Amazing work from Charlotte Lewis - our latest preprint describes structure guided development of an antiviral peptide, targeting VP2 portal assembly - a strategy that may have broad application to treat or prevent calicivirus disease.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Do you think viruses are cool?
We are recruiting maternity cover for our Comms and Engagement Lead here @cvrinfo.bsky.social, the largest virus research centre in the UK.
Hybrid working options, generous salary, great people. Please share!
We’re thrilled to launch our 9th annual course on viral bioinformatics & genomics! Welcome speech by head of Bioinformatics @davidlrobertson.bsky.social 🧬 #bioinformatics #genomics
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We recently hosted our first ever International day for Biodiversity event in @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social.
Thank you to our keynote, Dr Cathy Maguire from the Office for Environmental Protection, speakers, poster contributors, & organising committee for helping make the event such a success
The WHO has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a “public health emergency of international concern”.
For more information on Ebola, our cross-portfolio collection of articles on the virus is freely available to all: https://microb.io/4uUT6ht
Here's your regular reminder that viruses can be alive OR dead: purified tobacco mosaic virus virions from 1979, sedimenting at 1G since then at 4C - about as alive as NaCl. Alive when rubbed onto a plant about 10 years ago, though 😁
With Eugene Koonin, we wrote a rather comprehensive review on the origin, evolution and organization of the #virosphere. We describe all 10 viral realms and the logic behind them, and so much more. Check it out! comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/biologies/ar...
Turning research into action!
The @yai.ie Sustainability Statement showcases how early-career researchers are tackling some of Ireland’s biggest challenges—biodiversity loss, clean energy, and the links between environment and health.
Explore the statement: www.ria.ie/young-academ...