Post-doc at @UniofOxford in @OxZooDept. Immune adaptation | chickens | ancient viruses
Oxford, England
Joined June 2020
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Today is my last day in @UniofOxford after 14 years, it’s been a blast. 1/4
ALT The Radcliffe Camera in Oxford, glowing in the light of a winter’s afternoon.
I’ll be taking inspiration from wild birds and ancient DNA. I’ll also be leading efforts to understand the evolution of Marek’s Disease Virus, which causes a devastating, cancer-causing disease of chickens. 3/4
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Last Friday we had 2 amazing talks from @StevenFiddaman and @_MarcoDeMartino. Thanks to all of you who joined us, and to them for their great job.
Next month we will have a woolly themed session, with Damla Kaptan and @undeaddandy showing us their results.
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Remember that this Friday we have our first #AaRCTikTalks, and that you need to register in order to join. The link can be found in our our webpage: animal-adna-research-communi…
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Here we have the announcement for the first #AaRCTikTalks! We'll have @StevenFiddaman and @_MarcoDeMartino presenting their research the 26th of April.
Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
ALT Poster presenting the AaRC Tik Talks. Photos fo Steven Fiddaman and Marco de Martino and the date and hour of the seminar: 26th of April at 2pm London time.
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To kickstart the activity of AaRC, we have organized a seminar series #AaRCTikTalks, which will take place monthly. Here are the first talks!
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See our new comprehensive review on natural selection acting in viral sensors in vertebrates: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Studying ancient chickens, researchers in Science reveal the evolutionary history of Marek’s disease virus, which kills >90% of unvaccinated birds.
The results shed light on the evolution of virulence in a major disease in modern agriculture. scim.ag/5jP
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🐔🧬Ancient chicken DNA reveals how Marek's disease virus (MDV), a highly contagious poultry pathogen, has evolved to become more virulent.
Read the story ➡️ow.ly/l45650Qj3mY
@LMU_Muenchen @UniofOxford
ALT A group of orange chickens on green grass gather round a muddy puddle of water
Ancient DNA reveals how a chicken virus evolved to become more deadly | University of Oxford ox.ac.uk/news/2023-12-15-anc…
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Archaeological Marek's disease virus genomes show how this highly virulent chicken virus evolved from an ancestor that was incapable of driving tumor formation @OxfordBiology
science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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🚨 Ancient DNA has been used to trace the evolution of Marek's Disease Virus, a chicken disease which has become more deadly in recent history
Widespread over 1000 years before being described scientifically, it previously caused much milder symptoms 👇
bit.ly/3v1rjCk
ALT EM image of Mareks Disease Virus particles replicating in the nucleus of the infected cell
How do #pathogens become more virulent? Read on for a tale of #ancient bones, #ancientDNA, and a very modern danger in the chicken industry… 🧵1/14
ALT The cover of the 15th December 2023 issue of Science.
Thanks for reading. This was a huge team effort in which I was privileged to play a part. Thanks to @dim_antoni99722 @ArchaeOphelie @laduplessis @SophyCharlton @AHaruda @pgflammer @mephitis @AlisonFoster42 @MashkourM @EvolveDotZoo @Greger_Larson @LrFrantz and many more.
Work was done at @OxfordBiology and @school_of_arch at @UniofOxford and @LMU_Muenchen, kindly funded by @ERC_Research, @oxmartinschool @wellcometrust and others. Paper: tinyurl.com/yjsapd96 /end