MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research

Recent News

• 16 Jun

  The Great Escape: How Influenza A Uses Cellular Tunnels to Evade Immune Detectio

  Influenza viruses use secret cellular tunnels to escape your immune system. New research uncovers influenza's most elusive escape route - tunnelling nanotubes that let viruses spread completely undetected.
• 02 Jun

  CVR Team shortlisted for prestigious Prix Galien award

  A research team from the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) has been shortlisted for a prestigious Prix Galien UK Award for their groundbreaking dengue virus control strategy, which is showing impressive success in the fight against dengue in Malaysia
• 02 Jun

  Professor Emma Thomson appointed Director of the CVR

  We are delighted to announce that Professor Emma Thomson has been appointed as the new Director of the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR), having taken up the post as Interim Director in February, following the departure of Professor Massimo Palmarini.
• 29 May

  Cellular Energy Sensor Reveals New Pathway for Fighting Infections

  The immune system’s energy sensor: meet the protein that powers up when danger strikes. Researchers have uncovered how a giant cellular protein senses energy surges to launch defences against infection.