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foxenia.bsky.social @foxenia.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Had a great time at the Microbiology Society Conference in Belfast! Really enjoyed the talks, posters, and discussions — and Belfast was amazing too (and sunny!) 😊 Happy to have given a talk on astrovirus RNA structures! @microbiologysociety.org #Microbio26

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foxenia.bsky.social @foxenia.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

So incredibly proud of David! Seeing all the hard work pay off is the best. Huge congrats on a brilliant viva!

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foxenia.bsky.social @foxenia.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

New lab paper in PLOS Pathogens! We show how enteroviruses use upstream AUGs to modulate protein expression. I was glad to join the project in its final stages and contribute to the concluding efforts of this great collaboration. #Enterovirus #RNA #Cambridge

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foxenia.bsky.social @foxenia.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Favorite volunteering gig: Big Biology Day in October! 💚 Huge thanks to our next-generation assistants — the teens who made it all run so smoothly! And to @valerialulla.bsky.social, who inspires (and leads!) our station every year 🙌

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foxenia.bsky.social @foxenia.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Our lab is recruiting a PhD student to explore how RNA viruses hijack ribosomes and reprogram host translation. A great opportunity for anyone passionate about RNA biology and virology!

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Chris H. Hill @chillzaa.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

These findings are similar to recent work on the EMCV Type 2 IRES — see e.g. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...; www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... — and suggest that common structural motifs and mechanisms may exist within highly divergent picornavirus IRES sequences

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The mechanism of ribosomal recruitment during translation initiation on Type 2 IRESs

The encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) IRES and other Type 2 IRESs comprise domains H-L and specifically interact with eIF4G/eIF4A through their essential JK domain. However, the JK domain is not suffi...

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foxenia.bsky.social @foxenia.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

The preprint from this great collaboration just went live!

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foxenia.bsky.social @foxenia.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Wonderful to be part of this collaboration — great teams and great science!

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foxenia.bsky.social @foxenia.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Celebrating with the amazing @campathology.bsky.social team at #Microbio25! Fantastic talks, posters, and great company! 👏 @microbiologysociety.org

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foxenia.bsky.social @foxenia.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

A nighttime shot of a grand hall filled with posters at #Microbio25. Thanks to everyone who came to the discussion about functional RNA elements in viral genomes after finding my poster among this abundance. @microbiologysociety.org

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foxenia.bsky.social @foxenia.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Excited to attend the annual conference in Liverpool! Great talks, many old and new faces, lovely city! #Microbio25 @microbiologysociety.org

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