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New @wilsonlabcvr paper. Our work, led by @virologist_atu, showing that the prenylated variant of OAS1 can sense SARS-CoV-2 and protect against severe #COVID19 is out in Science: science.org/doi/10.1126/scie… #CVRCovidResponse 🧵 (with some new bits)
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I always say jobs in my lab are great opportunities but this one really is. The last incumbent published 3 1st-author @Nature papers, found a treatment for Covid, and now has a senior job in pharma. Quantitative geneticists - please consider joining us! jobs.ac.uk/job/DIL188/postdo….

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🔔'Tis the season...to apply for a new job?! My group @MedCambridge is recruiting for 2 posts: Postdoc: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/44181/ Research assistant: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/44250/ Both roles will seek to improve our understanding of coronavirus cross-species transmission. #preparedness
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A lovely piece of work that places interferon-mediated antiviral immunity to betacoronaviruses into evolutionary & ecological context.
🚨New paper alert! and it's one I'm really excited for! Resurrection of OAS1 from the ancestor of modern horseshoe bats blocks SARS-CoV-2 replication now out in @PLOSBiology Here's a 🧵on how we reconstructed an ancient 🦇anti-CoV protein doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio…
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Really interesting thread and paper about an anti-coronavirus gene in humans that bats lost millions of years ago, which could help explain why bats are such prodigious reservoirs of coronaviruses, posing a constant threat of spillover into humans.
🚨New paper alert! and it's one I'm really excited for! Resurrection of OAS1 from the ancestor of modern horseshoe bats blocks SARS-CoV-2 replication now out in @PLOSBiology Here's a 🧵on how we reconstructed an ancient 🦇anti-CoV protein doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio…
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🚨New paper alert! and it's one I'm really excited for! Resurrection of OAS1 from the ancestor of modern horseshoe bats blocks SARS-CoV-2 replication now out in @PLOSBiology Here's a 🧵on how we reconstructed an ancient 🦇anti-CoV protein doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio…

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This study builds on our previous work demonstrating human prenylated OAS1 (p46) inhibits SARS-CoV-2 whereas the nonprenylated (p42) form does not. science.org/doi/10.1126/scie… The nonprenylated human OAS1 p42 is not functionally analogous to nonprenylated horseshoe bat OAS1.
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Thanks to all the authors and the MRC/UKRI for funding this work.
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One thing the pandemic forever changed for me was my perspective on sharing biomaterials (tools and reagents) from publications. I’ve written about this, with co-author Alexander Harms (@AHarms485), in our new PLOS Biology perspective:
Could better biomaterial sharing improve the scientific community? @Lab_Rihn_th & @AHarms485 draw on their experiences of sharing #biomaterials to discuss the advantages, challenges, and ways sharing could be more actively promoted and rewarded. plos.io/3F9HajT
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Join our EVIR team in the fight against the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever! We're looking for a Research Assistant to work on #CCHFV. Contact us for more info or to apply!
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Please RT. Are you interested in how viruses emerge in humans? We're looking for a postdoctoral investigator to join us and lead exciting projects investigating innate immune barriers to the emergence and pathogenesis of viruses. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/42654/ Deadline Oct 1st 2023
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Please RT. Are you interested in how viruses emerge in humans? We're looking for a postdoctoral investigator to join us and lead exciting projects investigating innate immune barriers to the emergence and pathogenesis of viruses. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/42654/ Deadline Oct 1st 2023
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We'll be invested in supporting your career and development. If you'd like more info, contact @samjwilsonphd, or read our recent papers: nature.com/articles/s41586-0… science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

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More positions to follow soon from @Lab_Rihn_th
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📢 Exciting job opportunity! 📢 A postdoc position is available in our lab at @Dunn_School @UniofOxford to study influenza virus transcription, genome replication, nuclear export and assembly. More info: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…
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✨New title unlocked!!✨ Finally a Dr! Big thanks to @katrina_lythgoe and @rbiek for a great viva and ofc to my wonderful supervisors for the past four years @blJOg @SamJWilsonPhD @robertson_lab!! 😁😁🎉🎉
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Join us! A postdoc position between my lab and @QuezadaLab has become available at @uclcancer in London. Please help us characterise the molecular mechanisms through which anti-tumour immune responses are controlled. To apply ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search… Deadline 14 Sept Please RT!
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This talk is open to the public if anyone is interested. Thursday at 5PM EST.
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