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@viropractorGo Anne!! @BSICambridge twitter.com/CamPathology/s…02 December 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractordelicious thread of FANCD2/FANCI structures twitter.com/lapassmore/sta…29 November 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @oliveirajhm: Antiviral immune resistance in Drosophila by a dSTING-dependent NFkB response. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…28 November 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @neoviral: It was known for some time that TLR8 binds degradation products rather than intact RNA molecules. This article links the act…28 November 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @AtomicVirology: Great talk by @BrinkmannLab taking about the mechanisms used by #MCMV and #HCMV to fine tune the innate immune response…27 November 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Bergthalerlab: We discovered a mechanism by which type I interferon represses liver metabolism to modulate systemic metabolism and anti…26 November 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @millsjc67: Awesome work from Linda Samuelson's group! Every time you're tamoxi-floxing, you're probably causing metaplasia in your sto…24 November 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @10queues: It’s great to see our easy-to-cite ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile for the Paramyxoviridae published #JGenVirol https://t.co/ki8A…22 November 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Sdt36Suzanne: Neuroblastoma UK funded Research Associate (Fixed Term) @Cambridge_Uni jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/23613/ we are recruiting! Are yo…21 November 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @rodguabiraba: Tripartite biological interactions between viruses, bacteria and animals naturemicrobiologycommunity.nature.com/channels/346-b… #behindthepaper21 November 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorGraphic abstract twitter.com/EnergyMemoryLa…21 November 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @GaetanBurgio: Wow, this is absolutely remarkable. The first clinical trials using #CRISPR for sickle cell anemia or thalassemia on 2 pa…19 November 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @russellevance: This is an amazing scandal. Worth reading this blog post through to the end. The scientist in question just published tw…18 November 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @SantiagoSchnell: "Enzymes require often hundreds of amino acid to promote catalysis. Now, self-assembly of a single amino acid — phenyl…16 November 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @tera_levin: Ever wonder where the innate immune system came from? Our new review looks across the eukaryotic tree to find new types of…14 November 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Roy_Lab_Thinks: Show me another method that has found more new things... (remember WB pretty much bosses all signaling pathways ever)…13 November 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Mauri_group: Breaking news!! We are looking for two talented postdocs to join our (amazing ☺️) group - someone to work on patient sampl…12 November 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorWe have a PhD studentship available to start in Oct 2020. Come and join us to work on anti-viral innate sensing mec… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…06 November 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @DrDavidAscher: Interesting new work from Katerina Artavanis-Tsakonas @CamPathology highlighting the interesting evolutionary difference…03 November 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @CyrilPedia: 'Careful and self-critical scientists who spend more time and resources to carry out more rigorous and careful studies may…03 November 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @martinjones78: #preprint with some beautiful #ElectronMicroscopy and #CLEM imaging by @mcdomart from @TheCrick in the @EM_STP team work…03 November 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @rbdamgaard: NOW HIRING! I'm looking for fantastic #postdoc and #PhD candidates 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 to join my new lab @DTUtweet in beautiful Copenha…01 November 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @britsocimm: 🥳 We're proud to announce that we've reached the 4,000 membership mark! Welcome new BSI members👋 Our community now consist…30 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Laura_Fusion: The speaker list is shaping up nicely for #Ubiq20. Join us in Portugal July 2020 for an unforgettable meeting on ubiquiti…30 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @yana__safonova: Jim Kaufman explains the concept of generalist and specialist alleles of MHC at Immune Polymorphism Workshop in New Orl…29 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @MRC_LMB: Day 302 of #LMB365 shows the LMB Governing Board in 1967: Hugh Huxley, John Kendrew, Max Perutz, Francis Crick, Fred Sanger an…29 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @dougbrown_1: Big moment for BSI - we’re with our President Prof Arne Akbar @UKHouseofLords who is giving evidence on the importance of…29 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorPeople often ask me; ‘what’s it like to be an academic?’, ‘How do you find it as a career?’. I just show them this… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…25 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @dougbrown_1: Thank you @SkyNews for the interview earlier and the chance to reiterate that we need to see greater investment in our imm…25 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @florian_krammer: In an awesome collaboration with @Ali_Ellebedy and Ian Wilson we found a mAb, 1G01, that inhibits and protects from a…25 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @alanbrownhms: Video abstract for our new paper with @RuiZhangWUSTL and @DutcherLab. So many hours of Skype went into this structure...…24 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Shelton_flu_lab: Come work in our great influenza team. 1 year position looking at how the genetics of chickens may influence their sus…24 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @VirusesImmunity: This 👇🏽 is so true. I was told by my undergraduate advisor that I "just wasn't cut out for science", and that "graduat…23 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @circuit_logic: Okay, here are my prime editing takes. I'm mostly going to try to be a voice of reason here. Not because I'm hyper crit…22 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @davidrliu: Today we describe prime editing, a very versatile new approach to genome editing in human cells without cutting the DNA doub…21 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @EricTopol: We think the whole cell reprogramming idea is new. But @morris_lab aptly reminds us that the concept was introduced in 1958…19 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorLovely HSV-1 assembly complex structure from a @campathgrad student in the fantastic @AtomicVirology lab.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…19 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @ArnaudjLegrand: Our review (@MeierLabICR) is now FREE featured in @MolecularCell new issue "on the topic of diversity" Please share &…17 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @DrAndyBlackford: Please RT! We have a #postdoc position available to work on DNA damage signalling in my lab @UniofOxford, with funding…16 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @rbdamgaard: Quelle surprise. “Scientists are choosing not to work in Britain, with a 35% drop in those coming to the UK via EU schemes.…16 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @VirulentMind: Do you like virus-host interactions? Want to make skin from scratch? Come join the Orzalli Lab at @UMassMedical! Currentl…12 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorsometimes your KO mouse is not what it seems... cell.com/cell-host-micr…10 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @deniswirtz: Interestingly, ALL early papers on HIF and its role on O2 sensing by @NobelPrize Semenza and colleagues were published in n…08 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Laurie_Garrett: Very bad: A strain of #Salmonella Salmonella typhirium aka #Typhoid Fever emerged in #DRCongo that is resistant to ALL…06 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @10queues: First video of viruses assembling from ⁦@PNASNews⁩ pnas.org/content/early/… lovely piece of work! youtu.be/wlvd7jIc2I805 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @britsocimm: Today we're in Cambridge @HillsRoadNews for Big Biology Day 😀 Join us for all things #Immunology !! pic.twitter.com/beanAz0Kjr05 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @MS_Oliveir: Let's get started! Join us today in the Big Biology Day 2019 at Hills Road Sixth form @HillsRoadNews @BSICambridge @britsoc…05 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorIt’s the start of the new academic year. Today’s class: principles of FACS for two year olds pic.twitter.com/ATHEc2cuom03 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @PLOSBiology: Evolving better antiviral proteins; combinatorial mutagenesis of a host #antiviral protein enhances its restrictive proper…02 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @MaringerLab: UK-based #newPI in #virology: join us at the annual #RIVR (Recently Independent Virology Researchers) meeting. 9-10 Jan 20…01 October 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @TrevorSweeney4: Really nice work from @Mansurds lab on flavivirus restriction by ISG15 just posted to biorxiv. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…30 September 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Primary_Immune: "Microscopy AT THE SPEED OF LIFE" -previously unseen details of living creatures "promises to impact fields as wide as…28 September 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @dougbrown_1: All 13 routine childhood immunisation rates have declined with MMR uptake down for a fifth year in a row - we need action…26 September 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @mattwunl: Awesome work! More poxvirus pseudokinases! cell.com/cell-reports/f…25 September 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @JSheltzer: Two weeks from today, the Karolinska Institute will start announcing the 2019 Nobel Laureates. Each year, I try to hazard a…24 September 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @rbdamgaard: My first #preprint is now online. We show that the deubiquitinase OTULIN is a new tumour suppressor. Lack of OTULIN causes…20 September 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorthis is a beautiful paper indeed. A20 alleles fine-tuning nf-kb responses... twitter.com/casanova_lab/s…19 September 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @JDAlbarnaz: ⁦@nature⁩: “Our results suggest that the eukaryotic #cGAS #STING antiviral pathway has ancient evolutionary roots in microb…19 September 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @IDSAInfo: Could Schistosoma mansoni antigens reduce #HIV transmission? New findings published in @PLOSPathogens say, “yes.” https://t.c…16 September 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorBeautiful morning at Queens college for the 2019 Cambridge Immunology Forum on Primary Immune Deficiencies… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…13 September 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorsad news about the death of Prof Sir Chris Dobson joh.cam.ac.uk/tributes-paid-…09 September 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @ivanoamelio: Michael Karin & Gerry Chipuck... great start for the first session of the #cdd2019 @cddpress pic.twitter.com/WGNdkQFfx909 September 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Edgar_lab_UK: *** Post-doctoral Research Associate position available *** I have a three year position to investigate the fundamentals…09 September 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @WvSchaik: Back from holiday to the news that the coordinator of a EU Horizon 2020 application I was involved with has decided to remov…05 September 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorUK Labour Party planning to completely phase out animal testing in the UK if elected. theguardian.com/politics/2019/… pic.twitter.com/EXRcfAEEk628 August 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @RealMcCoyLab: .@RealMcCoyLab is expanding! Join us in understanding B cells and antibodies in HIV. ~4yr Research Technician post open t…19 August 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @SmartBiology3D: It's always amazing to see the connection between tiny molecular machine and living cell. This short clip shows filopod…19 August 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @rbdamgaard: Great work from Kirby Swatek developing the Ub-clipping method to analyse #ubiquitin chain architecture using the viral pro…16 August 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @yorgomodis: Great opportunity to join my lab as a postdoc to study how cells sense and silence viral RNA and DNA. We benefit from an ou…12 August 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @igoodfel: My friend @Mansurds highlights the challenges faced by scientists not on “the yellow brick road” to/from suppliers. Some of…12 August 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @thelonevirologi: The African strain of #Zika virus causes more severe in utero infection than Asian strain in a porcine fetal transmiss…09 August 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @bg_hale: We seek a molecular biology #postdoc to join our friendly, collaborative grp interested in #influenza virus-host interactions…09 August 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @AtomicVirology: 1/8 A new paper from the lab is out on #bioRxiv: Herpes simplex virus-1 pUL56 degrades GOPC to alter the plasma membran…08 August 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @TrevorSweeney4: Well done to @tomgoneviral and @Artisplicer for two new papers from the lab. our first on flavivirus replication https:…08 August 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorsome good boys illustrating the molecular mechanisms of apoptosome formation pic.twitter.com/BGuuquUAis03 August 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorAre you a microbiologist looking for a job? There's a fixed term lectureship going in the Cambridge Pathology Depar… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…01 August 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorWe uploaded this paper to bioRxiv in June and now its published in @FrontImmunol. The take home message is that vac… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…31 July 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @ArnaudjLegrand: TNFR1 membrane reorganization promotes distinct modes of #TNFα signaling #TNFR1 forms preassembled clusters at the pla…31 July 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @MercerLab: Just hit the shelf! Vaccinia virus: methods and protocols Many outstanding contributions from the poxvirus community edited…31 July 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorBlimey this is cool! twitter.com/bengeliscious/…29 July 2019

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Cambridgeimmuno: Registration is still open for the 20th Cambridge Immunology Forum! Book soon as places are limited. https://t.co/6XD…29 July 2019