Section of Virology
Our research focuses on the relationship between the virus and the host cell, using a number of DNA viruses (HSV1, KSHV, and poxviruses), and RNA viruses (caliciviruses, flaviviruses) as model systems.
Research interests
- Cellular responses to virus infection – cell defence and virus counter-mechanisms involved in the interplay between virus and cell.
- Regulation of virus protein synthesis - how viruses hijack the cellular translational machinery to enable large-scale virus production.
- Virus morphogenesis – the interactions and cellular transport pathways involved in virus assembly and egress.
We are expert in classical virology, molecular biology and cellular biology approaches, and use state-of-the-art techniques ranging from single cell imaging to proteomics, RNAseq and translatomics to help us build a greater understanding of how viruses successfully subvert their host cells.
Section lead
Professor Nicolas Locker
Professor of Virology
Section members
Professor David Blackbourn
Head of the School of Biosciences and Medicine
Professor Gill Elliott
Professor of Virology
Dr Carlos Maluquer de Motes
Senior Lecturer in Molecular Virology
Research staff
Dr Michele Brocard
Research Fellow in Virology
Dr Ibrahim Hemadeh
Research fellow
Dr Valentina Iadevaia
Research Fellow
Emily Relton
Research Officer in RNA Biology
Dr Tiffany Russell
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Rebecca Sumner
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr Emma Wise
Research Fellow in Virology
Postgraduate research students
Matthew Brownsword
Postgraduate research student
Lucy Eke
Postgraduate research student
Jo Kite
Research Assistant
Dana Perry
Postgraduate research student
Technical Staff
Angela Boxall
Laboratory Manager