Next up @Baker_Lab_Cam talking about zoonotic transmission of pathogens from animals to humans in Vietnam Cambridge University #horizon @bbc2

1/3) #BehindtheLabCoat Dr Charlotte Houldcroft, a Research Associate for Cambridge Dept of Medicine, may traditionally work with DNA viruses, but that did not stop her from applying past experiences sequencing nosocomial outbreaks as a member of this team.

What are the big #COVID19 questions & what have we learned?We’ve written a guide to answer all the Q’s from family and friends during the pandemic, here’s a taster of what we cover, download and share from Towerslab website ucl.ac.uk/towers-lab/ .Happy bank hols reading!

A thermostable, closed, SARS-CoV-2 spike protein trimer. Our first SARS-CoV-2 study driven by Alex Xiong & Kun Qu with Ian Goodfellow @Baker_Lab_Cam Zunlong Ke Sjors Scheres Carter Lab @JamesNathanLab & others @MRC_LMB @CamPathology Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Royal Papworth Hospital NHS FT 💙: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Lovely to meet Molly and her dad today. Molly sent us a letter on how to stop #COVID - it was so good we brought her in for the day. Myra Hosmillo and @Baker_Lab_Cam did an awesome job showing her all the cool things about antibodies. @CamPathology Cambridge University

This has been the sweetest part of my day. Very nice to meet and work with our smart little microbiologist, Molly.

Was a fun and inspiring day with @Baker_Lab_Cam and Ian Goodfellow and our smart little microbiologist, Molly, who wrote to the hospital about her idea on controlling COVID pandemic using antibodies.

Cambridge COVID-19 Genomics Lab over 2000 SARS-CoV-2 genomes sequenced .. and many thousands more submitted to Wellcome Sanger Institute .. well done team! 🦠🧬👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Luke Meredith Myra Hosmillo Grant Hall Dr Charlotte Houldcroft Will Hamilton Ian Goodfellow Cambridge University Cambridge University Hospitals NHS @PHE_uk COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium

We are so excited to share our genomic surveillance study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases to investigate cases of healthcare associated COVID19 - huge effort by Luke Meredith Will Hamilton Dr Charlotte Houldcroft Myra Hosmillo Yoya. AnnaY Grant Hall Estée Torok Ian Goodfellow + many others

This careful and extensive new study on D614G in the UK population isn’t yet getting the amplification it deserves ... perhaps because the absence of sensational findings or a spun title!

Pre-print of our latest paper Cambridge COVID-19 Genomics Lab: genomic epidemiology of #Covid_19 in care homes including 700 care home resident #SARSCoV2 genomes. High mortality for care home residents with large clusters (care home outbreaks) & multiple introductions medrxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

Did you catch our very own Ian Goodfellow and Myra Hosmillo on CBS Mornings a two weeks ago? Our lab, working with COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium, is committed to supporting real time, genomic surveillance efforts in response to the ongoing #COVID19 pandemic!

We now have our paper for strand specific assay for human noroviruses publicly available—- wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/6-245 So grateful for the hardwork of all the authors. This is an important assay that will be useful for the field, especially in confirming active virus replication.

Dr. Lourdes Nadala on the bill proposing for the establishment of a Virology and Vaccine Institute of the PH: This is mandated undertake virus research, diagnostic, therapeutics, and vaccines all related to viral infection.

Championing women in Science. Very grateful to be part of the International women’s month celebration of CNN Philippines and represent women in a science with Dr Lou Nadala.

Dear IRCC I’ve applied for a transit visa >7wks ago, have not received any response or any update from you and My flight is scheduled next Wednesday. It’s really frustrating not getting anything at all to assure applicants. Can anybody help me IRCC?

Move over, ChatGPT! Alpha Lee gave an energizing talk on the use of AI and open science in the development of antivirals. An engaged discussion is now ongoing @ISARICAR #ICAR2024 And now, on to mathematical modelling