(IN BRIEF) Dr. Edward Emmott, a researcher at the University of Liverpool, has received the prestigious Wellcome Trust Career Development Award, a highly competitive fellowship. This funding will support Dr. Emmott’s crucial research efforts aimed at gaining a deeper understanding of coronavirus replication processes. While progress has been made in developing antiviral drugs targeting viral proteins responsible for replication, important questions about this process in coronaviruses remain unanswered. Dr. Emmott will lead a research team employing various methodologies, including mass spectrometry techniques developed in his lab at the University of Liverpool, to address these questions. His work will focus on unraveling the dynamics of coronavirus replication and how viral proteins regulate this process during infection. This research aims to enhance our comprehension of coronaviruses, their commonalities in human and animal contexts, and ultimately better prepare for potential future outbreaks. Dr. Emmott’s award is a testament to the significance of long-term funding for in-depth scientific investigations, and he is the second University of Liverpool researcher this year to receive this distinguished award, reflecting the institution’s commitment to high-quality research and innovative concepts. The Wellcome Trust Career Development Award supports mid-career researchers across disciplines with the potential to become international research leaders, facilitating the development of their research capabilities and contributions to improving human life, health, and well-being.
(PRESS RELEASE) LIVERPOOL, 1-Dec-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — A University of Liverpool researcher, Dr Edward Emmott, has been awarded a prestigious and highly competitive fellowship, the Wellcome Trust Career Development Award.
This investment will allow Dr. Emmott to bring to light work that will allow the global clinical network to better understand the coronavirus, i. e. , how it replicates.
Work has been done to create antiviral drugs that target the viral proteins responsible for replication, but vital questions remain to be answered about how this procedure works in the coronavirus. Dr. Emmott will lead a team that will address a variety of approaches, adding mass spectrometry strategies. evolved in his lab at the University of Liverpool, to answer those questions.
Dr Edward Emmott, Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology at the University of Liverpool, said: “In-depth studies of this nature cannot be carried out without significant long-term investment such as this. The work will explore the replication dynamics of the coronavirus and how the viral proteins responsible for this change modify and regulate this process around infection. I am incredibly grateful for this award, which gives us a great opportunity to dig deeper into how coronaviruses work, what human and animal coronaviruses have in common, and to better understand coronaviruses so that we are better prepared for potential long-term epidemics.
Dr Emmott is the second researcher at the University of Liverpool to win this award this year. In July, Dr Adeniyi Olagunju was awarded £1. 68 million to conduct studies on the pharmacological protection of pregnancy.
Professor Sonia Rocha PhD, Executive Dean of the Institute for Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, said: “The Wellcome Trust Career Development Award is very prestigious and it is a great achievement for an establishment to get one, so for the institute to get 2 in a significant año. es. This good fortune is a testament to the cutting-edge studies and concepts we produce.
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