Netherlands
• 2013 – 2017: Bachelor, Biology and Medical Laboratory Research, Applied university Leiden, the Netherlands
