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Tom Peacock

@peacockflu.bsky.social
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Virologist - Influenza and Coronaviruses

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Tom Peacock @peacockflu.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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Tom Peacock @peacockflu.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
This is a companion piece of work to the in depth evolutionary analysis on the US H5N1 spillovers lead by Jonathan Pekar which several authors were also involved with. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Phylogenetic tree and map showing the distribution and evolution of US cattle H5N1s
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Tom Peacock @peacockflu.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Really excited to be able to share our latest preprint, describing how during its evolution in cattle, H5N1 has got better at using a type of alternative receptor that's abundant in cows, but not found in humans and birds. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Graph of receptor binding curves showing an ancestral and recent H5N1. The ancestral virus does not bind NeuGc receptor well, whereas the recent virus birds NeuGc and NeuAc containing receptors equally.
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Tom Peacock @peacockflu.bsky.social · 28/10/2024
Wendy Barclay and I will soon be recruiting a postdoc to work on a virology project investigating the evolution of swine influenza viruses and how this impacts future pandemic potential. Job will be based at Imperial's South Kensington campus. Drop me a DM/email for more details.
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