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Lucy, AK, Lorena and Matt's paper is published on the Biorxiv preprint server, Dec 2020
All the hours and hard work in the cat3 lab have paid off. Lucy, Lorena, AK and Matt's paper is published on the Biorxiv server. SARS-CoV-2 sensing by RIG-I and MDA5 links epithelial infection to macrophage inflammation.
Hataf's paper is published in eLife, Dec 2020
To read about hataf's work go to: 'HIV-1 Vpr antagonizes innate immune activation by targeting karyopherin-mediated NF-κB/IRF3 nuclear transport'
Simon's Dissertation wins! Oct 2020
Congratulations to Simon McAlpine-Scott who's dissertation "Investigating the Interactions of Novel Inhibitors Targeting the HIV Capsid" has been awarded the Division of Infection and Immunity's Best Dissertation prize on the iBSc Immunology, Infection and Cell Pathology Course 2019-2020. Simon completed this work in the Towers lab under the guidance of Dr Morten Govasli Larsen.
Becky has left the lab, Sept 2020
After 6 years in the Towers lab, Dr Becky Sumner has left to take up a new position at Surrey University. We wish her all the very best.
Greg's Wellcome Investigator application is successful! Aug 2020
Greg has been awarded another 5 years of funding from the Wellcome Trust. Fantastic news. Momentum is high in the Towers lab!
Greg and Clare's application to the UCL Covid-19 Rapid Response Fund is successful, July 2020
Greg and Dr Clare Jolly have won finding from UCL's Covid-19 Rapid Response Fund for their COVID-19 research ‘Establishing mechanism for Covid-19 inflammatory disease’. To read more go to SARS-CoV2 research programme.
Lucy has produced a Guide to Coronavirus for friends and family, July 2020
Lucy has written a guide with Greg to addres the questions we have from friends and family. Download our Coronavirus guide to read about new treatments, safe distances, causes of disease severity and more.
Che's paper is published in eLife, June 2020
'Hepatitis C virus exploits cyclophilin A to evade PKR' was published in eLife. Congratulations to all involved.
Rich's paper is published in eLife, June 2020
'MxB sensitivity of HIV-1 is determined by a highly variable and dynamic capsid surface' has been published in eLife. Great news.
The Wellcome Turst have offered a 6 month extension to our grant, May 2020
Pandemic assistance from the Wellcome Trust has come in the form of a 6 month extension to Greg's fellowship. Many thanks to Wellcome, it is very much appreciated.
The Towers lab has re-opened for SARS-CoV-2 work, April 2020
Read about our SARS-CoV2 research programme.
Dr Joe's video 'Viruses and You' is a great way to explain Coronavirus to kids, March 2020
Check out Dr Joe's YouTube channel for more videos.
James Cai Won the Undergraduate Prize at the 8th Dean’s Research Prize Event, Feb 2020
Happy 80th Birthday Robin Weiss! Feb 2020
We were thrilled to celebrate Prof Robin Weiss' 80th birthday with a day of fascinating talks from the 'Weiss squad' and friends. We rounded it all off with a very welcome curry at ragam.
Lucy Attended the UCL TRO/Wellcome Trust Translational Partnership Award Launch, Jan 2020
Lucy was invited to attend the UCL TRO/Wellcome Trust Translational Partnership Award Launch as part of a group of Wellcome Trust funded UCL researchers at various stages of their careers who have benefitted from the translational support. She was there as the young career researcher, to showcase translation research that had come about from her Sir Henry Wellcome Fellowship and is now funded by a London Advanced Therapies confidence in collaboration grant. Ahe gave a talk titled: Inhibition of Innate Immunity Facilitates Stem cell Gene Therapy: IFITM3 vs HIV.
The guest speaker at the event was Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, the current Chair of Wellcome Trust.
Good bye and Good luck! The Maillard and Rowe labs have left UCL, Jan 2020
We wished our lab buddies and collaborators a fond farewell and the very best of luck as they left to take up new positions at QMUL.