John Coffin
Retrovirology · Tufts University
John Coffin is the American Cancer Society Research Professor at Tufts University and a leading authority on retroviruses. His research has been fundamental to understanding HIV and other retroviruses, and he played a key role in the discovery of endogenous retroviruses in the human genome. At The Future of Science, Coffin addressed the biology of viruses and the ongoing challenge of viral diseases.