📢 We’re delighted to announce that Professor Emma Thomson has been appointed as the new Director of the CVR.

An internationally recognised expert in emerging infectious diseases, Emma will continue to lead the CVR in its role in national and global pandemic response.

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🎉 Massive congratulations to the Sinkins' Group for being shortlisted for a #PrixGalien UK Award for their groundbreaking Wolbachia-based #dengue virus control strategy! 👏

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@uofgmvls.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social

Excited that our Wolbachia-based strategy to block dengue has been shortlisted for the Prix Galien UK Award! 🦟🧬 Proud to be part of this work in Sinkins’ group at @CVRinfo—already showing real impact with major dengue reductions in Malaysia.

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📢Breaking news - @ukhsa.bsky.social confirms 1st detection of #WestNileVirus particles in mosquitoes in the UK. This is a zoonotic virus that usually spreads in birds, but very occasionally infects people. Risk to UK public is extremely low, no detection in Scotland yet

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🦟🦠 NEW! We looked at every experiment going back to the 1960s, and found that mosquitoes are almost certainly not primary or secondary vectors of Oropouche virus - a common claim in both the scientific literature and public health communication. #EpiSky #IDSky 😷🧪

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Delighted to have BBC feature our citizen science mosquito reporting project. Huge thx to members of the public who have got in touch since last year with sightings from all across Scotland. Great if we can keep it going this summer: report at www.mosquito-scotland.com

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And another #PhD, again @unistrathclyde.bsky.social in the very friendly, open-minded and diverse Glasgow!

#Enterococcal #phages and their role in infections - how much do they contribute to success of nosocomial pathogens?

Details here, led by Suzie Humphrey 😊 www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

Couldn’t find a virology starter pack so here’s one to get the ball rolling. Repost/reply if you are a virologist so I can find and add you to the list!

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I am looking for 2 postdoctoral researchers to join my lab to work on the role of HIV-1 accessory proteins in the pathogenesis of HIV/AIDS and viral latency.

Please contact me informally or ‘re-sky’ to anyone you think may be interested. Closing Dec 10th

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKV639/p...

Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️

So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?

We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary

#WomeninSTEM

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