Transient RNA structures play a key role in the emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses! Great to see this collaboration with Mathis Funk, Mathilde Richard, Stephen Cusack, and others in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Our first application shortlisting in 2026 will take place in July, with decisions planned for December".
The purple prose gives them away.
On #InternationalWomensDay, we’re celebrating some of the women across @medcambridge.bsky.social who are advancing research, improving patient care, and shaping the future of healthcare.
Read along to find out more: buff.ly/5RArf1F
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Very Cool story! Congrats.
Another great article featuring our research published in @nature.com
Many heat-stressed tropical insects are reaching their limits | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Pls re-post: My department @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social are recruiting for several new faculty positions (links below). Broad search in molecular biology/biochemistry, across prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Interested in understanding life at the molecular level, this job might be for you!
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Applications are now open for the 7th ISRV School of Respiratory Viruses, hosted by the School of Public Health at The University of Hong Kong.
Program details: isrv.eventsair.com/7th-isrv-sch... Apply here: isrv.eventsair.com/Presentation...
Applications close: 30 April (UTC+8)
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Stunning work! Congrats to all involved.
We found a viral Trojan Horse: a virus can hide inside another virus.This one surprised us: deltaviruses don’t just borrow a helper virus. They can travel inside it.
A literal Trojan Horse “virus-in-a-virus” route into cells. 🤯 Kudos to 1st author @viroscope.bsky.social and co-authors !
I’ve been lucky to know many great scientists, but Robin was really way up there as a creative thinker, intellect, pioneer - yet, unusually, managed to combine this with being utterly kind, generous, warm. We’ll miss him
This is a huge loss for UK virology, and for the whole scientific community
It is a great sadness to hear of Robin’s passing.
He was one of the finest virologists of all time and contributed immeasurably to the field of HIV/retrovirology.
He was a key mentor for a vast number of leading virologists and cancer researchers. And great fun!
So many of us owe him our careers
Sad news. My thoughts are with his family. You're so right. Robin was a UK virology legend who helped and influenced so many scientists (myself included).
With Eugene Koonin, we propose a concept of “the selfish ribosome”, under which evolution of life is viewed as a ribosomal takeover, where the ribosome evolved to consume most of the cell’s resources, while other cellular componentry ensures the propagation of the ribosome. arxiv.org/abs/2602.23268
Registration and abstract submission for the international Meeting on Arboviruses and their Vectors (a UK Microbiology Society event), Liverpool 1-2 September 2026, are now open!
Link:
microbiologysociety.org/event/full-e...
Two great 4y positions up for grabs with us and Ross working on his BBSRC MosquitoNI project, with collaborators in GB. Deadlines in a week (research fellow) and 2 weeks (RA). Lots of vector ecology and modelling but also looking at what viruses can we find in our 🦟!
We are looking for a postdoc to join our team! Interested in herpesvirus latency? Apply here:
www.werkenbijerasmusmc.nl/en/vacancy/1...
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Very cool work. So often it's hard to see the infection events that don't work out (for the virus).
Out now in Cell Systems: We develop a technique to visualize influenza A virus in live cells with single viral RNA resolution. Combined with precise readouts of viral transcription, we map the whole influenza A viral life cycle and identify key bottlenecks in infection.
www.cell.com/cell-systems...
You pop in for a meal deal and leave immunised......
Such a good example of cross-species transmission. Very cool story (apart from the poor mangabeys).
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🚨 New paper from the lab! 🚀 We explore flexibility and modulation of IRES-dependent translation in enterovirus genomes through upstream ORFs. Many thanks to all co-authors from the @campathology.bsky.social, CIMR and Cambridge Stem Cell Institute!
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
I feel the same way and don't use the box.
I thought it was because medieval folk could "share-eth betwixt each other"
In a new article with Kevin Groen, we review the most recent scientific developments relating to autoantibodies targeting type I interferons and their impacts on severe viral disease:
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
