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Formal dinner at Emmanuel College

“Biology Girls night out at Emma” organised by Delphine šŸ˜‰

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Lab Retreat 2019

A lot of sun, fun and a bit of science in Norfolk!!!

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Anja’s leaving party

Sadly, now is the time to say goodbye to Anja. She has returned to Germany with plans to apply for a PhD!

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Ferguson-Smith lab trip 2019

Marisa, Helena and Dayana are enjoying Devon and cream tea!

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Science festival 2019

Our team at Cambridge science festival. We had a lot of fun!

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Taissa’s leaving party

Taissa has returned to Brazil to continue her PhD. We are missing her a lot!

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Christmas Brunch 2018

We enjoyed last years Christmas Brunch at The Old Bicycle Shop so much that we returned this year. Our group is growing!

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Lab trip 2018

This year Ferguson and Smith labs chose the Peak District for their annual lab trip.

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The Ferguson Lab at the Cambridge Science Festival 2018

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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Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @GeorgeMonbiot: Do you live in a freeport? Since rings of up to 75km wide were drawn around them, without consulting us, many millions oā€¦17 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @McLellan_Lab: Check out our manuscript reporting the structure of the Ī±MĪ²2 integrin bound to the adenylate cyclase toxin from B. pertusā€¦16 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @RauchLab: Faculty search alert šŸšØ! Join us to do great science on host-pathogen interaction at a collaborative and fun department!! httā€¦15 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @JonErlichman: Margaret Hamilton stands next to code she wrote by hand to help land Apollo 11 on the moon in 1969: https://t.co/bhPcWPrSā€¦15 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @HugoGye: @BawdenTom @theipaper JCVI has signed off today! Speedy. Jabs used in autumn for adults will be: *Original Moderna *Bivalentā€¦15 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorbbc.co.uk/news/uk-625518ā€¦15 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @adamjkucharski: Itā€™s a shame that (as far as I'm aware) supporters of the Great Barrington Declaration never properly outlined a concepā€¦15 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @SGriffin_Lab: Vaccinate...the...children. please. cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspectiā€¦15 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorNice to have an updated autumn booster for the UK. twitter.com/BBCFergusWalshā€¦15 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @moderna_tx: The @MHRAgovuk has authorized the use of our #Omicron-containing bivalent #COVID19 booster vaccine, mRNA-1273.214, as a booā€¦15 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @thelonevirologi: Over half of known human pathogenic diseases can be aggravated by climate change nature.com/articles/s4155ā€¦14 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @robertson_lab: Time to move on! Nice article from @edwardcholmes ā€” ā€˜The COVID lab leak theory is dead. Here's how we know the virus camā€¦14 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Cornymel: First preprint from the Kane Lab! biorxiv.org/content/10.110ā€¦. We found unexpected differences between 129 strains that are imporā€¦14 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @mildanalyst: First two human cases of Usutu virus in Italy āš ļø H/T ā¦@aleksjā© telefriuli.it/cronaca/virus-ā€¦14 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Jul101Vie: Recombination shapes 2022 monkeypox outbreak This study reports evidence of recombination of monkeypox genome in natural trā€¦14 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @PeterStefanovi2: Probably the most shocking thing you will watch today Where is UK media? Where is the outrage? pic.twitter.com/5eDNyOZLjY14 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorGood old vaccinia. A proper mystery of history... twitter.com/LizHighleyman/ā€¦14 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @germcells: "[PhD] students in London currently receive an annual stipend of only Ā£18,062. By comparison, the average salary for a barisā€¦14 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @kakape: ā€œTo the best of our knowledge, the kinetics of symptom onset in both patients and, subsequently, in their dog suggest human-to-ā€¦14 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @KawasakiKR11: Haven't done this in a while. 20 yr olds in US died from Covid at ~same rate as those in 50's in Japan. 60 yr olds ~ >90ā€¦13 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @stephanielangel: Come be my colleague at @cwru!13 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @seis_matters: Others have said this alreadyā€¦but respect to Wellcome for being so public about their failings. I cannot imagine an acadeā€¦13 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @gunsnrosesgirl3: these are orchid bees, iridescent green against the emerald backdrop of tropical forests in central and South Americā€¦13 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @PilarAlcaidePhD: Very happy to share our most recent manuscript on #cardioimmunology!!! Thank you to my lab, our fantastic collaboratorā€¦13 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorOff to grow a huge mustache to cement my new role as 'scoundrel immunologist ā„¢ļø' pic.twitter.com/o04vbB1nS313 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @CalebLareau: Encephalitis caused by human herpesvirus 6 has been repeatedly observed in CAR-T cell case studies and clinical trials. Inā€¦13 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorBeautiful work on poxvirus assembly šŸ‘ twitter.com/MiguelHdez_3/sā€¦13 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @DrMichaelWay: Cryo-electron tomography of vaccinia virus infected cells @TheCrick reveals new features concerning the assembly and matuā€¦13 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @ProfPHansen: HPV vaccine uptake declined substantially after negative media coverage. Recovery has been slow and costly... Sadly 26,00ā€¦13 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @marynewsom: Salmon Rushdie stabbed at Chautauqua. Heā€™s on the stage being treated. Before his scheduled speech. pic.twitter.com/xqeM79WseB12 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @TeamTAPBPR: The Boyle lab is hiring @CamPathology @Cambridge_Uni ! We are looking for a new #postdoc and a research assistant to join Tā€¦12 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @karamballes: Just looking through Gupta and Heneghans account of their meeting with Johnson in September 2020 when the gov decided to iā€¦12 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @maxewilkinson: 1/5 My first postdoc paper! We found a new viral defence system in bacteria that looks suspiciously similar to inflammasā€¦11 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @thehowie: THREAD: We ignore Polio at great peril. Unlike London, we HAVE a paralytic Polio case & positive virus in wastewater from 2ā€¦11 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @ScienceScottT: I don't know if I can keep reading single cell papers...šŸ˜…šŸ¤£ pic.twitter.com/aOAOF6na8k11 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @britsocimm: šŸ“¢ Children aged 1 to 9 living in London are being offered a #polio vaccine booster #Vaccines are the best protection fromā€¦11 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @KTLA: Incredible Sky5 video of a #firetornado at the #samfire in northwestern Los Angeles County. #BREAKING ktla.com/news/local-newā€¦ httā€¦11 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @CyrilPedia: 'The mutation burden and signatures of normal B cells were broadly similar to those seen in many B-cell cancers, suggestingā€¦11 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractor'The results indicate that pre-existing high-affinity antibodies bias memory B cell selection and have a profound eā€¦ twitter.com/i/web/status/1ā€¦11 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @UKHSA: As part of the ongoing response to #poliovirus detected in London sewage, the JCVI has advised that all children in #London agedā€¦10 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @_johnbye: Collateral Global's first accounts published today show the covid contrarian charity raised Ā£371,926 in its first year, and hā€¦10 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractor"Serum cortisol was the most significant individual predictor of Long COVID status" twitter.com/VirusesImmunitā€¦10 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @VirusesImmunity: This is so interesting, giving the report by @SuYapeng et al showing similar reduction in long haulers with respiratorā€¦10 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @camcdevitt: The Dept of Microbiology and Immunology, @UniMelb, is recruiting a Senior Lecturer (Level C, continuing) to contribute to bā€¦10 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @diegobaptista: A new report indicates @wellcometrust is an institutionally racist organisation--in spite of recent efforts to become anā€¦10 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @BBCBreaking: All children aged one to nine in London will be offered polio vaccine after virus detected in sewage https://t.co/yScauYb4ā€¦10 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @mariannaspring: šŸ“£ Delighted Iā€™ve been promoted from reporter & Iā€™m now the BBCā€™s first Disinformation and Social Media Correspondent!ā€¦10 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @ENirenberg: I'm going to brag for a minute. I wrote a thing (with the help of the much worldlier and smarter-than-me @GYamey and @GermHā€¦10 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @britsocimm: šŸŒŸ We've updated our BSI Communication & Engagement grant scheme for all #PublicEngagement activities! This revamp providesā€¦10 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @EricTopol: I know nothing about monkeypox except what I read. Here are succinct views from some experts @CellCellPress today https://t.ā€¦08 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Daltmann10: Epsteinā€“Barr virus and multiple sclerosis | Nature Reviews Microbiology nature.com/articles/s4157ā€¦07 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractor"Above all, Kelly saw research as a ā€œnon-scheduled area of workā€, translating to no deadlines, objectives or progreā€¦ twitter.com/i/web/status/1ā€¦07 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractor"IFN-I hyporesponsiveness efficiently predicted long-term survival, whereas high responsiveness to IFN-I was strongā€¦ twitter.com/i/web/status/1ā€¦07 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @twpiggott: Proud dad moment today where the wonderful @Ptbohealth team gave my two kiddos their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine! Soā€¦07 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @BlakeMMurdoch: washingtonpost.com/health/2022/08ā€¦ The FDA is allowing a monkeypox vaccine that is not approved for children to be used for childrā€¦06 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Prof_Marciniak: Covid: Mum urges vaccination take-up after baby loss bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englanā€¦05 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @MarcusBlimi: The young man from Rockland County who has polio paralysis is from a large activist anti-vaccine family. Often, one wouldā€¦05 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @kakape: ā€žAs an infectious disease reporter and a gay man, Iā€™ve grown increasingly frustrated with the global public health response toā€¦05 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @v_hornung: Have you ever wondered why lytic cell death is so pro-inflammatory?šŸ¤” We tried to answer this question in a reductionist in vā€¦05 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @FerdinandRoesch: Check out our recent mini-review on ASFV innate sensing now out in @FrontMicrobiol ! I had a great time writing thisā€¦03 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @JncherabieMD: Stunning results from vaccination campaign in Montreal, they quickly realized PEP wouldnā€™t be sufficient and PrEP is neceā€¦01 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @OncoVirus_Leeds: We have an opening for an Associate Professor in Cell Biology. If you have strengths in signalling, cancer, protein quā€¦01 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Mykejv1137: News from 110 years ago pic.twitter.com/9QqSkgecpV01 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @The_PW_Lab: Spearheaded by the great @chiweindel, but contributed to by many current and former trainees, we are thrilled to share ourā€¦01 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @EvolvingVir: A 5 fold expansion in viroids-like agents taxonomy: including RNA satellite, retroviroids, retrozymes and Ribozyvirus. Viā€¦01 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Rpshahmemorial1: @Meir_Rubin doi.org/10.1038/s41433ā€¦01 August 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @KindrachukJason: Seems like a good time to say: I.a. Get vax doses out to the populations overrepresented in current MPX cases I.b. Engā€¦31 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Monkeypoxtally: Spain Health Ministry announced that both monkeypox deaths were due to encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain due tā€¦31 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Lionesses: WE HAVE DONE IT31 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @ScottBoydLab: Impressive study of SARS-CoV-2 involvement in the brain (RNA detected in over 1/3 of patients!) from Tom Beach's neuropatā€¦30 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Boghuma: 2 monkeypox deaths have been confirmed in #Spain and 1 in #Brazil. These are the first deaths outside of Africa. As cases growā€¦30 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Samuel_Gregson: Amazing chat with virologists @K_G_Andersen and @MichaelWorobey and experimental biologist @PhilippMarkolin about the nā€¦29 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @_b_meyer: First monkeypox death in Spain elmundo.es/ciencia-y-saluā€¦29 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @ewanbirney: Some perspective on #AlphaFold with the rather eye-popping announcement from @DeepMind and @emblebi (which I am Director ofā€¦29 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @wanderer_jasnah: jfc, an Austrian doctor killed herself after 7 months of heavy harassment from antivaxxers & no assistance from authorā€¦29 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @DrCJ_Houldcroft: Dear friends in England, blood stocks are running low - please consider going to donate if you can! https://t.co/D9b0ā€¦29 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @luodahai: nsP1 in complex with cap0RNA and SAH pic.twitter.com/ruRkZ2dzSa28 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorFleeced twitter.com/hairyhillfarmeā€¦28 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Boghuma: More than 2,100 #monkeypox cases have been recorded in 11 African countries 75 people have died! These countries still haveā€¦28 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractor'weā€™re now releasing predicted structures for nearly all catalogued proteins known to science, which will expand thā€¦ twitter.com/i/web/status/1ā€¦28 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @BalazsLab: Proud and excited to share our paper on the different capacities for IgG subclass to prevent HIV transmission which is now oā€¦27 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @ActonLab: Our study on lymph node tissue mechanics is online @NatImmunol ! Fantastic job by lead author @hlhorsnell2. Thanks to all ourā€¦27 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @Tuliodna: In spite of African scientists & public health agencies highlighting the danger of Monkeypox for years. Today, AfricaCDC critā€¦27 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @niaidcivics: Looking for a #virology #jobopportunity? @VirusesImmunity has several positions to fill in her lab! Bonus: casual group BBā€¦27 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @kakape: "More than 18.000 cases of monkeypox have now been reported to WHO from 78 countries, with more than 70% of cases reported fromā€¦27 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @hitenmadhani: Our latest work is out today in @Nature! Forward yeast genetics meets innate immunity to reveal a secreted effector prodā€¦27 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @HelenBranswell: 1. #Marburg: Concerning details from @WHO about the Marburg outbreak in Ghana. The 2 newest cases (#3 & #4) are the wifā€¦27 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @MichaelWorobey: Our preprints on the origin of SARS-CoV-2... twitter.com/MichaelWorobeyā€¦ have now been peer reviewed and published as a pā€¦27 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorI've said it before, the interest rates on UK student loans are criminal. twitter.com/Shaughna_P/staā€¦27 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @E3ligase: Please share with your networks! My lab is recruiting a research technician to help us in our quest to understand monstrouslā€¦27 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @roby_bhatt: I started med school 24 years ago; doctors are a lot of my peer group. Every eligible (>6 mo) child of every doctor I knowā€¦27 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @LMackayLab: Have you ever wondered what controls tissue residency in CD8 vs CD4 T cells? Find out today! @NatImmunol https://t.co/wR4Mpā€¦27 July 2022
Dr Brian Ferguson@viropractorRT @jeffgilchrist: COVID-19: Improving ventilation reduced likelihood of infection by 80% in schools A preprint study found the relative rā€¦26 July 2022
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