Dmitry Ushakov, Ph.D. is Head of the Imaging and Bioinformatics Laboratory at the Institute of Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Greifswald – Insel Riems, Germany. He earned his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and has held research positions at leading institutions including the National Institute for Medical Research (London, UK), Imperial College London, Hannover Medical School (Germany), University of Leeds (UK), and King’s College/Francis Crick Institute (London, UK). His work focuses on virus-host interactions and immune responses using advanced fluorescence microscopy and image analysis. His lab has applied these techniques to study infections by rabies, SARS-CoV-2, and other neurotropic and respiratory viruses.