Huge congratulations to Ellen Hughes who has just passed her PhD viva! 🌟👏🥳

I find it astounding that there are people out there that still don't believe viruses exist or cause disease. As a structural biologist I though maybe I could shed some light on how we originally observed virus structures and how we can take direct photos of them now. 🧵

Where did viruses come from? See our #preprint "New Vista into Origins of Viruses from a Prototypic ssDNA Phage" #cryoEM #LocalizedReconstruction by Elina Laanto Vahid Abrishami M. Selvaraj Lotta-Riina Sundberg and others biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

The pandemic sparked a widespread re-evaluation of scientists’ careers & lifestyles. #ScienceTwitter #LeavingAcademia Toxic work environments, bullying and a lack of regard for their safety and well-being as factors in their decisions. nature.com/articles/d4158…

This was an astonishing project to be involved in. Even as the raw data came from the microscope it was clear these tomograms were stunning and unusual, let alone after the 3D processing and segmentation.

This is absolutely stunning

Disgusted by NORTHERN 🚆 today! Left my disabled mother stranded at the train station with no communication or assistance! How is a replacement COACH acceptable when a disabled person has assistance booked to get on a train! No communication, apology or refund! Disgusted! 😡

I've been putting together a document for our research students on how to approach scientific writing, based on conversations we've had in the lab. I'm slightly hesitant to post it here (my own writing being a work in progress) but... (1/2)

Forever grateful to both the BBSRC DTP and Dave for my PhD!! I wouldn’t be the person I am today without either 🤗

#February11 | 🎥 To end this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, why not watch some of our videos featuring women from the CVR? Watch them talk about their research, operations at the CVR, and more! 👇

Introducing the #CVRShorts 🦠 Exploring Viral Tunnels with Michaela Conley: youtu.be/SgoCtvfvMtE Cutting-edge tools for virus discovery with Shirin Ashraf (Shirin Ashraf): youtube.com/watch?v=DE6sVP… CVR Genomics with Ana Filipe: youtube.com/watch?v=Ki3VDI… continued...

📢 New publication! MRC-Uni of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research eBioMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science Excited to share our recently published work grahamsv, Michaela Conley, Anna Kirk, Andrew Stevenson Read: thelancet.com/journals/ebiom… 🧵1/7

📰 NEW PAPER | Microwave treatment can be a novel targeted therapy for human papillomavirus (#HPV)-associated cancer progression. New publication from The Graham Group published in eBioMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science. Read: thelancet.com/journals/ebiom… Read Ilaria Epifano's thread for more info 👇

Our work in the The Guardian! Guardian news MRC-Uni of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research

👋ICYMI: You can read all about the work led by grahamsv to treat precancers & cancers caused by HPV using microwave technology here. healthandcare.scot/stories/3470/m… Maree Todd Michael Matheson MSP MRC-Uni of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research UofG MVLS ScotChem Life Sciences Scot emblation health news The Lancet Oncology Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Scottish company emblation has secured over £1.5m to conduct a clinical trial later this year, with the team recognising this as a “major milestone”⬇️ healthandcare.scot/stories/3537/c… grahamsv MRC-Uni of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research Michaela Conley NHS Research Scotland UofG Sii Pepa Gutiérrez Anna Dominiczak

So happy to have been involved in this exciting work with the brilliant Ilaria Epifano

Come join us in Glasgow! These new posts will help us improve our service to users and make sure we are really wringing the most out of our instrumentation. I think there is still ground to cover with our CRYO ARM/Apollo combination and it'll be fun!

❄️ Are you looking for a crafty virus-themed festive #activity? ☃️ Make your own decorative #virus snowflakes by downloading Hutchinson Lab's amazing booklet! ➡️ cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowflak… Virus-based educational resources and lesson plans also available on the webpage.