Have you always wondered how do #Orthobunyavirus ribonucleoproteins look like? 🤔 Barr Lab and FontanaLab have worked together to answer to this question, obtaining a structural model of how nucleoproteins are organized within native RNPs 🦠👇🏽 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

Take a look to our new manuscript on the orthobunyavirus glycoprotein arrangement and on how K+ changes the envelope of orthobunyaviruses! Work was led by @sammyhover as part of a great collaboration with Barr Lab, with the support of AstburyBiostructure biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Postdoctoral position available in the Whitehouse Lab, University of Leeds in Virology/RNA biology - great opportunity for newly qualified PhD or early postdoc. jobs.ac.uk/job/CUM991/res…

Massive congratulations to Dr Tim Passchier who successfully defended his PhD thesis this week! Good luck for the post-doc Tim, we will miss you! 🥳🦠🔬 #PhDone #phdlife #newDr

Well deserved James! Congratulations again 🥳

Congratulations to our very own PhD student Owen Byford for winning first place at the Leeds Light Microscopy Image Competition 2023 🔬🦠🥳 Faculty of Biological Sciences Bioimaging Leeds

Howdy y’all! Come by poster P3-16 tonight to chat to Ellie about all things #reassortment and how we can mathematically model #coinfection of #Bunyaviruses #ASV2023 Ellie Todd

A great opportunity to join our group!! 🦠

Out today!! Our latest research describing a novel role for K+ ions as a third essential requirement for #arenavirus entry! Check out the paper here biorxiv.org/content/10.110… or come along to see Amelia Shaw talk at #ASV2023 tomorrow afternoon (W59-4)! 🦠

Be sure to see our post-doc Amelia Shaw discuss her exciting research on how #arenaviruses utilise potassium for uncoating during entry and the potential to repurpose channel inhibitors for a pan-#bunyavirus antiviral 🦠 W59-4, today (Tues) @ 2:15pm, Athena AB #ASV2023

Thanks to everyone who came along to Owen’s and Amelia Shaw ‘s talks! Some great comments and suggestions from the audience - we’ll be here for the rest of the conference if anyone wants to chat! #ASV2023 #bunyaviruses

We also have lots more interesting Barr group research on display this afternoon (Tues) from 5pm! Come chat to our post-doc Dr Hayley Pearson (P37-29) about #BUNV entry and our research tech Cherrie (P39-13) about rescuing #UUKV 🦠 #bunyaviruses #ASV2023

Our new preprint on BioRxiv describes a novel role for COPI and AP-4 complexes during late stages of #LCMV #arenavirus infection. Great work by Owen and the team - go check it out now! 🦠 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Nice conference for all those interested in bunyavirales, organised by Barr Lab FontanaLab Toshana Foster Maria Rosenthal with keynote Erica Saphire from La Jolla. Early bird Registration till 15 April. eu.eventscloud.com/website/13030/…

🚨Bunyavirologists🚨we are so excited to be hosting the 3rd Bunyavirus-specific meeting at Uni of Leeds, UK on July 15th-16th. Early bird registration closes April 15th! Register and submit your abstracts here  eu.eventscloud.com/website/13030/…

Reminder: Less than a week until the abstract deadline for #BUNYA2024, May 15th!! Registration remains open until June 28th. We’d love to see you there! 🦠 #bunyaviruses #virologyconference

What a fantastic two days showcasing #Bunyaviruses (and #Bunyavirologists!) in all their glory! Thank you to everyone, we had a blast! Until next time… #bunya2024

Team Barr/Fontana/Stacey smashing it at #Bunya2024 University of Leeds 🦠🔬