Pre-print: our description of RZ affiliate ZNFX1 is now online. On binding viral RNA, ZNFX1 generates parallel Ub currents, coordinating Ub-dependent RNA silencing and aggregate resolution. Huge effort from first authors Dan Squair and @eilidhrivers.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Curious about tick virology? Read my latest piece in @uk.theconversation.com where I explain findings of my latest research article www.nature.com/articles/s41... Hope it will helps people to understand the importance of studying tick and their pathogens #ScienceforAll #WomenInScience #Arbovirose

📢 Thrilled to share our NEW PREPRINT! SFTSV NSs is a novel tick antiviral RNAi suppressor! 🦠 🧫 NSs essential for tick but not mammalian infection 🧬 Binds 22-nt viral siRNAs to block RNAi 🕷️ Reveals host-specific viral immune evasion 📖 doi.org/p2vf #lovevirology #bunyavirus #tickborne

Thread: How Viruses Hijack Tick RNA Machinery 🧬🕷️ Post 1/5 🧵 We just published the first map of how viruses rewire tick cell RNA machinery! Led by Alexandra Wilson & Wael Kamel! We Found 283 proteins that change RNA-binding during Uukuniemi virus infection. 📄 Our paper: doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Lovely time celebrating Andrew’s PhD Graduation last week 🎓🎉🍾 #nextsteps #lovevirology #bunyavirus

Scientists uncover how ticks fight off and carry a virus deadly to humans @virotick.bsky.social @brennanlab.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social @uniofsurrey.bsky.social #SFTSV

Finally A BIG THANK YOU to all my co-authors, they made this long journey started in 2021 a bit smoother! Thanks to Scaturro lab, Kohl lab, @brennanlab.bsky.social, @quangu.bsky.social, and Dundee proteomics! And of course thanks to the Tick cell Biobank and Lesley for those tiny cells!

OMG! I can finally share my joy to see my SFTSV work published in @natcomms.nature.com! This adventure started by the award of my MSCA grant and my move to the Kohl and @brennanlab.bsky.social at @cvrinfo.bsky.social. Let's chat about how we discovered novel tick anti-viral effectors!