Dr Wilhelm Furnon
- Research Associate (Virology)
telephone:
0044 141 3302184
email:
Wilhelm.Furnon@glasgow.ac.uk
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5588-4232Publications
2025
Furnon, W. et al. (2025) Phenotypic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 spike during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Microbiology, 10, pp. 77-93. (doi: 10.1038/s41564-024-01878-5) (PMID:39753670) (PMCID:PMC11726466)
2024
Herder, V. et al. (2024) Correlates of disease severity in bluetongue as a model of acute arbovirus infection. PLoS Pathogens, 20(8), e1012466. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012466) (PMID:39150989) (PMCID:PMC11357116)
Ogger, P. P. et al. (2024) SARS-CoV-2 strains bearing Omicron BA.1 spike replicate in C57BL/6 mice. Frontiers in Immunology, 15, 1383612. (doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1383612) (PMID:38742107) (PMCID:PMC11089223)
Herder, V. et al. (2024) A machine learning framework to identify the correlates of disease severity in acute arbovirus infection. bioRxiv, (doi: 10.1101/2024.02.23.581333)
Furnon, W. , Cowton, V., De Lorenzo, G. , Patel, A. and Palmarini, M. (2024) Evolution of enhanced innate immune suppression by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants. Nature Microbiology, 9, pp. 451-463. (doi: 10.1038/s41564-023-01588-4) (PMID:38228858) (PMCID:PMC10847042)
2023
Meehan, G. R. et al. (2023) Phenotyping the virulence of SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamsters by digital pathology and machine learning. PLoS Pathogens, 19(11), e1011589. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011589) (PMID:37934791) (PMCID:PMC10656012)
Bouhaddou, M. et al. (2023) SARS-CoV-2 variants evolve convergent strategies to remodel the host response. Cell, 186(21), pp. 4597-4614. (doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.08.026) (PMID:37738970) (PMCID:PMC10604369)
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)
Hardy, A. et al. (2023) The timing and magnitude of the type I interferon response are correlated with disease tolerance in arbovirus infection. mBio, 14(3), e0010123. (doi: 10.1128/mbio.00101-23) (PMID:37097030) (PMCID:PMC10294695)
2022
Lista, M. J. et al. (2022) The P681H mutation in the spike glycoprotein of the alpha variant of SARS-CoV-2 escapes IFITM restriction and is necessary for type I interferon resistance. Journal of Virology, 96(23), e0125022. (doi: 10.1128/jvi.01250-22) (PMID:36350154) (PMCID:PMC9749455)
Willett, B. J. et al. (2022) Publisher Correction: SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway. Nature Microbiology, 7, 1709. (doi: 10.1038/s41564-022-01241-6) (PMID:36114232) (PMCID:PMC9483304)
Willett, B. J. et al. (2022) SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway. Nature Microbiology, 7(8), pp. 1161-1179. (doi: 10.1038/s41564-022-01143-7) (PMID:35798890) (PMCID:PMC9352574)
Zhou, J. et al. (2022) Mutations that adapt SARS-CoV-2 to mink or ferret do not increase fitness in the human airway. Cell Reports, 38(6), 110344. (doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110344) (PMID:35093235) (PMCID:PMC8768428)
2021
Szemiel, A. M. et al. (2021) In vitro selection of Remdesivir resistance suggests evolutionary predictability of SARS-CoV-2. PLoS Pathogens, 17(9), e1009929. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009929) (PMID:34534263) (PMCID:PMC8496873)
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)
2019
Furnon, W. et al. (2019) Remodeling of the actin network associated with the non-structural protein 1 (NS1) of West Nile virus and formation of NS1-containing tunneling nanotubes. Viruses, 11(10), 901. (doi: 10.3390/v11100901) (PMID:31569658)
2017
Hadpech, S. et al. (2017) Alpha-helicoidal HEAT-like repeat proteins (αRep) selected as interactors of HIV-1 nucleocapsid negatively interfere with viral genome packaging and virus maturation. Scientific Reports, 7, 16335. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16451-w) (PMID:29180782) (PMCID:PMC5703948)
Articles
Furnon, W. et al. (2025) Phenotypic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 spike during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Microbiology, 10, pp. 77-93. (doi: 10.1038/s41564-024-01878-5) (PMID:39753670) (PMCID:PMC11726466)
Herder, V. et al. (2024) Correlates of disease severity in bluetongue as a model of acute arbovirus infection. PLoS Pathogens, 20(8), e1012466. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012466) (PMID:39150989) (PMCID:PMC11357116)
Ogger, P. P. et al. (2024) SARS-CoV-2 strains bearing Omicron BA.1 spike replicate in C57BL/6 mice. Frontiers in Immunology, 15, 1383612. (doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1383612) (PMID:38742107) (PMCID:PMC11089223)
Herder, V. et al. (2024) A machine learning framework to identify the correlates of disease severity in acute arbovirus infection. bioRxiv, (doi: 10.1101/2024.02.23.581333)
Furnon, W. , Cowton, V., De Lorenzo, G. , Patel, A. and Palmarini, M. (2024) Evolution of enhanced innate immune suppression by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants. Nature Microbiology, 9, pp. 451-463. (doi: 10.1038/s41564-023-01588-4) (PMID:38228858) (PMCID:PMC10847042)
Meehan, G. R. et al. (2023) Phenotyping the virulence of SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamsters by digital pathology and machine learning. PLoS Pathogens, 19(11), e1011589. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011589) (PMID:37934791) (PMCID:PMC10656012)
Bouhaddou, M. et al. (2023) SARS-CoV-2 variants evolve convergent strategies to remodel the host response. Cell, 186(21), pp. 4597-4614. (doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.08.026) (PMID:37738970) (PMCID:PMC10604369)
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)
Hardy, A. et al. (2023) The timing and magnitude of the type I interferon response are correlated with disease tolerance in arbovirus infection. mBio, 14(3), e0010123. (doi: 10.1128/mbio.00101-23) (PMID:37097030) (PMCID:PMC10294695)
Lista, M. J. et al. (2022) The P681H mutation in the spike glycoprotein of the alpha variant of SARS-CoV-2 escapes IFITM restriction and is necessary for type I interferon resistance. Journal of Virology, 96(23), e0125022. (doi: 10.1128/jvi.01250-22) (PMID:36350154) (PMCID:PMC9749455)
Willett, B. J. et al. (2022) Publisher Correction: SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway. Nature Microbiology, 7, 1709. (doi: 10.1038/s41564-022-01241-6) (PMID:36114232) (PMCID:PMC9483304)
Willett, B. J. et al. (2022) SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway. Nature Microbiology, 7(8), pp. 1161-1179. (doi: 10.1038/s41564-022-01143-7) (PMID:35798890) (PMCID:PMC9352574)
Zhou, J. et al. (2022) Mutations that adapt SARS-CoV-2 to mink or ferret do not increase fitness in the human airway. Cell Reports, 38(6), 110344. (doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110344) (PMID:35093235) (PMCID:PMC8768428)
Szemiel, A. M. et al. (2021) In vitro selection of Remdesivir resistance suggests evolutionary predictability of SARS-CoV-2. PLoS Pathogens, 17(9), e1009929. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009929) (PMID:34534263) (PMCID:PMC8496873)
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)
Furnon, W. et al. (2019) Remodeling of the actin network associated with the non-structural protein 1 (NS1) of West Nile virus and formation of NS1-containing tunneling nanotubes. Viruses, 11(10), 901. (doi: 10.3390/v11100901) (PMID:31569658)
Hadpech, S. et al. (2017) Alpha-helicoidal HEAT-like repeat proteins (αRep) selected as interactors of HIV-1 nucleocapsid negatively interfere with viral genome packaging and virus maturation. Scientific Reports, 7, 16335. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16451-w) (PMID:29180782) (PMCID:PMC5703948)
Research datasets
2024
Furnon, W. , Cowton, V. M., De Lorenzo, G. , Orton, R. , Herder, V. , Cantoni, D. , Ilia, G., Correa Mendonca, D. , Kerr, K., Allan, J., Upfold, N. , Meehan, G. R. , Bakshi, S., Das, U. R., Molina Arias, S., McElwee, M., Little, S., Logan, N., Kwok, K. , Smollett, K. , Willett, B. , Da Silva Filipe, A. , Robertson, D. L. , Grove, J. , Patel, A. H. and Palmarini, M. (2024) Phenotypic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 spike throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. [Data Collection]
2023
Meehan, G. , Herder, V. , Allan, J., Huang, X., Kerr, K., Correa Mendonca, D. , Ilia, G., Wright, D. , Nomikou, K., Gu, Q. , Molina Arias, S., Hansmann, F., Hardas, A., Attipa, C., De Lorenzo, G. , Cowton, V., Upfold, N. , Palmalux, N., Brown, J., Barclay, W., Da Silva Filipe, A. , Furnon, W. , Patel, A. and Palmarini, M. (2023) Phenotyping the virulence of SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamsters by digital pathology and machine learning. [Data Collection]
2021
Szemiel, A., Orton, R. , MacLean, O. , Furnon, W. and Stewart, M. (2021) In vitro selection of Remdesivir resistance suggests evolutionary predictability of SARS-CoV-2. [Data Collection]