Mr Colin Loney
- Bioimaging Manager (Virology)
telephone:
01413305775
email:
Colin.Loney@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
He/him/his
Henry Wellcome Building Rm 212, MRC-UofG Centre for Virus Research, 464 Bearsden Road, Glasgow, G61 1QH, G61 1QH
Publications
2025
Weir, Daniel, Bentley-Abbot, Calum, McCowan, Jack, Loney, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-1781, Roberts, Edward
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8229-1715 and Hutchinson, Edward
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3673-9096
(2025)
Induction of tunnelling nanotube-like structures by influenza A viruses requires the onset of apoptosis.
PLoS Pathogens, 21(6),
e1013191.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1013191)
(Early Online Publication)
2023
Pirillo, C. et al. (2023) Cotransfer of antigen and contextual information harmonizes peripheral and lymph node conventional dendritic cell activation. Science Immunology, 8(85), eadg8249. (doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adg8249) (PMID:37478193) (PMCID:PMC7616026)
Pinto, R. M. et al. (2023) BTN3A3 evasion promotes the zoonotic potential of influenza A viruses. Nature, 619(7969), pp. 338-347. (doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06261-8) (PMID:37380775)
2022
Sims, A. et al. (2022) Superinfection exclusion creates spatially distinct influenza virus populations. PLoS Biology, 21(2), e3001941. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001941) (PMID:36757937) (PMCID:PMC9910727)
Quintana, J. F. et al. (2022) Single cell and spatial transcriptomic analyses reveal microglia-plasma cell crosstalk in the brain during Trypanosoma brucei infection. Nature Communications, 13, 5752. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33542-z) (PMID:36180478) (PMCID:PMC9525673)
2021
Wickenhagen, A. et al. (2021) A prenylated dsRNA sensor protects against severe COVID-19. Science, 374(6567), eabj3624. (doi: 10.1126/science.abj3624) (PMID:34581622) (PMCID:PMC7612834)
Lau, B. et al. (2021) Human cytomegalovirus RNA2.7 is required for upregulating multiple cellular genes to promote cell motility and viral spread late in lytic infection. Journal of Virology, 95(20), e00698-21. (doi: 10.1128/JVI.00698-21) (PMID:34346763) (PMCID:PMC8475523)
Rihn, S. J. et al. (2021) A plasmid DNA-launched SARS-CoV-2 reverse genetics system and coronavirus toolkit for COVID-19 research. PLoS Biology, 19(2), e3001091. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001091) (PMID:33630831) (PMCID:PMC7906417)
2020
Vijayakrishnan, Swetha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1895-1272, McElwee, Marion, Loney, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-1781, Rixon, Frazer and Bhella, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2096-8310
(2020)
In situ structure of virus capsids within cell nuclei by correlative light and cryo-electron tomography.
Scientific Reports, 10,
17596.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-74104-x)
(PMID:33077791)
(PMCID:PMC7572381)
Banerjee, A. K. et al. (2020) SARS-CoV-2 disrupts splicing, translation, and protein trafficking to suppress host defenses. Cell, (doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.10.004) (PMID:33080218) (PMCID:PMC7543886)
McFarlane, M. et al. (2020) The Aedes aegypti Domino orthologue p400 regulates antiviral exogenous small interfering RNA pathway activity and ago-2 expression. mSphere, 5(2), e00081-20. (doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00081-20) (PMID:32269152) (PMCID:PMC7142294)
2019
Gray, Alexander, Capewell, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8803-5034, Loney, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-1781, Katzer, Frank, Shiels, Brian R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7595-2514 and Weir, William
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8648-666X
(2019)
Sheep as host species for zoonotic Babesia venatorum, United Kingdom.
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25(12),
pp. 2257-2260.
(doi: 10.3201/eid2512.190459)
(PMID:31742518)
(PMCID:PMC6874260)
Qi, Yao, Montague, Paul, Loney, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-1781, Campbell, Clare, Shafie, Intan, Anderson, Thomas
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1266-0906 and McLaughlin, Mark
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5317-2090
(2019)
In vitro evidence consistent with an interaction between wild type and a mutant SOD 1 protein associated with canine degenerative myelopathy.
European Journal of Neuroscience, 50(12),
pp. 3896-3905.
(doi: 10.1111/ejn.14526)
(PMID:31336405)
Periz, Javier, Del Rosario, Mario, McStea, Alexandra, Gras, Simon, Loney, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-1781, Wang, Lin, Martin-Fernandez, Marisa L. and Meissner, Markus
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4816-5221
(2019)
A highly dynamic F-actin network regulates transport and recycling of micronemes in Toxoplasma gondii vacuoles.
Nature Communications, 10,
4183.
(doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12136-2)
(PMID:31519913)
(PMCID:PMC6744512)
McFarlane, S. et al. (2019) The histone chaperone HIRA promotes the induction of host innate immune defences in response to HSV-1 infection. PLoS Pathogens, 15(3), e1007667. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007667) (PMID:30901352) (PMCID:PMC6472835)
2018
Alandijany, Thamir, Roberts, Ashley P.E., Conn, Kristen L., Loney, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-1781, McFarlane, Steven, Orr, Anne and Boutell, Chris
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2970-7785
(2018)
Distinct temporal roles for the promyelocytic leukaemia (PML) protein in the sequential regulation of intracellular host immunity to HSV-1 infection.
PLoS Pathogens, 14(1),
e1006769.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006769)
(PMID:29309427)
(PMCID:PMC5757968)
2013
Vijayakrishnan, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1895-1272, Loney, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-1781, Jackson, D., Suphamungmee, W., Rixon, F.J. and Bhella, D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2096-8310
(2013)
Cryotomography of budding influenza a virus reveals filaments with diverse morphologies that mostly do not bear a genome at their distal end.
PLoS Pathogens, 9(6),
e1003413.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003413)
2007
Maclellan, K., Loney, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-1781, Yeo, R.P. and Bhella, D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2096-8310
(2007)
The 24-angstrom structure of respiratory syncytial virus nucleocapsid protein-RNA decameric rings.
Journal of Virology, 81(17),
pp. 9519-9524.
(doi: 10.1128/JVI.00526-07)
2003
Murphy, L.B., Loney, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-1781, Murray, J., Bhella, D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2096-8310, Ashton, P. and Yeo, R.P.
(2003)
Investigations into the amino-terminal domain of the respiratory syncytial virus nucleocapsid protein reveal elements important for nucleocapsid formation and interaction with the phosphoprotein.
Virology, 307(1),
pp. 143-53.
(doi: 10.1016/S0042-6822(02)00063-6)
1992
McLauchlan, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2217-9948, Phelan, A., Loney, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-1781, Sandri-Goldin, R.M. and Clements, J.B.
(1992)
Herpes simplex virus IE63 acts at the posttranscriptional level to stimulate viral mRNA 3' processing.
Journal of Virology, 66(12),
pp. 6939-6945.
Articles
Weir, Daniel, Bentley-Abbot, Calum, McCowan, Jack, Loney, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-1781, Roberts, Edward
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8229-1715 and Hutchinson, Edward
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3673-9096
(2025)
Induction of tunnelling nanotube-like structures by influenza A viruses requires the onset of apoptosis.
PLoS Pathogens, 21(6),
e1013191.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1013191)
(Early Online Publication)
Pirillo, C. et al. (2023) Cotransfer of antigen and contextual information harmonizes peripheral and lymph node conventional dendritic cell activation. Science Immunology, 8(85), eadg8249. (doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adg8249) (PMID:37478193) (PMCID:PMC7616026)
Pinto, R. M. et al. (2023) BTN3A3 evasion promotes the zoonotic potential of influenza A viruses. Nature, 619(7969), pp. 338-347. (doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06261-8) (PMID:37380775)
Sims, A. et al. (2022) Superinfection exclusion creates spatially distinct influenza virus populations. PLoS Biology, 21(2), e3001941. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001941) (PMID:36757937) (PMCID:PMC9910727)
Quintana, J. F. et al. (2022) Single cell and spatial transcriptomic analyses reveal microglia-plasma cell crosstalk in the brain during Trypanosoma brucei infection. Nature Communications, 13, 5752. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33542-z) (PMID:36180478) (PMCID:PMC9525673)
Wickenhagen, A. et al. (2021) A prenylated dsRNA sensor protects against severe COVID-19. Science, 374(6567), eabj3624. (doi: 10.1126/science.abj3624) (PMID:34581622) (PMCID:PMC7612834)
Lau, B. et al. (2021) Human cytomegalovirus RNA2.7 is required for upregulating multiple cellular genes to promote cell motility and viral spread late in lytic infection. Journal of Virology, 95(20), e00698-21. (doi: 10.1128/JVI.00698-21) (PMID:34346763) (PMCID:PMC8475523)
Rihn, S. J. et al. (2021) A plasmid DNA-launched SARS-CoV-2 reverse genetics system and coronavirus toolkit for COVID-19 research. PLoS Biology, 19(2), e3001091. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001091) (PMID:33630831) (PMCID:PMC7906417)
Vijayakrishnan, Swetha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1895-1272, McElwee, Marion, Loney, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-1781, Rixon, Frazer and Bhella, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2096-8310
(2020)
In situ structure of virus capsids within cell nuclei by correlative light and cryo-electron tomography.
Scientific Reports, 10,
17596.
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-74104-x)
(PMID:33077791)
(PMCID:PMC7572381)
Banerjee, A. K. et al. (2020) SARS-CoV-2 disrupts splicing, translation, and protein trafficking to suppress host defenses. Cell, (doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.10.004) (PMID:33080218) (PMCID:PMC7543886)
McFarlane, M. et al. (2020) The Aedes aegypti Domino orthologue p400 regulates antiviral exogenous small interfering RNA pathway activity and ago-2 expression. mSphere, 5(2), e00081-20. (doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00081-20) (PMID:32269152) (PMCID:PMC7142294)
Gray, Alexander, Capewell, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8803-5034, Loney, Colin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-1781, Katzer, Frank, Shiels, Brian R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7595-2514 and Weir, William
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8648-666X
(2019)
Sheep as host species for zoonotic Babesia venatorum, United Kingdom.
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25(12),
pp. 2257-2260.
(doi: 10.3201/eid2512.190459)
(PMID:31742518)
(PMCID:PMC6874260)
Qi, Yao, Montague, Paul, Loney, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-1781, Campbell, Clare, Shafie, Intan, Anderson, Thomas
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1266-0906 and McLaughlin, Mark
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5317-2090
(2019)
In vitro evidence consistent with an interaction between wild type and a mutant SOD 1 protein associated with canine degenerative myelopathy.
European Journal of Neuroscience, 50(12),
pp. 3896-3905.
(doi: 10.1111/ejn.14526)
(PMID:31336405)
Periz, Javier, Del Rosario, Mario, McStea, Alexandra, Gras, Simon, Loney, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-1781, Wang, Lin, Martin-Fernandez, Marisa L. and Meissner, Markus
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4816-5221
(2019)
A highly dynamic F-actin network regulates transport and recycling of micronemes in Toxoplasma gondii vacuoles.
Nature Communications, 10,
4183.
(doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12136-2)
(PMID:31519913)
(PMCID:PMC6744512)
McFarlane, S. et al. (2019) The histone chaperone HIRA promotes the induction of host innate immune defences in response to HSV-1 infection. PLoS Pathogens, 15(3), e1007667. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007667) (PMID:30901352) (PMCID:PMC6472835)
Alandijany, Thamir, Roberts, Ashley P.E., Conn, Kristen L., Loney, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-1781, McFarlane, Steven, Orr, Anne and Boutell, Chris
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2970-7785
(2018)
Distinct temporal roles for the promyelocytic leukaemia (PML) protein in the sequential regulation of intracellular host immunity to HSV-1 infection.
PLoS Pathogens, 14(1),
e1006769.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006769)
(PMID:29309427)
(PMCID:PMC5757968)
Vijayakrishnan, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1895-1272, Loney, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-1781, Jackson, D., Suphamungmee, W., Rixon, F.J. and Bhella, D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2096-8310
(2013)
Cryotomography of budding influenza a virus reveals filaments with diverse morphologies that mostly do not bear a genome at their distal end.
PLoS Pathogens, 9(6),
e1003413.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003413)
Maclellan, K., Loney, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-1781, Yeo, R.P. and Bhella, D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2096-8310
(2007)
The 24-angstrom structure of respiratory syncytial virus nucleocapsid protein-RNA decameric rings.
Journal of Virology, 81(17),
pp. 9519-9524.
(doi: 10.1128/JVI.00526-07)
Murphy, L.B., Loney, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-1781, Murray, J., Bhella, D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2096-8310, Ashton, P. and Yeo, R.P.
(2003)
Investigations into the amino-terminal domain of the respiratory syncytial virus nucleocapsid protein reveal elements important for nucleocapsid formation and interaction with the phosphoprotein.
Virology, 307(1),
pp. 143-53.
(doi: 10.1016/S0042-6822(02)00063-6)
McLauchlan, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2217-9948, Phelan, A., Loney, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-1781, Sandri-Goldin, R.M. and Clements, J.B.
(1992)
Herpes simplex virus IE63 acts at the posttranscriptional level to stimulate viral mRNA 3' processing.
Journal of Virology, 66(12),
pp. 6939-6945.
Research datasets
2025
Weir, D., Bentley-Abbot, C., Loney, C. , Roberts, E., Hutchinson, E. and McCowan, J. (2025) Induction of tunnelling nanotube-like structures by influenza A viruses requires the onset of apoptosis. [Data Collection]
2022
Sims, A., Burgess Tornaletti, L., Jasim, S., Pirillo, C., Devlin, R., Hirst, J., Loney, C. , Wojtus, J., Sloan, E., Thorley, L., Boutell, C. , Roberts, E. and Hutchinson, E. (2022) Superinfection exclusion creates spatially distinct influenza virus populations. [Data Collection]
2021
Wickenhagen, A., Sugrue, E. , Lytras, S., Kuchi, S., Noerenberg, M. , Turnbull, M. , Loney, C. , Herder, V., Allan, J., Jarmson, I., Cameron Ruiz, N., Varjak, M. , Pinto, R. , Lee, J. Y., Iselin, L., Palmalux, N., Stewart, D., Swingler, S., Greenwood, E. J. D., Crozier, T. W. M., Gu, Q. , Davies, E., Clohisey, S., Wang, B., Trindade Maranhã Costa, F., Santana, M. F., Carlos de Lima Ferreira, L., Murphy, L., Fawkes, A., Meynert, A., Grimes, G., ISARICC investigators, , Da Silva Filho, J. , Marti, M. , Hughes, J. , Stanton, R. J., Wang, E. C. Y., Ho, A. , Davis, I., Jarrett, R. , Castello, A. , Robertson, D. , Semple, M. G., Openshaw, P. J. M., Palmarini, M. , Lehner, P. J., Baillie, K., Rihn, S. and Wilson, S. (2021) A Prenylated dsRNA Sensor Protects Against Severe COVID-19. [Data Collection]
2019
Qi, Y., Montague, P., Loney, C., Campbell, C., Shafie, I., Anderson, T. and McLaughlin, M. (2019) In vitro evidence consistent with an interaction between wild type and a mutant SOD1 protein associated with canine degenerative myelopathy. [Data Collection]