WeekesLab

Here are the results of a comprehensive #COVID19 🦠 staff screening programme at @CUH_NHS, showing that routine screening of all healthcare workers, regardless of symptoms, will be key to limiting hospital transmission as social distancing is relaxed. 👉doi.org/10.7554/eLife.…

A PhD project is available in the Weekes lab for 2025 onwards via the Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine Doctoral Training Programme - have a look and get in touch if interested! medschl.cam.ac.uk/identification…

New insights into human cytomegalovirus from @LabWeekes authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S19…

Excited to share an EBV lytic cycle protein-protein interaction map out today: authors.elsevier.com/a/1hEje_OylrlC…

Tour de force by recently graduated @virologyharvard student @YiuPty, in collaboration with Cassie Zerbe of the @LabWeekes, @HarvardMITmdphd student David Vanderwall, @EdHuttlin, and @weekes_mike. Identified common host protein nodes targeted by multiple human herpesviruses

We're recruiting! A Research Associate / Research Assistant position aiming to identify novel therapeutic targets against human cytomegalovirus is available for immediate appointment: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/39220/

We're recruiting! A Research Associate / Research Assistant position investigating critical host factors influencing the pathogenesis of Monkeypox virus is available for immediate appointment: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/36779/

Our preprint analysing modified vaccinia Ankara, the monkeypox and smallpox vaccine is at: researchsquare.com/article/rs-185…

Don't forget our FREE 2hr Public Session delivered via Zoom on 27th March. Included are brief talks from experts & a panel discussion where anyone can put their questions to the speakers. See full programme & register for FREE at cmv2022.org/public-session. #stopcmv #cmv2022

Don't miss Prof. Rajiv Khann's Keynote Speech on 'Combining immunodiagnostics and immunotherapy for clinical management of CMV complications in transplant patients'. Mon 28th March #CMV2022 cmv2022.org/registration/

On 27th March, there's a 2 hr session on Zoom for the public, with updates on CMV. It'll include brief talks from experts & a panel discussion when you can put your questions to the speakers. Registration is free, see full programme & register at cmv2022.org/public-session. #stopCMV

Worried you can't join us for the full CMV 2021 Virtual Conference week? Then take advantage of the single day special offer, exclusively for the 'State of the Art' Keynotes on Monday 28 March. Early bird price only £50! cmv2022.org/registration/ #cmv2022 #CMV

Today, Minnesota's Advisory Committee on Heritable and Congenital Disorders recommended the addition of congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) to Minnesota's newborn screening panel. (1/2)

We're recruiting! Two postdocs or research assistants. Please get in touch if you're interested in working in the lab - we have some very interesting projects needing enthusiastic investigation and ideas. @TheCIMR @Cambridge_Uni jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/32151/

My first author paper on #HCMV #lncRNA is out in JVI Accepted Manuscripts! Human cytomegalovirus RNA2.7 is required for upregulating multiple cellular genes to promote cell motility and viral spread late in lytic infection. doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00…

FFP3 respirators provide 100% protection to NHS staff looking after patients with Covid-19 from 06:09. Excellent work @davidshukmanbbc @LabWeekes & @CUH_NHS BBC News - LIVE BBC News Channel bbc.co.uk/news/10318089

A review on our seminal lab technique 'Quantitative Temporal Viromics' is out now in @AnnualReviews 👇 Featuring a handy table summary of all studies using quantitative proteomics to study human virus infection through time in the last 8 years!

Important work from @davejohnhughes lab up in St Andrews continuing their work digging into the molecular biology of ISG15 and how it regulates our immune response biorxiv.org/content/10.110…