Atomic Virology Lab

We're Hiring!

We're looking for a structural enzymologist to help decipher how viruses evolve resistance to antiviral drugs. More details here and apply here.

Prospective students:

We are happy to accept students from the BBSRC DTP programme for PhD projects. We're also happy to hear from potential applicants for Gates Cambridge MPhil or PhD studentships, Cambridge Trust Studentships or Commonwealth Scholarships. You can find details on additional sources of studentship funding on the Department of Pathology prospective students page.

Prospective postdocs:

We are always interested to hear from motivated postdocs who want to apply for fellowships (e.g. from EMBO, HFSP, the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 [Stephen had one of these!], the Royal Society or the Wellcome Trust) to join the lab.

Current lab members

Stephen Graham Professor of Virus:Host Interactions Email: scg34 AT cam DOT ac DOT uk Read Stephen's biography on the Wellcome Trust site

Daniel Nash PhD Candidate Project: Herpes simplex virus infection of neurons Email: dn380 AT cam DOT ac DOT uk

Daniela Lopez-Carter PhD Candidate Project: Herpes simplex virus infection cell-to-cell spread Generously funded by the BSF Email: dsc48 AT cam DOT ac DOT uk

Former lab members

Monique Merchant Postdoctoral Research Associate Last seen: Heading back to the USA

Henry Barrow PhD Candidate Last seen: Working a postdoc with Janet Deane in the CIMR

Kamal Nahas PhD Candidate Last seen: Working as a beamline scientist at Diamond Light Source B24

Ben Butt PhD Candidate Last seen: Working as a data scientist at Exscientia

Tomasz Benedyk PhD Candidate Last seen: Working as a staff scientist at EG 427 Pinpoint Gene Therapy

Susanna Colaco Chief Laboratory Technician Last seen: Enjoying her retirement (probaby at Trumpington Community Orchard)

Alison Rep MPhil Candidate Last seen: Studying for a DPhil at the Dunn School in Oxford

Yue Han Postdoctoral Research Associate Last seen: Working for a pharmaceutical company in Shanghai

Natalia Barbosa Visiting PhD Candidate Last seen: Working as a postdoc with Colin Crump

Kaveesha Wijesinghe (and Milo) Postdoctoral Research Associate Last seen: Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka

Chen Gao Postdoctoral Research Associate Last seen: Working for a Wren Therapeutics

Morag Hunter Postdoctoral Research Associate Last seen: Senior scientist at AstraZeneca

Julia Muenzner Postdoctoral Research Associate Last seen: Postdocing with Markus Ralser at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Danielle Owen PhD Candidate Last seen: Postdocing with Andy Sharrocks in Manchester

Lyudmila Ivanova Postdoctoral Research Associate Last seen: Postdocing in Germany

Edward Scourfield Research Assistant Last seen: Studying for a PhD in London

Sarah Neidel Visiting PhD Candidate Last seen: Working for Daimler in Germany