Alan Parker

(A rare political post - scroll on if not of interest!)

I don’t agree with all the @greenparty.org.uk stand for, but I’m 💯 behind the pro-EU and sustainable energy stance and treating all with kindness & respect regardless of race.

Their win in Gorton and Denton is a victory for hope over hate.

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First patient recruited in clinical trial using cancer-targeting virus The ATTEST trial is using a pioneering virus technology to infect cancer cells.

Special thanks to @cancerwales.bsky.social and @cancerresearchuk.org who funded the early work on the development of this agent, and without which this agent would never have been created.

An incredibly proud moment, and a nice way to wrap up 2025. I am indebted to the incredibly talented and dedicated VITAL team (pictured) and our commercial partners at Accession Therapeutics for delivering.

www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/29...

FindAPhD : The MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) PhD Funded Programme at University of Glasgow Apply for a PhD: The MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) PhD Funded Programme at University of Glasgow

Are you fascinated by viruses? Would you like to design your own original research project in the UK's largest virology centre? Why not come and do a PhD @cvrinfo.bsky.social - application deadline 6th Jan 2026 (1/1): www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

Thanks so much, Ed! Really appreciate it. By pure coincidence, we announced the treating of our first patient in our clinical trial this week too, so the timing is very apt! Appreciate the kind words. Thanks 🙏

Collage with headshots of ten individuals with a message announcing 'Prize Winners 2026 – Presenting at Annual Conference 2026.'

The Microbiology Society is pleased to announce the winners of our 2026 Prizes! The winners will be awarded and deliver Prize Lectures at Annual Conference 2026 in Belfast from 13–16 April. Find out more about it: microb.io/PrizeWinners.... Meet the winners below. #Microbio26

Absolutely delighted and genuinely humbled to be awarded the @microbiologysociety.org Translational Microbiology Prize for 2026. Hugely grateful to my amazing group (past and present) here in Cardiff, and to all the inspiring collaborators who have worked with us over the last decade or so.

Accession Therapeutics doses first patient in Phase 1 clinical trial of TROCEPT-01 (ATTR-01), a novel cancer immunotherapy Accession Therapeutics Limited, a biopharmaceutical company developing next generation cancer immunotherapies, today announced it has dosed the first patient in its Phase I clinical trial evaluating T...

A major milestone for Accession Therapeutics, and a fairly huge personal milestone, also.

www.accessiontherapeutics.com/post/accessi...

📢📢FINAL CALL!! Closes tomorrow (Mon 20th Oct)

Want a cool, blue skies project, integrating machine learning with virology to develop the medicines 💊of the future?

Want to join a supportive team with an incredible culture?

Apply now! 🧬🔬🧪🦠👨‍🔬👩‍🔬

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Great to have this out as a preprint - a fantastic collaborative effort led ably by the dream team of Rosie and Kasim....have a look, the structures are amazing!

Great to have this out as a preprint - a fantastic collaborative effort led ably by the dream team of Rosie and Kasim....have a look, the structures are amazing!

Potential @gw4biomeddtp.bsky.social 4 year PhD project for Oct 2026 start adopting machine learning to develop precision virotherapies - co-supervisors Yukun Lai, @mariekedoesscience.bsky.social, Kerry Wadey & Julian Fischer. Come, make some smart viruses with us!

gw4biomed.ac.uk/developing-p...

next meeting Friday 5th September 1-2.30pm at Cancer Genetics Building, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff CF14 4XN

Make sure you don't miss our next #Advancedtherapies MDRG on Friday.

Hear from Dr Michael Chapman -'CAR-T therapy in haematological malignancy' and Professor Andrew Sewell 'How T-Cells clear cancer'

Virtual option available

#Research

@alanlparker.bsky.social @lifesciencescymru.bsky.social

An αvβ6-specific virotherapy expressing bispecific immune cell activators induces immune cell activation to mediate tumor cell death Virotherapies can deliver anti-cancer therapeutics directly to tumors. Bayliss and colleagues develop a precision virotherapy expressing bispecific immunotherapies from tumor cells resulting in immune...

Very excited our paper describing the development of a precision Virotherapy directly delivering bispecific molecules to tumour cells is in it's final polished form!
www.cell.com/molecular-th...

Eisteddfod sign on the maes

Image of paper virus templates, and materials used for building

Image of our build a virus stand

Am Sdeddfod wych!! Diolch o galon i bawb ddaeth i'n gweld ni ym mhabell @prifysgolcdydd.bsky.social, i ddysgu mwy am ein gwaith yn Uned firoleg gymhwysol Cymru Wales Applied Virology Unit (WAVU). Braf odd cal gweld y "firysau" oddachi wedi ei greu o gwmpas y maes!

Doh! 🤦🏻‍♂️. Thanks for seconding anyway 😂👍🏻

If you’re visiting #Eisteddfodd today, do speak to the awesome @lunedbadder.bsky.social representing @cardiffunilib.bsky.social, the VITAL lab & HCRW Wales Applied Virology Unit (WAVU), explaining how we develop “#SmartViruses” to treat #Cancer. You can even make a designer virus of your own!

Congratulations to @gw4biomeddtp.bsky.social @atwales.bsky.social funded PhD student Rosie Mundy, presenting her groundbreaking structural and transcriptomic analysis of Ad10 today at the International Adenovirus Meeting at @cardiffunilib.bsky.social centre for student life.

Big moment for the youngest, collecting his first cap for @glamcricket.bsky.social U13 yesterday. Two terrific matches against a strong Gloucestershire U13 but showed their class securing back to back T20 wins. Exciting times ahead! 👏👏🏏 💥

Thanks for inviting me to be an honorary @pharmacycu.bsky.social member for and to talk "how to train your virus" at the ever wonderful @pintofscience.uk event at Tiny Rebel, Cardiff! A great evening talking about crossing the "Valley of Death" and into the clinic with our "smart viruses".

A photograph of Alan Parker next to text describing his talk on "How to train your virus" for Pint of Science 2025

Looking forward to my favourite #PublicEngagement event @pintofscience! I'll talk "how to train your virus" at @TinyRebelCdff on 20/05, discussing how we turned a disease causing "nasty" into a clinical stage anticancer medicine. Grab a pint, pop along! pintofscience.co.uk/event/from-b...

Health and Care Research Wales announces appointments of Senior Research Leaders

Thrilled and honoured to be announced as a Health and Care Research Wales Senior Research Leader. Looking forward to contributing towards accelerating translational research, shaping policy and mentoring the next generation of researchers in Wales.

healthandcareresearchwales.org/about/news/h...

Reposting the job link!

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Join our new Wales Applied Virology Unit as a Lecturer in Infectious Disease Epidemiology / Behavioural Science!

See the advert here:

krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search…

And contact WAVU co-director David Gillespie for informal enquiries.

#NewPI #Lecturer #GroupLeader #Job #Opportunity

Well, this is exciting, and has been a long time in the making. Many thanks to the many, many exceptional authors for their expert contributions. Would make a lovely Easter gift....(who needs chocolate eggs, right...?)

Fantastic talk from Prof Stephanie Schorge - discussing the path to translation for taking a lentiviral therapy for epilepsy from preclinical to clinical translation! A rollercoaster of a journey many of us can relate to!

Great to be over in London today UCL institute for child heath for what promises to be an awesome day of #AdvancedTherapies #UCL2025AdvTx . Thanks @atwales.bsky.social for funding my trip over! Looking forward to a great day!

Fantastic to have you there representing us today @alanlparker.bsky.social

#AdvancedTherapies