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Postdoctoral researcher @towerslab.bsky.social @blizardinstitute.bsky.social 🔴⚪

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Jolly Lab @jollylab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
We are incredibly excited to see our most recent story out @nature.com today:HIV triggers CD4-signaling to remodel nuclear pores and license infection!A heroic effort led by our very own @d-mesner.bsky.social & @mattvxwhelan.bsky.social! @blizardinstitute.bsky.social Link: tinyurl.com/HIVNup 1/11
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Towers Lab @towerslab.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
🚨Job Alert🚨 Looking for a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join our multidisciplinary team of scientists. The postdoc will collaborate with world-class structural biologist Peijun Zhang to understand everything about HIV capsids and how they work via host interactions. Spread the word!
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Postdoctoral Research Associate (Molecular Biology of HIV Infection) - QMUL Jobs
ID: 8551. Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate (Molecular Biology of HIV Infection). Application Deadline:
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Towers Lab @towerslab.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Our first Virtual Virology at QMUL! Three great speakers from my lab @melghazaly.bsky.social on Vpx and immune activation, @immun0liver.bsky.social on SARS and ADP-ribosylation, and @ali-hashim.bsky.social on transforming natural products into broad spectrum anti-virals. Excited for the next VV!
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Nicolas Manel Lab @manellab.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
🔥 Mark the date! 🗓️ Millésime 2026 of the @embo.org Workshop on Pathogen Immunity and Signaling has arrived. Terrific roster of speakers, many spots for talks, spectacular venue in Leiden. Submit your abstract. Join us on 8 – 11 June 2026. meetings.embo.org/event/26-pat...
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Pathogen Immunity and Signalling
Viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens pose a serious threat to human health, requiring a coordinated response from the innate and adaptive immune systems. Our immune system relies on pathogen recept…
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Scientists are also paid too little in the UK.
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Scientists charged too much to come to work in UK, says Royal Society
Combined upfront cost of the five-year Global Talent Visa and the Immigration Health Surcharge stands at £5,941
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Towers Lab @towerslab.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
New preprint from our lab, led by our postdocs Dara Annett and Kate Morling in collaboration with Selwood Lab! We developed a modified cyclosporine, BG147, which enhances lentivector gene therapy transduction, ex vivo in HSPC and in vivo in mouse photoreceptors, by degrading IFITM3. Check it out!
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A modified cyclosporine enhances lentivector transduction ex vivo and in vivo by degrading IFITM3
Intrinsic innate immune barriers have evolved to suppress viral infection and can reduce effective gene delivery in gene therapy. We have developed BG147, a novel cyclosporine A analogue, optimised vi...
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Towers Lab @towerslab.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Delighted to have won a Wellcome Discovery Award for 8 more years of transformative research. We will advance our knowledge of innate immune mechanisms using viruses and chemotherapeutics as tools. Thanks to everyone who contributed along the way.
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Towers Lab @towerslab.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
We are delighted to be joining the Blizard Institute in Autumn. The Blizard Institute is an amazing place for discovery science and we're looking forward to more transformative research and collaborations. www.qmul.ac.uk/blizard/abou...
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Blizard Institute welcomes world-leading team of virologists
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Center for Immunology of Viral Infections (CiViA) @civia-aarhus.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Kicking off Day 2 of our #CiViASymposium (expertly chaired by Prof Kristina Broliden) is Prof Greg Towers ( @towerslab.bsky.social‬ , @UCL.ac.uk) about the role of innate #immune evasion in the #pandemic potential of #viruses.
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Center for Immunology of Viral Infections (CiViA) @civia-aarhus.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Oliver Wright @immun0liver.bsky.social @towerslab.bsky.social presenting on innate immune response to #SARS-CoV2. #CiViASymposium
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Center for Immunology of Viral Infections (CiViA) @civia-aarhus.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Stunning backdrop to our #CiViAsymposium at Hotel Vejlefjord in #Denmark. Thrilled about 2 days of great science and networking. Supported by @dg.dk & @carlsbergfondet.dk
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RM @rsbmilne.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Virtual Virology is back - our first ever phage session. Do join us...
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Science Magazine @science.org · 14/04/2025
"Many scientists know from the start that they want to be academic researchers. But for others the path unfolds gradually, with spurts of doubt and uncertainty along the way. In a way, that’s fitting." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/43Ph9Ei
An illustration of a woman with a trail of papers behind her. The hedline is: How I finally found my confidence as a scientist
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Towers Lab @towerslab.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
First paper of 2025 is out now! 🎉 Our talented postdocs @katemorling.bsky.social and @melghazaly.bsky.social review latest advancements of how HIV capsid and accessory proteins Vpx/Vpr have evolved (or not) to regulate host innate immunity. www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Early events in the HIV life cycle.
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Russian missiles damaged the Portuguese Embassy in Kyiv. No diplomatic representation should ever be targeted or even impacted. This is another barbaric attack by Russia on civilian targets that shows no willingness for peace. I extend my full solidarity to diplomatic staff.
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Nandan Gokhale @nandangokhale.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Our work on cellular RNA interactions with MAVS that promote antiviral signaling is finally live. So grateful to our indispensable collaborators as well as reviewers who helped to strengthen our work. #RNA #innateimmunity #virology @ramlabuw.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Cellular RNA interacts with MAVS to promote antiviral signaling
Antiviral signaling downstream of RIG-I–like receptors (RLRs) proceeds through a multi-protein complex organized around the adaptor protein mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein (MAVS). Protein co...
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Towers Lab @towerslab.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Delighted to be presenting with my UCL colleagues at the 9th Princess Chulabhorn International Science Congress. My first talk on innate immunity in cancer. Thanks to Evolution Education Trust and PhD student Linran Wang and post doc Bruno Carvalho Ramos for their work and insight
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Jonathan Kagan @jkagan1.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Mirror Bacteria: The biggest future threat to life on Earth. Leading scientists are raising the alarm before it becomes reality. Honored to play a small role in evaluating this work prior to publication. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Confronting risks of mirror life
Broad discussion is needed to chart a path forward.
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Jacki Heraud-Farlow @jackiheraudfarlow.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Time for a 🧵 on our new paper from the Walkley lab in @scienceimmuno.bsky.social. If you're into RNA editing by ADARs, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) sensing, post-transcriptional gene regulation and CRISPR screening, then read on! 1/X www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #RNASky #ImmunoSky
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GGNBP2 regulates MDA5 sensing triggered by self double-stranded RNA following loss of ADAR1 editing
GGNBP2, CNOT10, and CNOT11 are required for innate immune response after the loss of ADAR1-mediated editing of self dsRNA.
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the Node @the-node.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
No such thing as a standard career path - a new careers interview series We chatted to several #DevBio scientists who've had vastly different career trajectories. We hope whichever career stage you're at and whatever journey you're embarking on, these stories show that many valid career paths exist
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No such thing as a standard career path - the Node
Introducing a new careers interview series, featuring developmental biologists who have had vastly different career trajectories.
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Jonathan Mannion @jmannion1.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
#paperoftheweek @jackiheraudfarlow.bsky.social & Co report that GGNBP2-CNOT10/11 complex formation promotes MDA5 sensing of immunogenic self dsRNAs, upon ADAR1 mutation. Congrats to all involved! 👏🏻 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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GGNBP2 regulates MDA5 sensing triggered by self double-stranded RNA following loss of ADAR1 editing
GGNBP2, CNOT10, and CNOT11 are required for innate immune response after the loss of ADAR1-mediated editing of self dsRNA.
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Jalees Rehman @jalees.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Cytosolic delivery of innate immune agonists www.cell.com/trends/immun...
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Cytosolic delivery of innate immune agonists
Solute carrier proteins (SLCs) are pivotal for maintaining cellular homeostasis by transporting small molecules across cellular membranes. Recent discoveries have uncovered their involvement in modula...
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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 30/04/2023
I’m in England, in a field of Barley. Today, I’m going to collect wild yeast under that tree back there, and I’m going to show how to feed and grow it until it’s ready to bake with. We are going to start at the very beginning, and end at the end. (this is an experiment in thread transfer)
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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
OK- here we go. Sorry for the delay, I was not prepared for the exertion required in the thrill-a-minute adventure that is… CACAO FERMENTATION. Yes, this will actually take 5 days. After that two days of drying. I’m not making this up. Nothing happens. Really. You’ll see. Anyway, off we go!
a man uses a large knife to open a cacao pod. It’s the same feeling as opening a cantaloupe, but far more weird and fun. Alt text is awesome, we are secret friends here!
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
London parks were doing full autumn this afternoon
Silhouette of a man and shadow with sun behind him streaming through golden autumn leaves
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Truly cannot think of a greater achievement, or a greater sorrow when that fell through decades later
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Catarina Martins @catarinamartins.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Celeste Caeiro 1933-2024 Devemos-lhe o gesto de ternura e coragem que batizou a mais bonita das revoluções: Revolução dos cravos. Obrigada 📷 Leonardo Negrão
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