Professor of Virology. Can also be found at @RichStanton@mstdn.science, @richstanton.bsky.social, and https://xitter.cf/t.co/Rz7xNeEuws

Cardiff
Joined December 2011
If you're a researcher in the UK & like NK cells, we're hosting the annual UK NK Conference in Cardiff on Fri Jan 9th 2026. Keynote is by Salim Khakoo, info on venue/registration/abstract submission here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-nk-con…. Spread the word, it's a friendly 1-day meeting!
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Delighted to be hosting the next KIR workshop in Oxford next year. Please save these dates if you're interested. More details to follow.
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Please to be appointed as a Senior Research Leader for Health & Care Research Wales - looking forward to shaping policy, developing research excellence, and supporting researchers! healthandcareresearchwales.o…
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Rich Stanton retweeted
Final call 📢📢 closes today! Last chance to apply to be a #NewPI/Lecturer in virology/vaccinology (with associated PhD position) in an exciting new Wales Applied Virology Unit, funded by @ResearchWales based at @cardiffuni. You'll be brilliantly supported by #TeamVirology #WAVU
psst...want to hear a great #Virology opportunity? We have an amazing opportunity for a new PI/#Lecturer/group leader in virology/viral immunology @cardiffuni as part of a new @ResearchWales funded Virology unit headed by myself, @StantonRich @DaveGuk87 🦠 krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGne…
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If you're looking for a lectureship in virology/viral immunology then good news, we have a position available!
psst...want to hear a great #Virology opportunity? We have an amazing opportunity for a new PI/#Lecturer/group leader in virology/viral immunology @cardiffuni as part of a new @ResearchWales funded Virology unit headed by myself, @StantonRich @DaveGuk87 🦠 krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGne…
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Rich Stanton retweeted
UK NK cell people - save the date! 07/01/25
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Please consider nominating CMV Action for this £5,000 prize. It takes 30 seconds but would go a long way in supporting the work of our small but vital charity. @Weekes_Mike @StrangVirusLab @StantonRich @MJaMurray @ijg25 @ProfAsmaKhalil please share with colleagues, thank you
5 days, 10 charities, £5,000 each – nominate a charity, not-for-profit organisation or community interest company working in the health and wellbeing sector for their chance to win £5,000 each! Nominations close on the 26th of April: brnw.ch/21wJ2C9
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RIVR's a great way to meet other virology PIs in the UK, go along if you're a new (ish?) group leader.
The Recently-Independent Virologists Retreat (RIVR) 2024 will be on Jan 9-10th 2024 (date changed!) in Liverpool. Booking will open in the next week or two. If you are a new group leader in virology in the UK and not yet on the RIVR mailing list please get in touch to be added!
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Does anyone have an invite to bluesky?
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What is it with the rotating dials on Stuart rockers/shakers/incubators. Oh, you want to increase the speed by 1? How about reducing by 25 instead. You want to set an exact temperature? Good luck! Is a reliable dial beyond modern science, or are Stuart just cheapskates?
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Has anyone reviewed on the new UKRI Grants website (Je-S replacement)? Trying to work out how to download a grant to review while travelling, and failing miserably.....
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Thanks so much to the organisers & Metchy’s Cafe - great to be part of @pintofscience 2023 with @ExitusRooms really interesting talks, great food & drinks 👍🏻 #Pint23 @virustinkerer @tenovuscancer @Aly25_09 @SWScience_UK @LaurenJ45755439 @emilyanne611 @StantonRich – at Cardiff, Wales
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Looking forward to chairing the SARS-CoV-2; immunity and therapeutics session at #microbio23 this afternoon with @StantonRich and Tristan Russell. Come and join us for some fabulous science in Hall 5! (And yes I do still work on HIV before people ask)
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Rich Stanton retweeted
Really tough act to follow! Thanks Dave & Marieke! The next RIVR event will be the RIVR dinner at the @MicrobioSoc annual conference, evening of Wednesday 19th April! We will be in touch with more details, and UK #newPIs in virology get in touch to be added to the RIVR list!
And massive thank you to @MicrobioSoc #JGV for their continued support. RIVR is still going strong and will be well looked after by new co-organisers @edemmott and @virologydavid
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🚨Recruitment for Moderna CMV Victory trial at St George's Vaccine Institute, London @StGeorgesVI 🚨 👉cmvictory.com/gb Participants required! Overview, inclusion criteria and contact info👇 vaccine.ac.uk/research/moder… Pls RT! @cmvactionuk @CmvConference @NationalCMV
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This reflects my feelings. eLife is a great journal & made many innovations to try and address issues in peer review. But ultimately eLife papers are respected because being accepted was a sign of significance. Why change that? We already have plenty of pay-to-publish journals!
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A nice collaborative follow-on from our work looking at what drives ADCC against SARS-CoV-2 (elifesciences.org/articles/7…), showing that non-spike (and non-neutralising) antibody responses can be protective jci.org/articles/view/162282
New @UKCICstudy-supported research from @cardiffuni has provided the first demonstration that antibody responses specific to the nucleocapsid protein can improve viral clearance of SARS-CoV-2. @jclinicalinvest Full paper available here: 👇 uk-cic.org/publication/impro…
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