A nice collaborative follow-on from our work looking at what drives ADCC against SARS-CoV-2 (elifesciences.org/articles/74489), showing that non-spike (and non-neutralising) antibody responses can be protective jci.org/articles/view/…

We are hiring a postdoc. If you have cloning expertize and an interest in virology, please contact me. If potential candidates might be in your networ, please share the tweet. Thanks in advance. Detailed info is available here: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

This reflects my feelings. eLife is a great journal & made many innovations to try and address issues in peer review. But ultimately eLife papers are respected because being accepted was a sign of significance. Why change that? We already have plenty of pay-to-publish journals!

🚨Recruitment for Moderna CMV Victory trial at St George's Vaccine Institute, London @StGeorgesVI 🚨 👉cmvictory.com/gb Participants required! Overview, inclusion criteria and contact info👇 vaccine.ac.uk/research/moder… Pls RT! CMV Action UK CMV Conference National CMV

Really tough act to follow! Thanks Dave & Marieke! The next RIVR event will be the RIVR dinner at the Microbiology Society annual conference, evening of Wednesday 19th April! We will be in touch with more details, and UK #newPIs in virology get in touch to be added to the RIVR list!

If you've recently started a virology group in the UK - or are considering applying for an independent position - I can't recommend RIVR highly enough. It's a brilliant community of virologists to be a part of, and if you're at #microbio23 next week see below...

Looking forward to chairing the SARS-CoV-2; immunity and therapeutics session at #microbio23 this afternoon with Rich Stanton and Tristan Russell. Come and join us for some fabulous science in Hall 5! (And yes I do still work on HIV before people ask)

Thanks so much to the organisers & Metchy’s Cafe - great to be part of Pint of Science UK 2023 with Exitus Escape Rooms really interesting talks, great food & drinks 👍🏻 #Pint23 Viral ImmunoTherapies & Advanced therapeutics Lab. Tenovus Cancer Care / Gofal Canser Tenovus Alicia Southwest Science UK Lauren Jones Emily Rich Stanton

Has anyone reviewed on the new UKRI Grants website (Je-S replacement)? Trying to work out how to download a grant to review while travelling, and failing miserably.....

What is it with the rotating dials on Stuart rockers/shakers/incubators. Oh, you want to increase the speed by 1? How about reducing by 25 instead. You want to set an exact temperature? Good luck! Is a reliable dial beyond modern science, or are Stuart just cheapskates?

Does anyone have an invite to bluesky?

We are recruiting! Interested in NK cells and #HBV #HIV cure strategies? then come and join our team IIT Please re-tweet and contact me if you want to find out more. Details 👇 ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

RIVR's a great way to meet other virology PIs in the UK, go along if you're a new (ish?) group leader.

Please consider nominating CMV Action for this £5,000 prize. It takes 30 seconds but would go a long way in supporting the work of our small but vital charity. Mike Weekes Blair Strang Rich Stanton Matthew Murray ian J Groves Asma Khalil please share with colleagues, thank you

UK NK cell people - save the date! 07/01/25

Really thankful to Health and Care Research Wales for funding us to establish a new Virology Unit in Cardiff led by myself along with Alan Parker and Dave Gillespie cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2893…

If you're looking for a lectureship in virology/viral immunology then good news, we have a position available!

Final call 📢📢 closes today! Last chance to apply to be a #NewPI/Lecturer in virology/vaccinology (with associated PhD position) in an exciting new Wales Applied Virology Unit, funded by Health and Care Research Wales based at Cardiff University. You'll be brilliantly supported by #TeamVirology #WAVU

Please to be appointed as a Senior Research Leader for Health & Care Research Wales - looking forward to shaping policy, developing research excellence, and supporting researchers! healthandcareresearchwales.org/about/news/hea…

Delighted to be hosting the next KIR workshop in Oxford next year. Please save these dates if you're interested. More details to follow.