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The Towers lab has moved to the Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London!
New Chapter and new adventures!
The Towers and Jolly labs have moved to the Blizard Institute at QMUL. The Blizard Institute is an amazing place for discovery science and we're looking forward to more exciting and transformative research and new collaborations.
Our work with a modified cyclosporine is on the BioRxiv server. Sept 2025
Our paper 'A modified cyclosporine enhances lentivector transduction ex vivo and in vivo by degrading IFITM3' is on the BioRix Preprint server. Congratulations to Dara, Kate, and our collaborators in the Selwood Lab!

Ziqi attended the UK International Coronavirus Network Conference, Liverpool July 2025
Ziqi presented 'Cellular Battlegrounds: Arabian vs African MERS-CoV in the Human Host'. Her attendance was funded by a travel grant won by Ziqi from the BBSRC

Virtual Virology is back! Nov 2025
Towers lab presented at the first Virtual Virology in its new home at QMUL Blizard Institute

Greg has been awarded A Wellcome Discovery Award! Nov 2025
‘Innate Immune Regulation in Viral Infection and Cancer Chemotherapy’ funding for 8 years.
