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Congratulations to the 2026 Translational Prize Winner, Professor Alan Parker!
#Microbio26
A great honour to win this award ๐ and deliver the prize lecture this morning. Sincere thanks to the @microbiologysociety.org & particularly those who very kindly nominated meโฆand of course to those who tolerated my talk this morning about how to train your (oncolytic) virus ๐ฆ !
Thank you for the super kind words, Lee! Much appreciated and glad you enjoyed it!
Portraits of Alan Parker and Shadia Khandaker featured in an interview series with 2026 Prize winners.
Ahead of the 2026 Translational Prize Lecture, Shadia Khandaker interviewed Professor Alan to learn more about his career and how it feels to win a Microbiology Society prize.
Read the blog: https://microb.io/4shI43S
#Microbio26
Closing a week today (10/04/26) so apply soon if youโre interested!
Looking for an awesome new PhD student, working at the intersection of #Virology and #Cancer research, looking to develop new therapies for #Glioma #Glioblastoma. Stipend, consumables and fees (UK/EU rates only) covered. #BeAVirusTinkerer #VITAL #TeamWAVU
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
(A rare political post - scroll on if not of interest!)
I donโt agree with all the @greenparty.org.uk stand for, but Iโm ๐ฏ behind the pro-EU and sustainable energy stance and treating all with kindness & respect regardless of race.
Their win in Gorton and Denton is a victory for hope over hate.
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Special thanks to @cancerwales.bsky.social and @cancerresearchuk.org who funded the early work on the development of this agent, and without which this agent would never have been created.
An incredibly proud moment, and a nice way to wrap up 2025. I am indebted to the incredibly talented and dedicated VITAL team (pictured) and our commercial partners at Accession Therapeutics for delivering.
www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/29...
Are you fascinated by viruses? Would you like to design your own original research project in the UK's largest virology centre? Why not come and do a PhD @cvrinfo.bsky.social - application deadline 6th Jan 2026 (1/1): www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
Thanks so much, Ed! Really appreciate it. By pure coincidence, we announced the treating of our first patient in our clinical trial this week too, so the timing is very apt! Appreciate the kind words. Thanks ๐
Collage with headshots of ten individuals with a message announcing 'Prize Winners 2026 โ Presenting at Annual Conference 2026.'
The Microbiology Society is pleased to announce the winners of our 2026 Prizes! The winners will be awarded and deliver Prize Lectures at Annual Conference 2026 in Belfast from 13โ16 April. Find out more about it: microb.io/PrizeWinners.... Meet the winners below. #Microbio26
Absolutely delighted and genuinely humbled to be awarded the @microbiologysociety.org Translational Microbiology Prize for 2026. Hugely grateful to my amazing group (past and present) here in Cardiff, and to all the inspiring collaborators who have worked with us over the last decade or so.
A major milestone for Accession Therapeutics, and a fairly huge personal milestone, also.
www.accessiontherapeutics.com/post/accessi...
๐ข๐ขFINAL CALL!! Closes tomorrow (Mon 20th Oct)
Want a cool, blue skies project, integrating machine learning with virology to develop the medicines ๐of the future?
Want to join a supportive team with an incredible culture?
Apply now! ๐งฌ๐ฌ๐งช๐ฆ ๐จโ๐ฌ๐ฉโ๐ฌ
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Great to have this out as a preprint - a fantastic collaborative effort led ably by the dream team of Rosie and Kasim....have a look, the structures are amazing!
Great to have this out as a preprint - a fantastic collaborative effort led ably by the dream team of Rosie and Kasim....have a look, the structures are amazing!
Potential @gw4biomeddtp.bsky.social 4 year PhD project for Oct 2026 start adopting machine learning to develop precision virotherapies - co-supervisors Yukun Lai, @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social, Kerry Wadey & Julian Fischer. Come, make some smart viruses with us!
gw4biomed.ac.uk/developing-p...
next meeting Friday 5th September 1-2.30pm at Cancer Genetics Building, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff CF14 4XN
Make sure you don't miss our next #Advancedtherapies MDRG on Friday.
Hear from Dr Michael Chapman -'CAR-T therapy in haematological malignancy' and Professor Andrew Sewell 'How T-Cells clear cancer'
Virtual option available
#Research
@alanlparker.bsky.social @lifesciencescymru.bsky.social
Very excited our paper describing the development of a precision Virotherapy directly delivering bispecific molecules to tumour cells is in it's final polished form!
www.cell.com/molecular-th...
Eisteddfod sign on the maes
Image of paper virus templates, and materials used for building
Image of our build a virus stand
Am Sdeddfod wych!! Diolch o galon i bawb ddaeth i'n gweld ni ym mhabell @prifysgolcdydd.bsky.social, i ddysgu mwy am ein gwaith yn Uned firoleg gymhwysol Cymru Wales Applied Virology Unit (WAVU). Braf odd cal gweld y "firysau" oddachi wedi ei greu o gwmpas y maes!
Doh! ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ. Thanks for seconding anyway ๐๐๐ป
If youโre visiting #Eisteddfodd today, do speak to the awesome @lunedbadder.bsky.social representing @cardiffunilib.bsky.social, the VITAL lab & HCRW Wales Applied Virology Unit (WAVU), explaining how we develop โ#SmartVirusesโ to treat #Cancer. You can even make a designer virus of your own!
Congratulations to @gw4biomeddtp.bsky.social @atwales.bsky.social funded PhD student Rosie Mundy, presenting her groundbreaking structural and transcriptomic analysis of Ad10 today at the International Adenovirus Meeting at @cardiffunilib.bsky.social centre for student life.
Big moment for the youngest, collecting his first cap for @glamcricket.bsky.social U13 yesterday. Two terrific matches against a strong Gloucestershire U13 but showed their class securing back to back T20 wins. Exciting times ahead! ๐๐๐ ๐ฅ
Thanks for inviting me to be an honorary @pharmacycu.bsky.social member for and to talk "how to train your virus" at the ever wonderful @pintofscience.uk event at Tiny Rebel, Cardiff! A great evening talking about crossing the "Valley of Death" and into the clinic with our "smart viruses".
A photograph of Alan Parker next to text describing his talk on "How to train your virus" for Pint of Science 2025
Looking forward to my favourite #PublicEngagement event @pintofscience! I'll talk "how to train your virus" at @TinyRebelCdff on 20/05, discussing how we turned a disease causing "nasty" into a clinical stage anticancer medicine. Grab a pint, pop along! pintofscience.co.uk/event/from-b...
Thrilled and honoured to be announced as a Health and Care Research Wales Senior Research Leader. Looking forward to contributing towards accelerating translational research, shaping policy and mentoring the next generation of researchers in Wales.
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