Viral ImmunoTherapies & Advanced therapeutics Lab.

A short thread about our new paper just published in Molecular Therapy Oncology. Terrific work from first author @RBayliss2023 👏👏

Huge congrats 🥂 to our latest virus tinkerer fledgling Dr Adam Naskretski MD! What a journey it’s been but my goodness you have deserved it! Many thanks to fabulous viva panel Fiona Errington-Mais, Mererid Evans and @alex_tonks for chairing! 👏🎉👍🏻🥳🦠

Brilliant job @RBayliss2023 👏👏👏🦠

Our virus tinkerers are out today at the Sbarc/Spark building for “be a scientist” day! If you’re looking for an interactive event to inspire the kids this half term, why not come down and build a virus - and learn all about how we are making “smart viruses” to treat disease! 🦠

🤩⭐️👏👏🎉🦠🍾🦠👏🎉👏👏🏆🏅🦠🎉 go Rosie!

Ad-vent is (almost) complete! Wishing all our friends and collaborators a wonderful festive break and all the best for 2025. May your grants be funded and may your papers be accepted with minor revisions! All the best from the VITAL lab! 🧫 🧪 🥼 🦠 🎅

Happy Christmas from the ⁦@virustinkerer⁩ lab to you all 🤩⭐️🎅

Another awesome virus tinkerer aces their viva! Top work Dr Wallace 👏👏🎉👍🏻, many thanks to @CR_UK for funding this innovative project!

#PhDone! Another brilliant 🤩 PhD student fledges the VITAL lab nest! Massive CONGRATULATIONS 🥂 🙌🥳 to Dr ⁦@EliseMoses96⁩ for absolutely smashing your #PhD viva today! Many thanks to awesome viva panel ⁦@StantonRich⁩ & @nearlobey⁩ for making it a fun viva! 🍾🎊🎉

Brilliant news @emilyanne611 and well deserved 🎉👊👏👏

We do enjoy a “smart virus”…does it get smarter than a virus they reprograms tumour cells to make their own chemotherapy??

New research just published from our group 👏👏👏

A new academic year & welcome to the Fab Four new starts in VITAL 🎉🥳. Welcome new @GW4BioMedDTP funded PhD students Lucy (left) and Aimee (right, supervisor @carlymaybliss), Mariana (PhD funded by Mosawi Foundation, 2nd left) & Jasmine (2nd right) @CUBiosciences PTY student!

After 5 glorious years and many happy memories, our virus tinkerers escape room is finally closing…sad times! But there’s still chance to play the room and raise some funds for @tenovuscancer (sadly, they no longer fund #research) by playing the room before 23 October!

Congratulations, Pierre, on your final day as a @cardiffuni employee. We wish you every happiness in your retirement and thank you for the many ways you have impacted our work - 23 new #adenovirus #structures and PDB depositions 👏👏👏. #OnceAVirusTinkererAlwaysAVirusTinkerer

Team virus tinkerers are busy at the #Eisteddfod building model viruses and explaining to members of the public how we are turning #viruses into #cancer #therapeutics ⁦@CUmedicengage⁩ ⁦@cardiffuni⁩ ⁦@theWCRC⁩ ⁦@DCGResearch⁩ ⁦@CardiffEcmc⁩ 🦠 🧫 🧬

Do pop along to our “build a virus” stall at the #Eisteddfod today, manned by the awesome @LunedBadder, and learn how we are transforming #viruses into #cancer #medicines. #HowToTrainYourVirus

Pre print Klaxon 📣…take a sneak peek at our work currently under review developing a raft of “precision immunovirotherapies” - targeted virotherapies expressing bispecific immune cell activators - potent “in tumour immunotherapies” 👏👏 great work @RBayliss2023

Go Dr Aly!! 🎉👏👏👍🏻🍾

Join us!!! 👇🏼👇🏼 👍🏻🦠🧫🔬🥼🧪🧬

Go @Aly25_09 !! You rock. #ThisIsHowWePhD.