In the Media
Social media, TV and radio are important tools in public engagement. The Towers Lab has participated in several programmes and campaigns.
Greg speaks to Times Radio about Omicron, Dec 2021
Greg speaks to Times Radio about taking Omicron into the New Year.
Omicron and Christmas - Greg speaks to LBC's Eddie Mair, Dec 2021
Greg was interviewed along with Professor Chris Smith from Cambridge University by LBC's Eddie Mair.
NTV interview Greg twice in Autumn 2021
Dr Steve Gschmeissner recieves the Lennart Nilsson Award, June 2021
Steve receives the 2021 Lennart Nilsson Award
Steve has been recognised for his skilful use of the SEM to reveal the world of the cell and his many years of work across various fields including virology and cancer research.
Variants of concern and the route out of lockdown. Greg on LBC, April 2021
Greg discusses how concerned we should be about variants and how feasible it is for all travellers from abroad to quarantine with Andrew Castle at LBC.
ABC News joined Lucy and AK as they met with Lorena and our American collaborators. March 2021.
Collaborators on ABC News
ABC news joined the experiment planning with our latest COVID collaboration with the Nevan Krogan Lab at UCSF.
Chris van Tulleken interviews Greg for 'The Jump' on Radio 4, March 2021
Listen to 'The Jump' on Radio 4.
Human behaviours are causing pandemics. Chris van Tulleken interviews virology experts to investigate why viruses jump host species and the behaviours humans have that increase the risks.
Interviews with Metro, Spring 2021
Emerging Variants, The Red Queen Theory and next strain
Greg spoke to Metro about emerging variants of COVID and their global spread. He uses the Red Queen theory of an arms race between virus and host immune response to explain the drive behind mutations.
The genie is out of the bottle
Metro spoke to Greg in February 2021 about the spread of Brazil's variant across Europe.
Will the Kent variant sweep the world? Greg on LBC, Feb 2021
Will the Kent variant sweep the world?
Greg was interviewed by Tom Swarbrick on LBC about the SARS-CoV-2 Kent variant, why variants emerge and how likely they are to sweep the world. Listen to his interview on LBC.
Russia's NTV interviews Greg about COVID research, Feb 2021
Russian TV station NTV is keen to hear about the latest SARS-CoV-2 research
Greg interviews with Wired, Winter 2021
Summer with COVID
Greg discusses our expectations of summer in 2021, the possibility of travel, sporting and music events and the role vaccine will play.
Does UV tech clear SARS-CoV-2?
WIRED magazine discussed the safety of UV-C wands and their effectivity with Greg in February 2021.
Aplidin research covered in iNews, Jan 2021
Greg's interview with iNews
Greg is interviewed by iNews on promising results from our work with the Krogen lab at UCSF testing Aplidin's antiviral properties.
Lucy has produced a Guide to Coronavirus for friends and family, July 2020
Lucy has written a guide with Greg to address the questions we have from friends and family. Download our guide to read about new treatments, safe distances, causes of disease severity and more.
Arts Council acquires 17 works by Dr John Walter, April 2019
CAPSID, by Dr John Walter
The works are from his project CAPSID, run in collaboration with the Towers Lab and exhibited at 'HOME' in Manchester.
The Towers Lab is featured on the Wellcome Facebook page 'The Power of Art and Science Collaboration'
The Wellcome Trust has written an article on Facebook, 'The Power of Art and Science Collaboration', focusing on the work of Dr John Walter with the Towers Lab.
John Walter on Radio 4's 'Front Row', November 2018
John Walter on Radio 4's 'Front Row'
Listen to artist-in-residence, Dr John Walter, discuss his CAPSID project with Radio 4 'Front Row' presenter John Wilson.
Layal Liverpool in The Guardian, July 2018
Want stronger, healthier sperm? Eat your nuts
Layal Liverpool, who completed her BSc project in the Towers lab, has had her first article published in The Guardian as part of her British Science Association media fellowship.
Doug Fink discusses electron microscopy in HIV drug development for the Wellcome Trust. October 2017
Dr Doug Fink on drug-resistant HIV
Dr Doug Fink discusses the emergence of drug resistant HIV and the work being done by Professor Peijun Zhang using a cutting-edge technique cryo-electron microscopy to develop new and better drugs.
Greg interviewed for a series of videos on HIV for 'Serious Science' 2017
Greg presents 'Retroviruses in Gene Therapy' and 'Innate Immunity' for 'Serious Science', an organisation that aims to 'to spread knowledge and share the greatest advances with our readers'.
Chris Presents 'The Truth about ... HIV' on BBC1, June 2017
See clips from 'The Truth about ... HIV'
As part of the BBC series 'The Truth about...', Chris studies the history of HIV, its spread, treatments and the potential breakthrough of PrEP, the new preventative treatment for HIV.
Greg took part in the Wellcome Trust debate to explore the role of expertise, May 2017
'Is mistrust of expertise damaging research?' is the question asked by the Wellcome Trust. To answer this and investigate what can be done to address the issue, Wellcome interviewed Greg along with other leading scientists and held a 4-week debate on Facebook and Twitter.
Dr Chris and Operation Ouch! come to work
Dr Chris Van Tulleken, also known as Dr Chris from the BAFTA winning children's programme 'Operation Ouch', was filmed in the lab for a episode following him working for his PhD. Children will be able to watch as he works in tissue culture, at his bench and with his boss, Greg.
Could I get Ebola? Jan 2015
Watch 'Could I get Ebola?' on BBC iPlayer
Greg was interviewed by Dr Chris Van Tulleken in his documentary investigating the risk of an Ebola outbreak in the UK. How easy is it to catch? Could the virus improve it's methods of transmission?
