Author: Brian Ferguson

https://www.sciencefestival.cam.ac.uk/ What a great opportunity to talk to the public about the work we do at the Department of Pathology! We had a fabulous time making germs and antibody models …

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Christmas Brunch 2017 @ The Old Bicycle Shop

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Delphine’s Birthday Dinner at Emmanuel Collage

Happy Birthday, Delphine!

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Lab trip 2017

Our annual traditional joint Ferguson and Smith Lab trip took place in Snowdonia.

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Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @EricTopol: The 2021 Lasker Award in Medicine to @kkariko and @WeissmanLab is phenomenal. This "In Gratitude for mRNA vaccines" @NEJM to…24 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @colinrussell: We're looking for a postdoc with expertise in structural biology and protein expression (preferably with virology experie…24 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorReally looking forward to the RI Xmas lectures this year. Definitely there will be loads of virus/football analogie… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…24 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @sailorrooscout: Impressive data out of Malaysia. 14.5M participants. RECoVAM study shows full vaccination reduces the risk of infection…24 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorInflammazoooom is back! twitter.com/ClareBryant13/…24 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @ENirenberg: Oh also here's a thing that happened: ir.novavax.com/2021-09-23-Nov…24 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorThis will be fun! twitter.com/ScienceMagazin…23 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorTransposon-triggered innate immune response confers cancer resistance to the blind mole rat nature.com/articles/s4159… pic.twitter.com/UdtWxz3tuf23 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @NatureComms: The cryo-EM reconstructions of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) virions reported by the @zhou_lab reveal host tRNAs associated…23 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorYes! Still no ADE with the COVID vaccines. Don't believe the misinformation. twitter.com/VirusesImmunit…23 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @sailorrooscout: Reminder: “A change in the spike protein- which allows the coronavirus to enter and infect human cells- that is radical…23 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorThis is great and should have been done ages ago. Does anyone in the hive mind know why the UK doesn't add iodine t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…23 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @bealelab: Lots of things during the pandemic have been unsurprising. This must be a contender for least surprising. It’s very unfortuna…22 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractor11% long term loss of smell/taste has to be a concern. twitter.com/DrZoeHyde/stat…22 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @BLSLancasterUni: Are you a #virologist looking for your next role? Check out these 3 positions now open for applications @BLSLancasterU…22 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @c0nc0rdance: Viroids aside, you just cannot compete with the RNA viruses for mutation rate. They exploit cellular RNA polymerases to m…22 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @jkagan1: Microbial signals are not enough. PAMPs are not the only information gathered by our immune system. Oxidation of our own lip…21 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorFamily Guy doing sterling vaccine outreach work here: twitter.com/FamilyGuyonFOX…21 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @LocciLab: Germinal center responses to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines in healthy and immunocompromised individuals medrxiv.org/content/10.110…21 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorHad the whole summer to vaccinate them, now 100,000 kids off school in the first 2 weeks of term. twitter.com/GYamey/status/…21 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @AmandaPritchard: As we head into the autumn, I want to thank my NHS colleagues for the work you have done, and continue to do, in what…21 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @poisondartfrog7: 1/n Very excited to share the first manuscript from my lab, looking at viral load (FFU) directly in clinical samples f…21 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Matteoffm: I am looking for postdoc candidates to join my novel group at @MRC_LMB!! We will carry out cellular structural biology proje…21 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @MercerLab: We have a 3 year postdoc position open! Excited about viruses, microscopy and complex tissue culture systems? Then be sure t…21 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @ClareBryant13: Very excited to share our latest preprint from super collaboration with @yorgomodis. Fantastic hard work by Yangci Liu…21 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorIs this gain of function? pic.twitter.com/ckI4fDvQNI21 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @LauraMiers: In April 2020, “Palantir, an analytics company co-founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel, is supporting the US Department of Hea…20 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @ProfPCDoherty: A new, big US study on Long COVID. Study of up to 40,000 people will probe mysteries of Long Covid https://t.co/woq5YOla…20 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorBlimey twitter.com/BNODesk/status…20 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @sjblakemore: Many school students are looking for work experience in science labs but it's challenging due to Covid restrictions in lab…20 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractor👍👍👍 twitter.com/deescadden/sta…20 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorscary stuff stirred up by social media misinformation networks twitter.com/BylineTV/statu…20 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @apoorva_nyc: BREAKING: The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is safe and highly effective in children 5 to 11, the companies say. If the regulato…20 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @MarionKoopmans: on ACE2 binding, furin cleavage, pathogenesis, symptoms : all explained through great drawings. Excellent job, ⁦@PHDcom…19 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @sailorrooscout: Recently published data out of Public Health England (PHE) shows both Pfizer’s and AstraZeneca’s vaccines are 95% effec…19 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorDaily LFT recording in action! twitter.com/WTKLAB/status/…19 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorFour positive, constructive reviews for a paper you've worked pretty hard on. Sounds nice, you say. But how does it… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…19 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @MamaDoctorJones: Delta variant in unvaccinated pregnant patients is one of the most horrifying disease processes I’ve ever seen. #GetVa…19 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @antonioregalado: Bloomberg reports the claim of the first child born following polygenic screening as an embryo, via a company called G…18 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @MAbsoud: Happy weekend 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 % positivity falling pic.twitter.com/czhFNkefpn17 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @canardbruno: Major paper on the origin of SARS-CoV2. A Bat CoV found in Laos, only 2 RBD differences with SARS-CoV2, no furin cleavage…17 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @stuartjdneil: Major new Bat sarbecovirus discovery in horseshoe bats in Laos. A virus with a spike protein containing an RBD only 2 ami…17 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @nprovine: Excited to share our latest research in @PLOSPathogens examining immune parameters associated with worse outcomes in severe…17 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @BenarochLab: We are looking for two postdoctoral fellows to join us to study myeloid cells in tumor models and in innate anti-viral res…17 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @sharontooze01: Postdoctoral fellow position open in my lab for motivated scientists interested in autophagy and cell biology Join my g…17 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @RichardBurgon: Last night in the debate on social care funding, a Tory MP let slip to me their ultimate plan. Instead of a social care…17 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @samstudio8: Our paper describing CLIMB-COVID, the compute infrastructure for @CovidGenomicsUK which has supported sequencing over half…17 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @ImmunoEditor: Today in @ScienceMagazine: @KizzyPhD, @BarneyGrahamMD, Seder & colleagues argue humoral immunity = correlate of protecti…17 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @GaetanBurgio: "ADAR-mediated RNA editing of DNA:RNA hybrids is required for DNA double strand break repair" through its interaction of…17 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @cggbamford: Important new study in Nature on structural biology of how Hepatitis C virus may enter our cells - clear implications for v…17 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @TeamTAPBPR: We're hiring! 4 more weeks to apply for the #Postdoc position in our lab @CamPathology! More information and how to apply o…17 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorGreetings!!! from... twitter.com/522GAdams/stat…17 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @RuthFranklinLab: Harvard Immunology is hiring! Any exciting area of immunology is of interest! Please consider applying and reach out i…17 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @CyrilPedia: 'Compared to homologous re-immunization, heterologous boosting may recruit memory B cells to GC responses more efficiently…16 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @ajpollard1: I am so delighted to see Sue Ann Clemens CBE recognised by the Queen for her extraordinary efforts in Brazil, critical to t…16 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @JolyonMaugham: Woah! £2.8bn - between 18.7% and 22.4% (by value) of total PPE spending - has gone on unusable PPE. The staggering cost…16 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @TheBrysonLab: We are looking for a postdoc to join our team to work on an exciting project that bridges tissue engineering, innate immu…16 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @DrNeeltje: Interested in doing a postdoc with us? We are always looking for talented candidates.16 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @GYamey: Look, I’m a newcomer to studying the science denialism movement orchestrated by conservative think tanks & funded by corporate…16 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @stuartjdneil: Fascinating and provocative. Re-emergence of Ebola virus highly similar to the isolates circulating in Guinea 5 years ago…16 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @mugecevik: No one seems to be interested in the actual RCT data on long-term protection of Pfizer in 6 countries at 152 sites. Among 45…16 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @CyrilPedia: Transposons are why you can't tweet while hanging from a branch: 'Here, we present evidence that tail-loss evolution was m…16 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @jneill: @TigressEllie @fascinatorfun Cumulative child Covid deaths, charted. 😢 pic.twitter.com/7zrFpoHAlQ16 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @GarciaSaez_Lab: If any of the words microscopy, membranes or cell death increases your heart beat, send an application to our lab! We c…16 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @GordonDougan1: This is my old Chair if someone would like to take it on. Superb facilities, including a suite of brand new CL3/2 labs a…16 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Baker_Lab_Cam: Rare opportunity to join the department of medicine at @Cambridge_Uni at tenured prof in microbial pathogenesis. https:/…16 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @stgoldst: Missed this for a long time - SARS-CoV(1) was found in farmed civets outside Wuhan back in 2005, far extending its geographic…15 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @LCoffeyLab: Come work with our team! Post-doctoral fellowship in virology available immediately @ucdavis. #SARSCoV2, #chikungunya, #pos…15 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @stuartjdneil: An interesting modelling bat/human interactions across SE Asia vs Bat CoV prevalence and serology to infer the likelihood…15 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @VictimOfMaths: Pretty impressive synchronicity here, with COVID case rates in England falling at a similar rate across all age groups.…15 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @kevinault: @JHowardBrainMD this is the graphic from the recent ACIP meeting that discuss this point. pic.twitter.com/KBvt9oSuXh15 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @GabrielScally: 'Flu outlook is good, so far, across the world. This week's update from the @WHO Global Influenza Programme reports belo…15 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @MS_Oliveir: Today I presented my recent work entitled "Fowlpox Virus Infection is sensed by the cGAS/STING pathway in chicken macrophag…15 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorJCVI nailed the extended interval dosing strategy twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/s…15 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @jburnmurdoch: And crucially, the study also breaks down protection against hospitalisation by underlying health conditions, which bring…15 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @dr_michaelmarks: Discovery trial also shows no benefit Remdesevir when added to SOC. End of the road for Remdesevir? @TheLancetInfDis h…15 September 2021

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @mjbanfield: I have a @BBSRC funded 3yr post-doc position available in my Lab @JohnInnesCentre to study engineering of immune receptors…14 September 2021