Benjamin Sylvester Murrell
Principal Researcher
E-mail: benjamin.murrell@ki.se
Visiting address: Biomedicum, Solnavägen 9, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C1 Mikrobiologi, tumör- och cellbiologi, C1 Virology and Immunology Murrell, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
The Murrell lab works on various topics related to Computational Biology, Virology, and Immunology. We are currently focusing on probabilistic models of proteins, both in the context of phylogenetic models of evolution, as well as generative models of protein sequence and structure.
The Murrell lab is part of the SciLifeLab research environment. This national research infrastructure for molecular biosciences is a collaboration between several Swedish universities and provides advanced technologies and expertise for both basic and applied research in the life sciences.
Please see https://murrellgroup.github.io/
Articles
- Article: BIOINFORMATICS. 2025;41(11):btaf576Chernyshev M; Stalmarck A; Corcoran M; Karlsson Hedestam GB; Murrell B
- Article: CELL SYSTEMS. 2025;16(9):101391Ehling RA; Minot M; Overath MD; Sheward DJ; Han J; Gao B; Taft JM; Pertseva M; Weber CR; Frei L; Bikias T; Murrell B; Reddy ST
- Article: CELL REPORTS. 2025;44(1):115221Termote M; Marques RC; Hyllner E; V. Guryleva M; Henskens M; Brutscher A; Baken IJL; Dopico XC; Gasull AD; Murrell B; Stamatatos L; Westerberg LS; Dosenovic P
- Article: EBIOMEDICINE. 2024;110:105415Akerman A; Fichter C; Milogiannakis V; Esneau C; Silva MR; Ison T; Lopez JA; Naing Z; Caguicla J; Amatayakul-Chantler S; Roth N; Manni S; Hauser T; Barnes T; Boss T; Condylios A; Yeang M; Sato K; Bartlett NN; Darley D; Matthews G; Stark DJ; Promsri S; Rawlinson WD; Murrell B; Kelleher AD; Dwyer D; Sintchenko V; Kok J; Ellis S; Marris K; Knight E; Hoad VC; Irving DO; Gosbell I; Brilot F; Wood J; Aggarwal A; Turville SG
- Article: FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY. 2024;15:1503648Dong C; Liu J; Quaranta A; Jing X; Nie M; Wheelock CE; Murrell B; Coquet JM; Bowden TM; Engstrand T; Adner M
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2024;15(1):6338Mandolesi M; Das H; de Vries L; Yang Y; Kim C; Dhinakaran M; Castro Dopico X; Fischbach J; Kim S; Guryleva MV; Adori M; Chernyshev M; Stalmarck A; Hanke L; Mcinerney GM; Sheward DJ; Corcoran M; Haellberg BM; Murrell B; Karlsson Hedestam GB
- Article: NATURE. 2024;631(8021):617-626Dadonaite B; Brown J; McMahon TE; Farrell AG; Figgins MD; Asarnow D; Stewart C; Lee J; Logue J; Bedford T; Murrell B; Chu HY; Veesler D; Bloom JD
- Article: CELL REPORTS MEDICINE. 2024;5(6):101577Sheward DJ; Pushparaj P; Das H; Greaney AJ; Kim C; Kim S; Hanke L; Hyllner E; Dyrdak R; Lee J; Dopico XC; Dosenovic P; Peacock TP; McInerney GM; Albert J; Corcoran M; Bloom JD; Murrell B; Hedestam GBK; Hallberg BM
- Article: CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2024;13(5):e1508Dopico XC; Guryleva M; Mandolesi M; Corcoran M; Coquet JM; Murrell B; Hedestam GBK
- Article: VIRUS EVOLUTION. 2024;10(1):veae019Westfall DH; Deng W; Pankow A; Chen L; Zhao H; Williamson C; Rolland M; Murrell B; Mullins JI
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2024;121(4):e2308942121Juraska M; Bai H; deCamp AC; Magaret CA; Li L; Gillespie K; Carpp LN; Giorgi EE; Ludwig J; Molitor C; Hudson A; Williamson BD; Espy N; Simpkins B; Rudnicki E; Shao D; Rossenkhan R; Edlefsen PT; Westfall DH; Deng W; Chen L; Zhao H; Bhattacharya T; Pankow A; Murrell B; Yssel A; Matten D; York T; Beaume N; Gwashu-Nyangiwe A; Ndabambi N; Thebus R; Karuna ST; Morris L; Montefiori DC; Hural JA; Cohen MS; Corey L; Rolland M; Gilbert PB; Williamson C; Mullins JI
- Article: NPJ VACCINES. 2024;9(1):17Lenart K; Cerveira RA; Hellgren F; Ols S; Sheward DJ; Kim C; Cagigi A; Gagne M; Davis B; Germosen D; Roy V; Alter G; Letscher H; Van Wassenhove J; Gros W; Gallouet A-S; Le Grand R; Kleanthous H; Guebre-Xabier M; Murrell B; Patel N; Glenn G; Smith G; Lore K
- Article: JCI INSIGHT. 2023;8(17):e167656Zhang J; Koolmeister C; Han J; Filograna R; Hanke L; Adori M; Sheward DJ; Teifel S; Gopalakrishna S; Shao Q; Liu Y; Zhu K; Harris RA; Mcinerney G; Murrell B; Aoun M; Baeckdahl L; Holmdahl R; Pekalski M; Wedell A; Engvall M; Wredenberg A; Hedestam GBK; Dopico XC; Rorbach J
- Article: JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY. 2023;97(6):e0054323-e00523Oliveira MF; Pankow A; Vollbrecht T; Kumar NM; Cabalero G; Ignacio C; Zhao M; Vitomirov A; Gouaux B; Nakawawa M; Murrell B; Ellis RJ; Gianella S
- Article: PLOS PATHOGENS. 2023;19(6):e1011416Joyce C; Murrell S; Murrell B; Omorodion O; Ver LS; Carrico N; Bastidas R; Nedellec R; Bick M; Woehl J; Zhao F; Burns A; Barman S; Appel M; Ramos A; Wickramasinghe L; Eren K; Vollbrecht T; Smith DM; Pond SLK; McBride R; Worth C; Batista F; Sok D; Poignard P; Briney B; Wilson IA; Landais E; Burton DR
- Article: NANO LETTERS. 2023;23(9):3701-3707Schlegel J; Porebski B; Andronico L; Hanke L; Edwards S; Brismar H; Murrell B; McInerney GM; Fernandez-Capetillo O; Sezgin E
- Article: LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-EUROPE. 2023;30:100646Vikstrom L; Fjallstrom P; Gwon Y-D; Sheward DJ; Wigren-Bystrom J; Evander M; Bladh O; Widerstrom M; Molnar C; Rasmussen G; Bennet L; Aberg M; Bjork J; Tevell S; Thalin C; Blom K; Klingstrom J; Murrell B; Ahlm C; Normark J; Johansson AF; Forsell MNE
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2023;14(1):2249Chernyshev M; Sakharkar M; Connor RI; Dugan HL; Sheward DJ; Rappazzo CG; Stalmarck A; Forsell MNE; Wright PF; Corcoran M; Murrell B; Walker LM; Hedestam GKB
- Article: EBIOMEDICINE. 2023;90:104545Akerman A; Milogiannakis V; Jean T; Esneau C; Silva MR; Ison T; Fichter C; Lopez JA; Chandra D; Naing Z; Caguicla J; Li D; Walker G; Amatayakul-Chantler S; Roth N; Manni S; Hauser T; Barnes T; Condylios A; Yeang M; Wong M; Foster CSP; Sato K; Lee S; Song Y; Mao L; Sigmund A; Phu A; Vande More AM; Hunt S; Douglas M; Caterson I; Britton W; Sandgren K; Bull R; Lloyd A; Triccas J; Tangye S; Bartlett NW; Darley D; Matthews G; Stark DJ; Petoumenos K; Rawlinson WD; Murrell B; Brilot F; Cunningham AL; Kelleher AD; Aggarwal A; Turville SG
- Article: FRONTIERS IN VIROLOGY. 2023;3:1128253Pushparaj P; Nicoletto A; Castro Dopico X; Sheward DJ; Kim S; Ekstrom S; Murrell B; Corcoran M; Karlsson Hedestam GB
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All other publications
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2025Oresten A; Sato K; Stålmarck A; Billera L; Nordlinder HN; Ryder JC; Kaduk M; Murrell B
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2025Sadiq H; Truong P; Danielsson M; Kumar V; Nordlinder HN; Martin DP; Murrell B
- Letter: LANCET MICROBE. 2024;5(12):100998Dyrdak R; Stamouli S; Aralaguppe SG; Ekman M; Safari H; Berg C; Movert E; Latorre-Margalef N; Andersson E; Gisslen M; Nederby-Ohd J; Leufven AS; Schoenmakers J; Broddesson S; Murrell B; Albert J
- Corrigendum: VIRUS EVOLUTION. 2024;10(1):veae038
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2024Billera L; Oresten A; Stålmarck A; Sato K; Kaduk M; Murrell B
- Letter: LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2023;23(11):e462-e463Sheward DJ; Yang Y; Westerberg M; Oling S; Muschiol S; Sato K; Peacock TP; Hedestam GBK; Albert J; Murrell B
- Review: NATURE MICROBIOLOGY. 2023;8(11):1952-1959Roemer C; Sheward DJ; Hisner R; Gueli F; Sakaguchi H; Frohberg N; Schoenmakers J; Sato K; O'Toole A; Rambaut A; Pybus OG; Ruis C; Murrell B; Peacock TP
- Letter: LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2022;22(11):1538-1540Sheward DJ; Kim C; Fischbach J; Sato K; Muschiol S; Ehling RA; Bjorkstrom NK; Hedestam GBK; Reddy ST; Albert J; Peacock TP; Murrell B
- Letter: LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2022;22(10):1421-1422Sheward DJ; Kim C; Fischbach J; Muschiol S; Ehling RA; Bjorkstrom NK; Hedestam GBK; Reddy ST; Albert J; Peacock TP; Murrell B
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2022;BIORXIVMartin DP; Lytras S; Lucaci AG; Maier W; Grüning B; Shank SD; Weaver S; MacLean OA; Orton RJ; Lemey P; Boni MF; Tegally H; Harkins G; Scheepers C; Bhiman JN; Everatt J; Amoako DG; San JE; Giandhari J; Sigal A; NGS-SA; Williamson C; Hsiao N-Y; von Gottberg A; De Klerk A; Shafer RW; Robertson DL; Wilkinson RJ; Sewell BT; Lessells R; Nekrutenko A; Greaney AJ; Starr TN; Bloom JD; Murrell B; Wilkinson E; Gupta RK; de Oliveira T; Kosakovsky Pond SL
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2021;MEDRXIVMartin DP; Weaver S; Tegally H; San EJ; Shank SD; Wilkinson E; Lucaci AG; Giandhari J; Naidoo S; Pillay Y; Singh L; Lessells RJ; NGS-SA; COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK); Gupta RK; Wertheim JO; Nekturenko A; Murrell B; Harkins GW; Lemey P; MacLean OA; Robertson DL; de Oliveira T; Kosakovsky Pond SL
- Corrigendum: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2020;11(1):6360Huang D; Tran JT; Olson A; Vollbrecht T; Tenuta M; Guryleva MV; Fuller RP; Schiffner T; Abadejos JR; Couvrette L; Blane TR; Saye K; Li W; Landais E; Gonzalez-Martin A; Schief W; Murrell B; Burton DR; Nemazee D; Voss JE
- Corrigendum: CELL. 2020;180(1):206Cirelli KM; Carnathan DG; Nogal B; Martin JT; Rodriguez OL; Upadhyay AA; Enemuo CA; Gebru EH; Choe Y; Viviano F; Nakao C; Pauthner MG; Reiss S; Cottrell CA; Smith ML; Bastidas R; Gibson W; Wolabaugh AN; Melo MB; Cossette B; Kumar V; Patel NB; Tokatlian T; Menis S; Kulp DW; Burton DR; Murrell B; Schief WR; Bosinger SE; Ward AB; Watson CT; Silvestri G; Irvine DJ; Crotty S
- Corrigendum: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2016;6:19387de Oliveira MF; Murrell B; Perez-Santiago J; Vargas M; Ellis RJ; Letendre S; Grant I; Smith DM; Woods SP; Gianella S
- Letter: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2014;111(21):E2160Murrell B; Murrell D; Murrell H
- Letter: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2012;109(21):E1330Sheward DJ; Murrell B; Williamson C
- Review: METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. 2012;856:239-272Pond SLK; Murrell B; Poon AFY