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9th Princess Chulabhorn International Science Congress (PC IX), Thailand, Dec 2024
Greg was invited to speak at the 9th Princess Chulabhorn International Science Congress in Bangkok with his talk 'what can our knowledge of innate immune regulation during infection tell us about innate immune contribution to cancer outcome'. During his stay in Bangkok, Greg had the oppertunity to talk to teachers about teaching virology.
Towers and Jolly lab Christmas fun, Dec 2024
The mice will play while the bosses are away! The Towers and Jolly lab guys had Christmas lunch at the Life Goddess and were properly spoiled by the restaurant. Thank you Life Goddess!
Coldspring Harbor Asia Meeting, Japan, Dec 2024
Greg spoke on preparing for the next Pandemic: Evolution, Pathogenesis and Virology of Coronaviruses in his talk 'Does innate immune evasion link to pandemic threat'
Towers alumni Dr Adam Fletcher visited and gave a talk, Nov 2024
Adam visited to examin Kate's PhD and gave us a chance to catch up and hear his talk, 'Adventures from proteome-scale E3 profiling'.
A Double Doctorate Day in the Towers lab! Congratulations to Lydia and Kate, Nov 2024
Despite the best efforts of Sorm Burt to keep their examiners away, Kate and Lydia both successfully defended their theses. Fantastic job and many congratualtions to them both.
London Infections and Immunity Symposium, Sept 2024
The Crick hosted London Infections and Immunity Symposium. Greg was invited to present 'What’s special about pandemic viruses, HIV and SARS-CoV-2'.
Ice Cream break in the London Summer Sun, July 2024
Congratulations to Bruno for successfully defending his PhD, July 2024
Towers Lab Picnic to Celebrate another Summer, July 2024
It's summer and time for the Towers lab picnic. Once again the spread was fresh and homemade so UPF free from all over the world!
Greg was invited to present at the First International West Africa Symposium & Workshops on Infectious Disease, July 2024
The First International West Africa Symposium & Workshops on Infectious Disease in Freetown Sierra Leone organised by the University of Sierra Leone and The Quantitative Biosciences Institute at University of California San Francisco. We had two days of talks from an International list of speakers considering infectious diseases and public health. It was a fabulous meeting where we learned plenty of new science and how to manage infectious diseases effectively in a resource poor setting. Then we visited a Health Care Centre in Kono District as well as the Koidu Government Hospital and the building project next door for the new Maternal Centre of Excellence built by Build Health International and Partners in Health. We were treated to a hugely inspiring tour of the site with construction supervisor John Chew who showed us how a 140 bed hospital facility can be built by training the local community. “They said we couldn’t do it, but we can and we will”.
Steve Gschmeissner Featured in the Science Photo Library, June 2024
Our EM expert collaborator, Steve, has been featured by the Science Photo Library in a piece about cell death.
Jay successfully defended his PhD, June 2024
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Lab Alumni Chris Van Tulleken and Layal Liverpool launch Layal's book, June 2024
Layal launched her book "Systemic: How Racism is Making Us Ill" at an event lead by Dr Chris Van Tulleken and hosted by Intellegence Squared at UCL.
We welcomed Dr Jayakumar Manoharan to the Towers lab, June 2024
Lydia attended the 20th UK Hepacivirus and Flavivirus Meeting at Rydal Hall, May 2024
Lydia attended the 20th UK Hepacivirus and Flavivirus Meeting at Rydal Hall in the Lake District and was awarded the Thermo Fisher presentation prize for her talk “Novel synthetic PROTACs selectively degrade cyclophilin A and inhibit HCV”.
Mao left the lab in May 2024
Mao has joined the University of York to apply his skills to the research of stem cells. We wish him well.
Another Great Cold Spring Harbour Retrovirus Conference, May 2024
Towers lab were back at the Cold Spring Harbor Retrovirus to showcase our work and catch up with collaborators. Kate presented "Novel Cofactor-Mimicking HIV-1 Capsid Inhibitors Drive Inate Immune Sensing" and Linran "The Regulation and Function of transposible Elements in Cancer and infection"
We welcomed Dr Bruno Carvalho Ramos to the Towers lab, May 2024
Lydia and Linran presented at UCL Infection and Immunity's PhD Colloquium, April 2024
Lydia won the 3rd year poster prize for her poster "Fully Synthetis Macrocyclic PROTACs Selectively Degrade Cyclophillin A and Inhibit HIV-1". Linran won for her talk "Investigating the Relationship between Transposible Element Expression, Immune Infiltration and therapeutic Outcome in Cancer". Congratulations to both!
Dara has won funding from the Biomedical Research Centre, Feb 2024
Dara has won funding for her project 'Establishing Transduction Enhancers for T-cell gene therapy.' from the NIHR UCLH Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). The aim of this BRC funding is to improve the outcomes of infectious and immune-mediated diseases by translating our mechanistic and applied research expertise into new approaches for diagnostics, patient stratification, and new immunomodulatory therapies.
A welcome visit from Towers alumni, Lorena, Feb 2024
Greg was Invited to Speak at CROI, Feb 2024
Greg presented 'What’s special about pandemic HIV Capsid' at CROI.
Steve has produced some more amazing EM Images, Jan 2024
Working with Jas, Steve has produced some epic pictures of cancer cells final moments as they are targeted by chemotherapy. Read the Steve Gschmeissner article at this link to the Science photo site.
