Virology Lab at City St George's, University of London. HCMV, anti-viral drugs, placental infection, transmission, etc etc. #JGV Editoral Board. Views my own.
Tooting, London, UK
Joined August 2017
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We have a PhD position open! Please apply if you are interested in proteome-wide interaction networks of large DNA viruses and target them with in-silico-designed protein binders. Our colleagues have many more fascinating projects. Check them out at rtg-vision.de/projects-2nd-c…
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We have two open PhD positions in the lab! One together with @LandauMeytal on viral amyloids and one on phase separation of viral replication compartments! See v22.desy.de/e67416/records27… for viral amyloids, and PM me for the second!
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📢 2 PhD opportunities, one on #Mpox virus tropism, innate sensing and interplay with HIV-1 @LSTMnews, deadline for submission of application Dec 4th: lstmed.ac.uk/study/research-…
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Excited by viruses and how our bodies repel them? Exciting fully funded PhD project now available combining expertise from the lab to the clinic. #virology #immunology #dermatology #CRISPR #vector-vertebrate biology. Help us spread the word. ☺️
Fully funded PhD opportunity @DiMeN_DTP @VHIT_Mckimmie @AlpheyLab @UniversityLeeds
Can skin inflammation stop mosquito-borne virus infection? #DiMeN #skin #pathology #microbiology
Deadline: 13/12/24
findaphd.com/phds/project/mr…
Blair Strang retweeted
Mourning the loss of Dr. Diane Griffin, who passed away on Monday.
Dr. Griffin was a founding member of @CMM_JHU and chaired our advisory board. A distinguished virologist, she was an elected member of Natl Acad Sci and Natl Acad Med. We remember her with gratitude.
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Our newly refreshed support pages are now live on our website
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As we publish the updated RCOG Scientific Impact Paper on ‘congenital CMV infection’ this month, I look forward to seeing you at the the RCOG educational event on infection during pregnancy. Great comprehensive program and excellent speakers!
obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.co…
rcog.eventsair.com/an-update…
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A PhD project is available in the Weekes lab for 2025 onwards via the Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine Doctoral Training Programme - have a look and get in touch if interested! medschl.cam.ac.uk/identifica…
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If you like this kind of work we have a funded PhD place in the lab starting in Oct 2025 to explore antiviral innate immune responses across species. See here for details of how to apply or ask me for more info: bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/a…
New preprint from the lab describing how most poxviruses, including avipoxviruses, antagonise DNA-PK to block cGAS/STING-dependent interferon production during infection. Is this a stalemate in the molecular host/pathogen arms race?biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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I am recruiting for 2 senior roles for City St George's ... a General Counsel and a Chief People Officer - doing big and innovative stuff in higher education city.ac.uk/about/jobs/apply/… and city.ac.uk/about/jobs/apply/… see @PerrettLaver
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Are you interested in doing a PhD @Cambridge_Uni?
Why don’t you come to my lab to study the role of long non-coding RNAs 🧬 during Zika virus 🦠 infection? We have a 4-year funded PhD studentship!!!
Deadline: 7 Jan 2025 (UK-students only)
findaphd.com/phds/project/fu…
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PhD position available in my lab to study this further! crick.ac.uk/careers-study/va…
Crick researchers in @bealelab have figured out how cells can detect when their compartments get damaged or infected.
crick.ac.uk/news-and-reports…
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Exciting news!
Our Research Opportunity Scholarships are back! 🎉
We're offering seven fully funded PhD scholarships available for BAME students hoping to study at UCL!
Applications open next month - register your interest below to get notified 👇
bit.ly/47muPXb
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DRC receives first donation of 100,000 mpox vaccines to contain outbreak theguardian.com/global-devel…
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First sustained remission of HIV infection following a bone marrow transplant in the absence of protective mutation.
nature.com/articles/s41591-0…
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We are hiring! We have an MRC-funded Post-doctoral Research Fellow position available, studying barriers to horizontal gene transfer of AMR genes in MRSA. jobs.sgul.ac.uk/632-24
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Just over a week left to apply to lead an exciting new cutting-edge pathogen cryo-microscopy facility here in @Cambridge_Uni! Apply now for fun science in a supportive and intellectually stimulating environment 👇👇👇
jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/47348/
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In view of the recent concerns on potential monkeypox pandemic, I would like to highlight the guideline we published in collaboration with various multidisciplinary stakeholders. It includes useful diagnosis and management algorithms.
rcog.org.uk/media/mrpktraf/2…
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Are you a biologist with an interest in infectious disease and epidemiology? Join our upcoming scientific discussion meeting on the topic of cytomegalovirus (CMV): royalsociety.org/science-eve…
