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Alexander T. Baker

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Finally allowed to talk about our work on #VITT/#TTS! Releasing the structure of the @AstraZeneca SARS-CoV-2 #vaccine vector today. Show binding between vector and PF4 and implications for the rare clotting syndrome seen with some adenovirus vaccines. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…


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Preprint just dropped!🎙️We discover molecular mechanisms of the excruciatingly painful sting of the Scarlet Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis). Title: "Multiple mechanisms of action of an extremely painful venom." 🧵 1/N biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Hoosierflyman's tweet image. Preprint just dropped!🎙️We discover molecular mechanisms of the excruciatingly painful sting of the Scarlet Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis). Title: "Multiple mechanisms of action of an extremely painful venom." 🧵 1/N biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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Thank you @_BSGCT ! These past days had been a blast! I'm so happy I attended this conference! Can't wait for London2025

Huge congrats ⁦@Aly25_09⁩ for being awarded the prize for best poster ⁦@_BSGCT⁩ 🎉🎉👏👏

alanlparker's tweet image. Huge congrats ⁦@Aly25_09⁩ for being awarded the prize for best poster ⁦@_BSGCT⁩ 🎉🎉👏👏


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Thank you @_BSGCT and everyone 😊🙇🏻@UCL_IfWH @UCLTRO

Many congrats to @ProfSimonWad - no more deserved winner of the first services to the society award!!

alanlparker's tweet image. Many congrats to @ProfSimonWad - no more deserved winner of the first services to the society award!!


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📣📣@_BSGCT Oustanding Achievement Award 2024 winner: @ucl @UCLchildhealth @GreatOrmondSt Prof Adrian Thrasher, whose work "put the UK at the forefront of clinical translation of gene therapy". Adrian will collect the award & deliver a lecture at BSGCT 2025 in London. Congrats!🏅

RJYanezMunoz's tweet image. 📣📣@_BSGCT Oustanding Achievement Award 2024 winner: @ucl @UCLchildhealth @GreatOrmondSt Prof Adrian Thrasher, whose work "put the UK at the forefront of clinical translation of gene therapy". Adrian will collect the award & deliver a lecture at BSGCT 2025 in London. Congrats!🏅
RJYanezMunoz's tweet image. 📣📣@_BSGCT Oustanding Achievement Award 2024 winner: @ucl @UCLchildhealth @GreatOrmondSt Prof Adrian Thrasher, whose work "put the UK at the forefront of clinical translation of gene therapy". Adrian will collect the award & deliver a lecture at BSGCT 2025 in London. Congrats!🏅

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📣📣.@_BSGCT Services to the Society Award 2024 winner: @ucl @UCL_IfWH @ProfSimonWad Simon Waddington, for "his dedication to the society’s outreach and engagement goals & efforts in training and promotion of #ECRs, supporting them all the way to senior posts".💪👏🏅Congrats!

RJYanezMunoz's tweet image. 📣📣.@_BSGCT Services to the Society Award 2024 winner: @ucl @UCL_IfWH @ProfSimonWad Simon Waddington, for "his dedication to the society’s outreach and engagement goals & efforts in training and promotion of #ECRs, supporting them all the way to senior posts".💪👏🏅Congrats!
RJYanezMunoz's tweet image. 📣📣.@_BSGCT Services to the Society Award 2024 winner: @ucl @UCL_IfWH @ProfSimonWad Simon Waddington, for "his dedication to the society’s outreach and engagement goals & efforts in training and promotion of #ECRs, supporting them all the way to senior posts".💪👏🏅Congrats!

Alexander T. Baker reposted

Happy Easter 🐣 for those celebrating! Don’t forget, it’s #BSGCT2024 abstract deadline day!! Get those abstracts in and we will see you in Oxford in June!


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Registration is now open for Seminars 2-4 from our “Translational Research” Online Seminar Series in collaboration with @lifearc1 and @CGTCatapult. Next session is on Wednesday 25th at 15:00 BST. Link to register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

_BSGCT's tweet image. Registration is now open for Seminars 2-4 from our “Translational Research” Online Seminar Series in collaboration with @lifearc1 and @CGTCatapult. 

Next session is on Wednesday 25th at 15:00 BST.

Link to register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

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Delighted to share my first, first author paper in @Nature_NPJ Viruses! An incredible setting to receive the news and excited to present this work by myself and my coauthors tonight at the @15thIAM2023! 🦠

This paper has been a long time in the making! A fantastic piece of work by @MundyRosie and what a place for us to discover that it’s online as we are a Blaca Hermitage on the island of Brac on our @15thIAM2023 social! Rosie will be presenting this at the poster session tonight!

alanlparker's tweet image. This paper has been a long time in the making! A fantastic piece of work by @MundyRosie and what a place for us to discover that it’s online as we are a Blaca Hermitage on the island of Brac on our @15thIAM2023 social! Rosie will be presenting this at the poster session tonight!


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2 weeks till the ONLY meeting devoted to #Adenovirus @15thIAM2023 #Structure #Receptor #Pathogenesis #Vaccine #GeneTherapy #Oncolytic & all things adenovirus! We focus on ECR talks & select keynotes. What are you most looking forward to? event.fourwaves.com/iam2023/pages CU in Brac! 🇭🇷


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Our Webinars are back after the summer break! We are delighted to have Dr. John Counsell as our guest speaker. During his talk next week, he will discuss work his team are doing to develop a new technology to tackle a significant unmet need in paediatric metabolic medicine.

_BSGCT's tweet image. Our Webinars are back after the summer break! We are delighted to have Dr. John Counsell as our guest speaker. During his talk next week, he will discuss work his team are doing to develop a new technology to tackle a significant unmet need in paediatric metabolic medicine.

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Absolutely delighted to see @_BSGCT Board member Raj Karda @Dr_RKarda promoted to @ucl Assoc Prof, together w/ BSGCT member John Counsell. Other #GeneTherapy experts promoted are Gabriele Lignani @gabrilignani to Prof of Translational Neuroscience & Alessia Cavazza to Assoc Prof

RJYanezMunoz's tweet image. Absolutely delighted to see @_BSGCT Board member Raj Karda @Dr_RKarda promoted to @ucl Assoc Prof, together w/ BSGCT member John Counsell. Other #GeneTherapy experts promoted are Gabriele Lignani @gabrilignani to Prof of Translational Neuroscience & Alessia Cavazza to Assoc Prof
RJYanezMunoz's tweet image. Absolutely delighted to see @_BSGCT Board member Raj Karda @Dr_RKarda promoted to @ucl Assoc Prof, together w/ BSGCT member John Counsell. Other #GeneTherapy experts promoted are Gabriele Lignani @gabrilignani to Prof of Translational Neuroscience & Alessia Cavazza to Assoc Prof

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This series of tweets highlights @_BSGCT history, activities, successes, support, awards & people. Membership is critical to being representative of the community & revenue (but we keep fees low & have free categories). Please consider becoming a member: bsgct.org/become-a-member

RJYanezMunoz's tweet image. This series of tweets highlights @_BSGCT history, activities,  successes, support, awards & people. Membership is critical to being representative of the community & revenue (but we keep fees low & have free categories). Please consider becoming a member: bsgct.org/become-a-member

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This is the @_BSGCT Board 2022-23. L-R: Mustafa Munye, @GerryMcL_ @BeataCordle @Dr_RKarda @StuNicklin, me, @alanlparker @IvanaBarbaric3, Christos Georgiadis, @DrGiuliaMassaro @ProtEngineer @RebecaGilG @carlymaybliss, & inset @amy_geard. A formidable team I'm very proud of🤩🤩👏👏

RJYanezMunoz's tweet image. This is the @_BSGCT Board 2022-23. L-R: Mustafa Munye, @GerryMcL_ @BeataCordle @Dr_RKarda @StuNicklin, me, @alanlparker @IvanaBarbaric3, Christos Georgiadis, @DrGiuliaMassaro @ProtEngineer @RebecaGilG @carlymaybliss, & inset @amy_geard. A formidable team I'm very proud of🤩🤩👏👏

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This week we held @_BSGCT 2023 conference at @SteBioCat, hosted by @gsk & @KadansScience Sycamore House, w/ support from @CGTCatapult & @UKRMP_PSEC. We celebrated our 20th anniversary. As current President, I will summarise history and achievements in next few tweets. #BSGCT2023

RJYanezMunoz's tweet image. This week we held @_BSGCT 2023 conference at @SteBioCat, hosted by @gsk & @KadansScience Sycamore House, w/ support from @CGTCatapult & @UKRMP_PSEC. We celebrated our 20th anniversary. As current President, I will summarise history and achievements in next few tweets. #BSGCT2023

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Excited to have Hardev Pandha talking about virotherapy for bladder cancer. Opening our final session @_BSGCT

ProtEngineer's tweet image. Excited to have Hardev Pandha talking about virotherapy for bladder cancer. Opening our final session @_BSGCT

A wonderful talk on #GeneTherapy for motor neuron disorders from @DrJo_Ng at @_BSGCT annual conference this morning. Incredible to see reversal of debilitating symptoms.

ProtEngineer's tweet image. A wonderful talk on #GeneTherapy for motor neuron disorders from @DrJo_Ng at @_BSGCT annual conference this morning.

Incredible to see reversal of debilitating symptoms.

Alexander T. Baker reposted

New paper showcasing work from the PhDs of @NedaAliMohamma and myself with @RJYanezMunoz and a collaboration with @BowermanNMD @HeidiRFuller @Scattyowen Read all about our novel SMN1 transgene, motor neurons and lentiviral #genetherapy for #SMA here: rdcu.be/dezQ6

drelliechilcott's tweet image. New paper showcasing work from the PhDs of @NedaAliMohamma and myself with @RJYanezMunoz and a collaboration with @BowermanNMD @HeidiRFuller @Scattyowen

Read all about our novel SMN1 transgene, motor neurons and lentiviral #genetherapy for #SMA here: rdcu.be/dezQ6

Alexander T. Baker reposted

Amazing Fellowship opportunity @School_Pharmacy overseeing UCL GTx Neuro Viral Vector Facility and developing your research in #AAV #genetherapy tech with @brc @GreatOrmondSt Apply here! @_BSGCT @ESGCT @ASGCTherapy @DrGiuliaMassaro @SimonWad @UCLTRO ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…


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