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 @andrebafica: Great pleasure to collaborate with Rodrigo Gassen and @CrisBonorino on this great work! @karinarlima @apd_souza Check it o…22 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorBetter: 'We need leaders that enact policies based on scientific evidence' twitter.com/PLOSBiology/st…22 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @cjohansson_lab: We are recruiting!! If you have a PhD and are interested in immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 please apply for this postdo…22 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorWorld beating.... twitter.com/lewis_goodall/…22 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @AtomicVirology: Job ad is now out (Pls RT): jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/27360/ Post is split 50:50 between 🇬🇧 and 🇧🇷, so perfect for a postdoc who…22 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Auraya25: I knew there must be a second receptor in our airways. Neuropilin-1 facilitates #SARSCoV2 entry. Great work! https://t.co/AA…21 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @SjorsScheres: Our paper on atomic resolution single-particle #cryoEM is now out! 🥳21 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @laoneill111: Good news here- drop in death rate confirmed across different groups. npr.org/sections/healt…21 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @EckerleIsabella: Time to stop the narrative that children do not play a role in this pandemic. Start testing properly, start taking day…21 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @DrTomFrieden: Kids get infected by Covid. They can spread it. They can get seriously ill from it. And we still can get our kids back in…21 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @v_hornung: Not only our beloved IL-1β is regulated by proteolytic cleavage, but also its equally inflammatory cousin TNF. Studying TNF…21 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @CyrilPedia: An in vitro artefact atlas for human immunology 'These reflect patterns of cellular activation across diverse cell types t…21 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @ScottGottliebMD: Two new peer-reviewed studies show a sharp drop in mortality among hospitalized Covid patients. The drop is seen in al…20 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorFab new work from the @McGovernLab twitter.com/JExpMed/status…20 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @AdamJKucharski: Looking forward to working on this study with colleagues at @LSHTM, @ONS and @PHE_uk: lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/new…20 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @McGovernLab: Delighted that the first paper from the lab is out today, describing human placental macrophages, led by @JakerrThomas htt…19 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @EricTopol: Dead wrong. Mass murder. washingtonpost.com/opinions/tom-f… by @DrTomFrieden @PostOpinions nytimes.com/2020/10/19/opi… @nytopinion by John…19 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @LabWaggoner: Discrete subset of epigenetically primed human liver CD49a+CD16− NK cells mediates antigen-specific immune responses http…18 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorWould be nice to have the kiwi approach to covid testing and tracing in the uk. twitter.com/drjinrussell/s…18 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @PeterHorby: Yes Charlotte, we can do this. The WHO results move us forward, more treatments are on the way I feel sure. Hospital death…17 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @charlot_summers: Have been sensing COVID-related despondency today - cases rising, SOLIDARITY showing therapies didn’t work, people bei…17 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @BBCAfrica: Many African countries have been praised for waging an effective campaign to combat the spread of coronavirus despite their…17 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @FredrikJutfelt: Nobel prize laureate Gregg Semenza in big trouble. Photoshopped western blots and other serious issues in about 30 pape…17 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @SesmaLab: Our team’s latest study on CHIKV is finally out! ⁩Great job everyone! Specially ⁦@smudged_western⁩, whose determination and h…16 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @AdamJKucharski: "Remdesivir, Hydroxychloroquine, Lopinavir and Interferon regimens appeared to have little or no effect on hospitalized…16 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @AdamJKucharski: "Transmission itself of course generates immunity. But no one really knows how much is needed for herd immunity, and ho…15 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @GordonDougan1: Vaccines were developed because herd immunity induced by natural infection is short lived if it occurs at all and is una…15 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @KroganLab: We previously published a virus-human SARS-CoV-2 protein interaction map in @nature (Gordon et al., 2020a). In our @ScienceM…15 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @AnnelieseDodds: Contacts traced by Serco in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 76% Contacts traced by Test, Trace, Protect in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 94% The To…15 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Edgar_lab_UK: 100+ genes associated with CMT. Of these, many in endolysosomal pathway and lipid metabolism. Here we investigate mutatio…15 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @EricTopol: One monstrous wave, 3 phases, onto new heights, with no plan pic.twitter.com/THtlJPevzA15 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Daltmann10: From us @ImperialMed, @maini_lab, @AineMcKnight, COVIDsortium: immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in HCW at 4 months. 1/5 infected ea…15 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @DrZoeHyde: This article is damning. I strongly recommend reading it to the end. “The Swedish way has yielded little but death and mise…14 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @stuartjdneil: Please consider signing the John Snow Memorandum (the one the did know something) We need rational public health measure…14 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @dgurdasani1: The John Snow Memorandum- the scientific consensus on COVID-19 just out in @TheLancet. We must control the virus to protec…14 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @goodmanmetrics: Terrific rebuttal to GB Declaration just appeared in WaPo. Kudos to @mlipsitch @gregggonsalves @CarlosdelRio7 & @RWalen…14 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @HelenBranswell: "We’re not seeing a trend for viral evolution in directions that could increase re-infection or evade the antibodies th…14 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Daltmann10: Long-term COVID-19 symptoms in a large unselected population | medRxiv medrxiv.org/content/10.110…14 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @globalhlthtwit: We need a circuit breaker plus immediate reform of test, trace and isolate. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…14 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @lferreiramoita: Very happy to share the work of @henrique_colaco @abolerbarros @trvelho @KatharinaWillm1 (and others) on #DiseaseTolera…14 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @DrDenaGrayson: 😱OMG. Used #coronavirus swab tests were accidentally given out to households in Birmingham, #England — and some people o…14 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @HiscoxLab: biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Great collaboration led by @molvirol and our lab and others showing that sequential infection with #…14 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @hristova_dayana: Very happy to have collaborated with @britsocimm on this project!! ✨Check it out and let us know if you have any quest…14 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @angie_rasmussen: This is a really important point. We achieve "herd immunity" through vaccination, not natural infection. We have NEV…12 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Daltmann10: As we’ve all commented on many occasions for the benefit of our policy makers: if you’d thought the cost of medical researc…12 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @maxplanckpress: #Chemistry #NobelPrizeLaureate Emmanuelle Charpentier: “The fact that two women won this Prize will hopefully show to y…11 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @kallmemeg: Feeling disgruntled. As a @PHE_uk employee, we had 5-10% annual budget cuts all 7 years we existed, constantly made to justi…11 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @nickparrish: Amazing story! Telomere DNA mobilized from antigen-presenting cells to T cells.🧬 Good thing there are no T cell-tropic vi…11 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @PaulBieniasz: Our latest preprint, short and sweet, suggests no cross neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by antibodies elicited during season…11 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @EJohnWherry: What?!?! This is like 6 minute abs in “Something about Mary”!!! (Hopefully that makes sense to someone)11 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @SLAClab: Scientists saw how a molecular Ferris wheel delivers protons to cellular factories at the @Stanford-SLAC cryoEM center. No hum…11 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorThis is a really fabulous study of measles virus pathogenesis twitter.com/rldeswart/stat…09 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @PeterHorby: RECOVERY publication on hydroxychloroquine finally out. Hydroxychloroquine is not effective in hospitalised COVID patients.…09 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @felicitydavis2: Out today in @PNASNews we reveal how Ca2+ signals coordinate the flow of milk from secretory alveoli to the nipple duri…09 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @cjohansson_lab: Really great to have been part of this study where preclinical and clinical studies come together to study susceptibili…08 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @p_openshaw: 'When the Great Barrington Declaration authors declare their opposition to lockdowns, they are quite literally arguing with…08 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @sethmasters: Targeting inflammation to treat #ALS (#MND)! An exciting mechanistic insight by @AlanCHYu @WEHI_research with @unimelb @Th…07 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @florian_krammer: documentcloud.org/documents/7222… I feel NIH is doing great and FDA is standing their ground. But it is CDC who needs to lead t…07 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @devisridhar: Top German scientists: 1. Herd immunity not possible bc immunity too short. 2. Not feasible to go 'shield vulnerable' app…07 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorI have a two year old girl who will grow up knowing that it is possible for her to win a #NobelPrize in science sin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…07 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @britsocimm: Such a great inspiration! #WomenInScience #SuperstarsofSTEM twitter.com/NobelPrize/sta…07 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @NobelPrize: BREAKING NEWS: The 2020 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for th…07 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @stuartjdneil: Herd Immunity, anyone? What number (not rate!) of deaths are we prepared to live with? And the number of long term co…07 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @MalcolmChishol1: Herd immunity on march both sides of Atlantic.Small minority of scientists pushing it.Setting up lockdown straw man wh…07 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @profshanecrotty: 1/ Our new perspective piece on “Crossreactive memory T cells and herd immunity to SARS-CoV-2”is out now. @mlipsitch…06 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @britsocimm: #LongCovid - this article backs up calls in our recent report for more long-term follow-up studies to help us understand th…06 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @mikefeigin: Attempting to tell my half-asleep daughter about this morning’s news: A woman (yes...) won the Nobel (Yes!) Prize (YES!!) f…06 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @jasonlschwartz: To translate, FDA--through briefing materials to its vaccine advisory committee--has made public what evidence it wants…06 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @BillHanage: Herd immunity is back. This article quotes its proponents, and then yours truly and @gregggonsalves on why in the absence o…06 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorA new preprint from the lab, work by @MS_Oliveir, is a voyage into chicken innate immunity. We looked at viral DNA… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…06 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @AdamJKucharski: In the space of a month, the UK has gone from reporting 1000-1500 cases per day to around 12,000. Test positivity has g…05 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @JSheltzer: There may be a fascinating controversy in store for the Nobel Prize this year. One of the awardees, Michael Houghton, previ…05 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @karolinskainst: The 2020 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charle…05 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @angie_rasmussen: First off, this is no cause for alarm, just awareness and caution. So far appears rare, mild, not spreading from perso…04 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @apoptosislab: Bcl-2 family proteins from Trichoplax (a very simple animal, evolutionarily very distant from chordates) look and behave…04 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @angie_rasmussen: So the President received 8 grams of Regeneron monoclonal antibodies as a therapy & while that seems like a huge dose,…04 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorBlimey. twitter.com/biorxiv_immuno…03 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @CyrilPedia: I think Neurofolk are going to eventually have to accept that the Brain is just one more thing the Immune System controls (…03 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorThis is definitely not funny 😉 twitter.com/NMechawar/stat…03 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @stuartjdneil: The term ‘endemic equilibrium’ is being used now. This is accurate and is ultimately where SARS CoV2 is going to end up…03 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @HarmitMalik: Science Magazine - October 2, 2020 - The mouse Sry locus harbors a cryptic exon that is essential for male sex determinati…02 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @NikolKons: Are you interested in placental biology? The #Turcolab is now searching for a PostDoc to work with the trophoblast organoids…02 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @florian_krammer: I wish Melania and Donald Trump a speedy recovery. Nobody deserves to get infected with SARS-CoV-2 and we should do…02 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @KamounLab: 👏👏👏 Calling @UKRI_News02 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @VikiLovesFACS: This cool new #COVID19 preprint from @aneogbe is getting a lot of attention (I can always tell, when I start to get ques…02 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @RealMcCoyLab: Our new pre-print looking at #SARS_Cov2 antibody responses in cancer patients at UCLH. Great team effort @LukeMuir91 @Jol…02 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @cggbamford: Identification of Interleukin1β as an Amplifier of Interferon alpha-induced Antiviral Responses journals.plos.org/plospathogens/…02 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @p_openshaw: In mice with hACE 2 receptor, i.m. ChAd-SARS-CoV-2-S protects lung, but doesn't prevent detection of viral RNA. In contrast…02 October 2020

Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @DaneParkerLab: Intranasal vaccination might be the key for sterilizing immunity to SARS-Co-V2! cell.com/cell/fulltext/… @CellPressNews @…01 October 2020