Research Programmes

Research themes

Research at the CVR spans molecular, structural and cellular levels through to the individual host and affected population, thus integrating molecular and structural virology, cell biology, pathogenesis, epidemiology and mathematical modelling.

Our research programmes fall into three interconnected themes:

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Chronic & community acquired viral infections

Respiratory infections
Congenital, genital & transplant-acquired infections
Viral hepatitis

Host immunity to infection

Intrinsic immunity
Innate immunity & host species barriers

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Emerging & zoonotic viral infections

Arthropod-borne infections
Ecology & evolution of emerging virus infections

Cross-cutting themes

Virus structure and composition
Viral genomics & bioinformatics