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Carroll Lab Oxford
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We study emerging viruses, including Ebola Virus, Nipah virus, CCHF, Mpox and SARS-CoV-2.
Our lab is attending the UK-ICN (uk-icn.co.uk) AGM this week - look out for out talks!

Developing nanobodies as pan-SARS-CoV-2 therapeutics by Luke Jones, today (22/7) at 14:00

High prevalence of sarbecovirus in a single bat roost
in Gloucestershire, UK by Dung Nguyen - thursday 24/7 at 9:45
July 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
📣 Publication alert 📣
A new review in Exploration of Medicine by Oliver Meek, Kimberly Fornace & Miles Carroll addresses the long-term persistence of Ebola virus (EBOV) in survivors and its implications for transmission and outbreak control. Thread with key findings below 🧵:
July 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
📣 Publication alert 📣
A new study in Journal of Virology by Nguyen et al. reveals that amphotericin B (AmB), a widely used antifungal, enhances SARS-CoV-2 infection in vitro. This has major implications for treating fungal co-infections in COVID-19. Summary thread below 🧵:
@psioxford.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
📢 Interesting paper alert (short thread): A phylogenetic analysis of bat sarbecoviruses reveals the closest known ancestors of SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 were circulating in horseshoe bats less than a decade before their emergence in humans.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The recency and geographical origins of the bat viruses ancestral to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2
The emergence of SARS-CoV in 2002 and SARS-CoV-2 in 2019 led to increased sampling of sarbecoviruses circulating in horseshoe bats. Employing phylogen…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
📣 Publication alert 📣
A novel study in npj Vaccines by Caolann Brady defines immune correlates of protection (CoPs) against SARS-CoV-2 using systems immunology and machine learning tool (SIMON) in 90 macaques across 4 vaccine platforms. Thread with key findings below 🧵
@psioxford.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Delighted to present my work on SARS-CoV-2 neutralising nanobodies at #MicroBio25 this year.
April 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Excited to share some of my research work on #Nipah virus at the #Microbio25 conference. Presenting in the poster session at 13:45-14:45 at position B009 in the Virus forum.

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April 2, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This week the Carroll lab are attending the @microbiologysociety.org Annual conference in Liverpool. Postdocs and PhD students from the lab will be presenting our work on viral threats including SARS-CoV-2, Mpox and Nipah virus. See below for all the presenters from Carroll lab!
#Microbio25
March 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Measles vaccines have saved ~94 million lives worldwide🌍💫

This Vaccine Engagement Day, it is more important than ever to #CelebrateVaccines to tackle the rise in preventable infectious diseases 🚀

🔗 Read our response to rising measles cases: bit.ly/3FofSKf
March 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
📣 Publication alert 📣
A recent study in Microbiology Spectrum from our laboratory reports the development of a lateral flow device (LFD) capable of detecting mpox and other orthopoxviruses at the point of care.
A thread summarising the key findings below 🧵:
March 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
📣 Publication alert 📣
A new study in @naturecomms.bsky.social from our laboratory (@psioxford.bsky.social) and collaborators highlights the critical role of the complement system in enhancing SARS-CoV-2 neutralisation following vaccination.
A thread summarising the key takeaways below🧵:
March 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM