Dr Valeria Lulla
Sir Henry Dale Fellow
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Dr Valeria Lulla
Sir Henry Dale Fellow
FULLY FUNDED PhD STUDENTSHIP IS AVAILABLE
APPLICATION DEADLINE 3rd December 2025!
APPLICATION DEADLINE 3rd December 2025!
https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/graduate/fully-funded-studentships
Our group focuses on the replication and pathogenicity of intestinal RNA viruses using enteroviruses and astroviruses as model systems. Both virus groups include zoonotic pathogens, and both include members that can escape the gut to infect the central nervous system. We are developing a range of molecular tools to address fundamental issues in enterovirus and astrovirus biology:
- Regulation of translation, replication and virus release
- Features of virus replication in the gut- and brain-specific environment
- Conserved RNA elements, their functions and therapeutic potential
- Determinants of neurovirulence
Our group focuses on the replication and pathogenicity of intestinal RNA viruses using enteroviruses and astroviruses as model systems. Both virus groups include zoonotic pathogens, and both include members that can escape the gut to infect the central nervous system. We are developing a range of molecular tools to address fundamental issues in enterovirus and astrovirus biology:
- Regulation of translation, replication and virus release
- Features of virus replication in the gut- and brain-specific environment
- Conserved RNA elements, their functions and therapeutic potential
- Determinants of neurovirulence
Summer students - apply here: https://www.exppg.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/
MPhil students - apply here: https://www.mphil.bio.cam.ac.uk/
Postdocs - happy to support fellowship-based projects:
https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral-fellowships
https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/newton-international/
Funding for research comes from the Royal Society and Wellcome Trust.
MPhil students - apply here: https://www.mphil.bio.cam.ac.uk/
Postdocs - happy to support fellowship-based projects:
https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral-fellowships
https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/newton-international/
Funding for research comes from the Royal Society and Wellcome Trust.