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New Platt group paper explores links between Mycobacteria tuberculosis and Niemann-Pick Type C disease

Congratulations to Yuzhe Weng, a DPhil student in the Platt lab, who is first author on new paper published by the group in Nature Communications. Mycobacteria tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), has the ability to invade, persist and replicate within host cells, which is key to its success as a pathogen. However, the mechanisms that underlie this strategy remain poorly defined.

PROFESSOR REBECCA SITSAPESAN 1959-2022

We were sad to learn that our dear colleague Rebecca has died just a few days before what would have been her 63rd birthday.

New high-resolution imaging provides clue to SARS-CoV-2 leap to humans

A new paper, published this week in the journal Science, highlights cutting-edge imaging techniques used by the group of Professor Ben Davis to investigate the binding of SARS-CoV-2 to human cells.

Dr Mehmood Khan joins Pharmacology as a Visiting Fellow

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Mehmood Khan as a Visiting Fellow in the Department

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