Angika Basant
angika.bsky.social
Angika Basant
@angika.bsky.social
Cell biologist. Group leader/Wellcome CDA Fellow, Randall Centre at King’s College London
Excited to share our new lab website! angikabasantlab.academic.ws
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Reposted by Angika Basant
Thrilled to share that my first paper in the lab of @drmichaelway.bsky.social is now published in @narjournal.bsky.social!

We showed that Topoisomerase 2α and 2β have opposing roles in vaccinia virus replication, one promoting and the other restricting it 👇🏼

doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
Nonredundant roles of topoisomerase 2α and 2β in the cytosolic replication of vaccinia virus
Abstract. Vaccinia virus is a large enveloped DNA virus, which, like all poxviruses, replicates in the cytoplasm of infected cells. Vaccinia was historical
doi.org
June 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM