MRC-UofG Centre for Virus Research
@cvrinfo.bsky.social
Fascinated by viruses and the diseases they cause.
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Huge congratulations to Emma Davis, the winner of 2025's Early Career Microbiologist of the Year prize! We agree with Emma that all of the finalists' talks were brilliant and a massive well done to everyone involved!
October 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Huge congratulations to Emma Davis, the winner of 2025's Early Career Microbiologist of the Year prize! We agree with Emma that all of the finalists' talks were brilliant and a massive well done to everyone involved!
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🚨 New Web Resource Alert! 🚨 We're delighted to share Viro3D a database of >85000 viral protein structure predictions from >4400 human & animal viruses.
🔗 viro3d.cvr.gla.ac.uk
📄 www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
@molsystbiol.org @cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social #Virology #AlphaFold 🧪 🦠
🔗 viro3d.cvr.gla.ac.uk
📄 www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
@molsystbiol.org @cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social #Virology #AlphaFold 🧪 🦠
Viro3D
viro3d.cvr.gla.ac.uk
September 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
🚨 New Web Resource Alert! 🚨 We're delighted to share Viro3D a database of >85000 viral protein structure predictions from >4400 human & animal viruses.
🔗 viro3d.cvr.gla.ac.uk
📄 www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
@molsystbiol.org @cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social #Virology #AlphaFold 🧪 🦠
🔗 viro3d.cvr.gla.ac.uk
📄 www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
@molsystbiol.org @cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social #Virology #AlphaFold 🧪 🦠
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Our ELP winner @grovearmada.bsky.social and his team have launched Viro3D, an AI-powered virus protein database, which will help scientists understand and combat emerging viral threats more efficiently.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/3IIfND1
@cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Read more here: https://bit.ly/3IIfND1
@cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Researchers launch world’s most comprehensive human virus protein database
A look at new Foundation-funded research by Dr Joe Grove and his team at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research.
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September 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Our ELP winner @grovearmada.bsky.social and his team have launched Viro3D, an AI-powered virus protein database, which will help scientists understand and combat emerging viral threats more efficiently.
Read more here: https://bit.ly/3IIfND1
@cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Read more here: https://bit.ly/3IIfND1
@cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social
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🎉 Fletcher lab PhD student Emma Davies reflecting on her prize winning talk - we’re super proud of you Emma - many congrats! 🎉
@cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social
@cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social
Huge congratulations to Emma Davis, the winner of 2025's Early Career Microbiologist of the Year prize! We agree with Emma that all of the finalists' talks were brilliant and a massive well done to everyone involved!
October 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🎉 Fletcher lab PhD student Emma Davies reflecting on her prize winning talk - we’re super proud of you Emma - many congrats! 🎉
@cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social
@cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social
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Last year we organised an interdisciplinary workshop on 'Preparing for Pandemics' with @cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social and others.
A white paper summarising our discussions on Countering Disinformation and Distrust is now available (1/2):
committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
A white paper summarising our discussions on Countering Disinformation and Distrust is now available (1/2):
committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
Written evidence submitted by Cogito Epistemology Research Centre, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (DIS0039)
committees.parliament.uk
October 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Last year we organised an interdisciplinary workshop on 'Preparing for Pandemics' with @cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social and others.
A white paper summarising our discussions on Countering Disinformation and Distrust is now available (1/2):
committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
A white paper summarising our discussions on Countering Disinformation and Distrust is now available (1/2):
committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
📢 VACANCY | Research Assistant/Associate - Data Analysis
Support @drtoniho.bsky.social & @louisapollock.bsky.social's Pfizer-funded research project focused on effectiveness of maternal #RSV vaccination in infants in Scotland.
More: bit.ly/CVR-WorkWithUs
Apply: gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/ Ref 180274
Support @drtoniho.bsky.social & @louisapollock.bsky.social's Pfizer-funded research project focused on effectiveness of maternal #RSV vaccination in infants in Scotland.
More: bit.ly/CVR-WorkWithUs
Apply: gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/ Ref 180274
August 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📢 VACANCY | Research Assistant/Associate - Data Analysis
Support @drtoniho.bsky.social & @louisapollock.bsky.social's Pfizer-funded research project focused on effectiveness of maternal #RSV vaccination in infants in Scotland.
More: bit.ly/CVR-WorkWithUs
Apply: gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/ Ref 180274
Support @drtoniho.bsky.social & @louisapollock.bsky.social's Pfizer-funded research project focused on effectiveness of maternal #RSV vaccination in infants in Scotland.
More: bit.ly/CVR-WorkWithUs
Apply: gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/ Ref 180274
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📣Come work with us!
Looking for a Research Assistant/Associate in Data Analysis, for a Pfizer-funded research project focused on effectiveness of maternal #RSV vaccination in infants in Scotland.
More: bit.ly/3Va7yCd
Enq to: @louisapollock.bsky.social
Closing: 17 Sept 25
@cvrinfo.bsky.social
Looking for a Research Assistant/Associate in Data Analysis, for a Pfizer-funded research project focused on effectiveness of maternal #RSV vaccination in infants in Scotland.
More: bit.ly/3Va7yCd
Enq to: @louisapollock.bsky.social
Closing: 17 Sept 25
@cvrinfo.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
📣Come work with us!
Looking for a Research Assistant/Associate in Data Analysis, for a Pfizer-funded research project focused on effectiveness of maternal #RSV vaccination in infants in Scotland.
More: bit.ly/3Va7yCd
Enq to: @louisapollock.bsky.social
Closing: 17 Sept 25
@cvrinfo.bsky.social
Looking for a Research Assistant/Associate in Data Analysis, for a Pfizer-funded research project focused on effectiveness of maternal #RSV vaccination in infants in Scotland.
More: bit.ly/3Va7yCd
Enq to: @louisapollock.bsky.social
Closing: 17 Sept 25
@cvrinfo.bsky.social
📢 VACANCY | Genomics Research Assistant
Play a leading role in a UKRI-funded collaboration (MRC-UVRI) with a focus on #CCHF virus.
More: bit.ly/CVR-WorkWithUs Ref 180092
Apply: gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/
Play a leading role in a UKRI-funded collaboration (MRC-UVRI) with a focus on #CCHF virus.
More: bit.ly/CVR-WorkWithUs Ref 180092
Apply: gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/
August 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
📢 VACANCY | Genomics Research Assistant
Play a leading role in a UKRI-funded collaboration (MRC-UVRI) with a focus on #CCHF virus.
More: bit.ly/CVR-WorkWithUs Ref 180092
Apply: gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/
Play a leading role in a UKRI-funded collaboration (MRC-UVRI) with a focus on #CCHF virus.
More: bit.ly/CVR-WorkWithUs Ref 180092
Apply: gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/
💉 New Research to Track How Well RSV Vaccines Protect Scottish Babies
Congratulations to @drtoniho.bsky.social & @louisapollock.bsky.social who have received funding from Pfizer to track the real-world effectiveness of RSV vaccines given to pregnant women across Scotland.
cvr.ac.uk/engage/news/...
Congratulations to @drtoniho.bsky.social & @louisapollock.bsky.social who have received funding from Pfizer to track the real-world effectiveness of RSV vaccines given to pregnant women across Scotland.
cvr.ac.uk/engage/news/...
August 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
💉 New Research to Track How Well RSV Vaccines Protect Scottish Babies
Congratulations to @drtoniho.bsky.social & @louisapollock.bsky.social who have received funding from Pfizer to track the real-world effectiveness of RSV vaccines given to pregnant women across Scotland.
cvr.ac.uk/engage/news/...
Congratulations to @drtoniho.bsky.social & @louisapollock.bsky.social who have received funding from Pfizer to track the real-world effectiveness of RSV vaccines given to pregnant women across Scotland.
cvr.ac.uk/engage/news/...
📃NEW | Common Liver Treatment Shows Potential to Reduce Hospital SARS-CoV-2 Cases
@chrisillingworth.bsky.social & colleagues used computer simulations to show that UDCA could reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission in hospitals by 17%.
cvr.ac.uk/engage/news/...
Research: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
@chrisillingworth.bsky.social & colleagues used computer simulations to show that UDCA could reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission in hospitals by 17%.
cvr.ac.uk/engage/news/...
Research: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Common Liver Treatment Shows Potential to Reduce Hospital SARS-CoV-2 Cases
New research suggests that ursodeoxycholic acid, a cheap liver drug, could reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission in hospitals by 17%. Using computer simulations, scientists modelled how the drug lowers ACE2 ...
cvr.ac.uk
August 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
📃NEW | Common Liver Treatment Shows Potential to Reduce Hospital SARS-CoV-2 Cases
@chrisillingworth.bsky.social & colleagues used computer simulations to show that UDCA could reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission in hospitals by 17%.
cvr.ac.uk/engage/news/...
Research: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
@chrisillingworth.bsky.social & colleagues used computer simulations to show that UDCA could reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission in hospitals by 17%.
cvr.ac.uk/engage/news/...
Research: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
📢 VACANCY | Computational Biologist/Bioinformatician 🦠
Join our brilliant team and contribute to the analysis of antiviral host-mechanisms and comparative virology datasets.
📆 Deadline: 25 August
Info: bit.ly/CVR-WorkWithUs Ref 178592
Apply: gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/
Join our brilliant team and contribute to the analysis of antiviral host-mechanisms and comparative virology datasets.
📆 Deadline: 25 August
Info: bit.ly/CVR-WorkWithUs Ref 178592
Apply: gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/
University of Glasgow - Research - Research units A-Z - MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research - About Us - Work with us
bit.ly
August 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
📢 VACANCY | Computational Biologist/Bioinformatician 🦠
Join our brilliant team and contribute to the analysis of antiviral host-mechanisms and comparative virology datasets.
📆 Deadline: 25 August
Info: bit.ly/CVR-WorkWithUs Ref 178592
Apply: gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/
Join our brilliant team and contribute to the analysis of antiviral host-mechanisms and comparative virology datasets.
📆 Deadline: 25 August
Info: bit.ly/CVR-WorkWithUs Ref 178592
Apply: gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/
📢 Calling all Postgrad Virologists! 🦠
Postgraduate Virologists Network are hosting their first conference for virology students, by virology students.
📍 @uofglasgow.bsky.social
📆 8-9 September
Register and submit an abstract: www.postgradvirologistsnetwork.co.uk/2025-meeting
Postgraduate Virologists Network are hosting their first conference for virology students, by virology students.
📍 @uofglasgow.bsky.social
📆 8-9 September
Register and submit an abstract: www.postgradvirologistsnetwork.co.uk/2025-meeting
Another reminder that registration and abstract submission are still open for our 2025 meeting: the first annual virology conference by virology students, for virology students 🦠 A brilliant opportunity for PhD and MSc students to discuss their work and network!
August 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
📢 Calling all Postgrad Virologists! 🦠
Postgraduate Virologists Network are hosting their first conference for virology students, by virology students.
📍 @uofglasgow.bsky.social
📆 8-9 September
Register and submit an abstract: www.postgradvirologistsnetwork.co.uk/2025-meeting
Postgraduate Virologists Network are hosting their first conference for virology students, by virology students.
📍 @uofglasgow.bsky.social
📆 8-9 September
Register and submit an abstract: www.postgradvirologistsnetwork.co.uk/2025-meeting
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🚨Are we overestimating viral immunity in people with HIV?🚨
In our new study, we found that a widely used lab test might give false positives for people with HIV who are on certain types of medication (integrase inhibitors)
Here’s what we found 🧵1/n
In our new study, we found that a widely used lab test might give false positives for people with HIV who are on certain types of medication (integrase inhibitors)
Here’s what we found 🧵1/n
August 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🚨Are we overestimating viral immunity in people with HIV?🚨
In our new study, we found that a widely used lab test might give false positives for people with HIV who are on certain types of medication (integrase inhibitors)
Here’s what we found 🧵1/n
In our new study, we found that a widely used lab test might give false positives for people with HIV who are on certain types of medication (integrase inhibitors)
Here’s what we found 🧵1/n
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🚨New paper 🚨
In 2 cohorts:
1) Malawi community cohort
2) UK adults with acute HCV
We found overestimation of neutralising abs using retrovirus-based pseudotyped assays in persons receiving integrase inhibitors, e.g. dolutegravir.
🧵by @mhairijan.bsky.social👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In 2 cohorts:
1) Malawi community cohort
2) UK adults with acute HCV
We found overestimation of neutralising abs using retrovirus-based pseudotyped assays in persons receiving integrase inhibitors, e.g. dolutegravir.
🧵by @mhairijan.bsky.social👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🚨New paper 🚨
In 2 cohorts:
1) Malawi community cohort
2) UK adults with acute HCV
We found overestimation of neutralising abs using retrovirus-based pseudotyped assays in persons receiving integrase inhibitors, e.g. dolutegravir.
🧵by @mhairijan.bsky.social👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In 2 cohorts:
1) Malawi community cohort
2) UK adults with acute HCV
We found overestimation of neutralising abs using retrovirus-based pseudotyped assays in persons receiving integrase inhibitors, e.g. dolutegravir.
🧵by @mhairijan.bsky.social👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📃 A Hidden Glitch: How HIV drugs can distort virus immunity tests
@mhairijan.bsky.social & colleagues found a flaw in widely used virus immunity tests. HIV drugs can interfere with lab results, causing false positives that mislead our understanding of immune responses.
gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
@mhairijan.bsky.social & colleagues found a flaw in widely used virus immunity tests. HIV drugs can interfere with lab results, causing false positives that mislead our understanding of immune responses.
gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
August 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
📃 A Hidden Glitch: How HIV drugs can distort virus immunity tests
@mhairijan.bsky.social & colleagues found a flaw in widely used virus immunity tests. HIV drugs can interfere with lab results, causing false positives that mislead our understanding of immune responses.
gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
@mhairijan.bsky.social & colleagues found a flaw in widely used virus immunity tests. HIV drugs can interfere with lab results, causing false positives that mislead our understanding of immune responses.
gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
Massive congratulations Elen!! 🎉👏
Proud supervisor post! 👏🙌😬
Congratulations to @elenvink.bsky.social, @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epi Group & @emcat1.bsky.social #PhD student, for passing her viva! 🎉🍾
Thanks to @thushan-desilva.bsky.social & Ana Filipe for being fantastic examiners.
Congratulations to @elenvink.bsky.social, @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epi Group & @emcat1.bsky.social #PhD student, for passing her viva! 🎉🍾
Thanks to @thushan-desilva.bsky.social & Ana Filipe for being fantastic examiners.
August 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Massive congratulations Elen!! 🎉👏
Prof Emma Thomson joined Dr Stella Atim, Dr Catherine Houlihan & Dr Naomi Walker to author a chapter on Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers in 'Principles of Medicine in Africa'.
Essential for understanding these critical pathogens & preparing outbreak response.
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Essential for understanding these critical pathogens & preparing outbreak response.
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers: Lassa Fever, Rift Valley Fever, Ebola/Marburg Fever and Crimean–Congo Fever (Chapter 40) - Principles of Medicine in Africa
Principles of Medicine in Africa - June 2025
doi.org
July 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Prof Emma Thomson joined Dr Stella Atim, Dr Catherine Houlihan & Dr Naomi Walker to author a chapter on Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers in 'Principles of Medicine in Africa'.
Essential for understanding these critical pathogens & preparing outbreak response.
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Essential for understanding these critical pathogens & preparing outbreak response.
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
‼️ Today is the last day to register for the Glasgow Virology Workshop!
📆 Friday 5th September 2025
📍 Hunter Halls,
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
More info and registration links: gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
📆 Friday 5th September 2025
📍 Hunter Halls,
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
More info and registration links: gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
July 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
‼️ Today is the last day to register for the Glasgow Virology Workshop!
📆 Friday 5th September 2025
📍 Hunter Halls,
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
More info and registration links: gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
📆 Friday 5th September 2025
📍 Hunter Halls,
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
More info and registration links: gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
🦟 Dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, is expected to rise in a warming world.
This video by MSc student Hannah Stephens explores how #dengue transmission may shift with climate change and how innovative research could help control it.
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
youtu.be/zY1F875_M80
This video by MSc student Hannah Stephens explores how #dengue transmission may shift with climate change and how innovative research could help control it.
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
youtu.be/zY1F875_M80
Dengue in a Warming World: Can We Control It?
YouTube video by MRC - UofGlasgow Centre for Virus Research
youtu.be
July 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🦟 Dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, is expected to rise in a warming world.
This video by MSc student Hannah Stephens explores how #dengue transmission may shift with climate change and how innovative research could help control it.
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
youtu.be/zY1F875_M80
This video by MSc student Hannah Stephens explores how #dengue transmission may shift with climate change and how innovative research could help control it.
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
youtu.be/zY1F875_M80
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Today we have been at the Glasgow Science Centre showcasing our new Lego based DNA sequencer: GO-Seq, to learn about respiratory viruses, their DNA and sequencing. @cvrinfo.bsky.social @glasgowscience.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Today we have been at the Glasgow Science Centre showcasing our new Lego based DNA sequencer: GO-Seq, to learn about respiratory viruses, their DNA and sequencing. @cvrinfo.bsky.social @glasgowscience.bsky.social
Exciting news! 🎉
We’re proud to announce the appointment of Professor Deborah Williamson @uniofstandrews.bsky.social and Professor Emma Thomson @uofglasgow.bsky.social as inaugural Co-Directors of the National Scottish Pandemic Sciences Partnership.
Find out more 🔽
publichealthscotland.scot/news/2025/ju...
#NSPSP
Find out more 🔽
publichealthscotland.scot/news/2025/ju...
#NSPSP
July 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Exciting news! 🎉
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SFTSV is a deadly tick-borne virus. In this study, Petit et al. used a multi-omics approach to reveal antiviral responses in SFTSV-infected tick cells
@virotick.bsky.social @brennanlab.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social
@uniofsurrey.bsky.social
@virotick.bsky.social @brennanlab.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social
@uniofsurrey.bsky.social
Multi-omics analysis of SFTS virus infection in Rhipicephalus microplus cells reveals antiviral tick factors - Nature Communications
Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus (SFTSV) is a deadly tick-borne virus and a growing global health threat. In this study, Petit et al. used a multi-omics approach on SFTSV-infected tick cells to study its impact and reveal host antiviral responses and key restriction factors.
bit.ly
July 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
SFTSV is a deadly tick-borne virus. In this study, Petit et al. used a multi-omics approach to reveal antiviral responses in SFTSV-infected tick cells
@virotick.bsky.social @brennanlab.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social
@uniofsurrey.bsky.social
@virotick.bsky.social @brennanlab.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social
@uniofsurrey.bsky.social
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Scientists uncover how ticks fight off and carry a virus deadly to humans
@virotick.bsky.social @brennanlab.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social
@uniofsurrey.bsky.social #SFTSV
@virotick.bsky.social @brennanlab.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social
@uniofsurrey.bsky.social #SFTSV
Scientists uncover how ticks fight off and carry a virus deadly to humans
The study, published in Nature Communications, provides the most detailed picture yet of how cells from the tick species Rhipicephalus microplus respond to infection with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV).SFTSV can cause high fever, internal bleeding and death in humans and currently has no licensed treatment or vaccine.
bit.ly
July 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Scientists uncover how ticks fight off and carry a virus deadly to humans
@virotick.bsky.social @brennanlab.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social
@uniofsurrey.bsky.social #SFTSV
@virotick.bsky.social @brennanlab.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social
@uniofsurrey.bsky.social #SFTSV
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SFTSV is a deadly tick-borne virus. In this study, Petit et al. used a multi-omics approach to reveal antiviral responses in SFTSV-infected tick cells
@virotick.bsky.social @brennanlab.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social
@uniofsurrey.bsky.social
@virotick.bsky.social @brennanlab.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social
@uniofsurrey.bsky.social
Multi-omics analysis of SFTS virus infection in Rhipicephalus microplus cells reveals antiviral tick factors - Nature Communications
Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus (SFTSV) is a deadly tick-borne virus and a growing global health threat. In this study, Petit et al. used a multi-omics approach on SFTSV-infected tick cells to study its impact and reveal host antiviral responses and key restriction factors.
bit.ly
July 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
SFTSV is a deadly tick-borne virus. In this study, Petit et al. used a multi-omics approach to reveal antiviral responses in SFTSV-infected tick cells
@virotick.bsky.social @brennanlab.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social
@uniofsurrey.bsky.social
@virotick.bsky.social @brennanlab.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social
@uniofsurrey.bsky.social
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Scientists uncover how ticks fight off and carry a virus deadly to humans
@virotick.bsky.social @brennanlab.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social
@uniofsurrey.bsky.social #SFTSV
@virotick.bsky.social @brennanlab.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social
@uniofsurrey.bsky.social #SFTSV
Scientists uncover how ticks fight off and carry a virus deadly to humans
The study, published in Nature Communications, provides the most detailed picture yet of how cells from the tick species Rhipicephalus microplus respond to infection with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV).SFTSV can cause high fever, internal bleeding and death in humans and currently has no licensed treatment or vaccine.
bit.ly
July 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Scientists uncover how ticks fight off and carry a virus deadly to humans
@virotick.bsky.social @brennanlab.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social
@uniofsurrey.bsky.social #SFTSV
@virotick.bsky.social @brennanlab.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social
@uniofsurrey.bsky.social #SFTSV