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Alison McBride
@hobbesmcb.bsky.social
Latest work from our lab from Ashley Della Fera 😀
Chromatin assembly by the histone chaperone HIRA facilitates Human Papillomavirus replication https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.05.674520v1
September 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Honored that our latest study was chosen as Paper of the Week by IPVS. It was spearheaded by student Jonathan Shin with the help of great collaborators 😄
#PersistentInfection of HPV requires genome maintenance and partitioning during cell division, but #LiveCellMonitoring tools were lacking. This study applies #ANCHOR technology to visualise HPV18 genome tethering, providing a tool for therapy development. ➡️bit.ly/3ITp8Yu

#IPVSPaperoftheWeek
August 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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So proud of my first graduate student for successfully defending her thesis yesterday!

Karen is an incredible scientist with a ton of consulting experience. If you know of any life science industry/consulting agencies in the LA area who are hiring, let me know 🤗
March 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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If anyone is looking for a lab technician/manager with nucleic acid isolation, library prep, and sequencing analysis experience preferably in the DMV, my former biologist is looking for a job. She was unfortunately terminated in Feb as part of the probationary employee firings. DM me for her info
March 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Latest study from our lab spearheaded by Ashley Della Fera and Warda Arman
Sp100A isoform promotes HIRA histone chaperone localization to PML nuclear bodies https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.06.641437v1
March 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Sp100A isoform promotes HIRA histone chaperone localization to PML nuclear bodies https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.06.641437v1
March 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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For my first official post on here I have some news to share: the lab is moving! After ~12 wonderful years in the US, Muller lab 2.0 will reopen this summer at the Institute of Microbiology in Lausanne🇨🇭Switzerland🇨🇭! We'll be recruiting at all levels so keep us in mind for your future adventures!
February 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Great open rank position available for Ecology and Evolutionary Biologist using microbial systems in the Biology Department at the University of Maryland, College Park (the main campus). A great place to live and work!
Open Rank - Assistant/Associate/Full Professor
Job Description Summary Organization Summary Statement The Department of Biology at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD), invites applications from individuals studying fundamental questions...
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December 23, 2024 at 3:33 PM
A great opportunity!
December 18, 2024 at 12:21 AM
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New book on poxvirus methods and protocols. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Vaccinia, Mpox, and Other Poxviruses
This book covers methods for vaccinia virus, as well as mpox virus, lumpy skin disease virus, and myxoma virus.
link.springer.com
December 6, 2024 at 2:57 AM
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Excited to have this second paper out from the QVEU! Postdoc @williambakhache.bsky.social led this effort along with @orrwalk.bsky.social and Lauren McCormick to explore the tolerance of the Enterovirus EV-A71 to substitutions, insertions, and deletions. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Deep mutation, insertion and deletion scanning across the Enterovirus A proteome reveals constraints shaping viral evolution - Nature Microbiology
Deep mutational scanning of Enterovirus A71 maps and quantifies the impact of genomic insertions, deletions and substitutions on virus fitness and highlights the role of insertions and deletions in th...
www.nature.com
November 28, 2024 at 12:55 PM
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MIBTP PhD projects are live and I have a project open for applications!

The project is looking at co-infection of the tonsils with HPV and Staph A.

Get in touch if you have any questions and apply here - warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
Dr Jack Ferguson
Dr Jack Ferguson
warwick.ac.uk
November 25, 2024 at 9:15 AM
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NIH BioArt Source, a free science and biomedical art resource library created by professional medical illustrators for researchers, students, and other science communicators, is now available from NIAID. #IDSky go.nih.gov/SLWQFNz
November 20, 2024 at 12:02 PM