Nelly Mak
@nellymak.bsky.social
Postdoc in the Jolly lab @UCL studying T cell reprogramming by HIV-1 🇬🇧 | PhD on bat antiviral IFITMs @Edinburgh🦇 | virus-host interactions 🦠 | 🏠 Hong Kong
Twitter @NellyMak_sc (for Sky Follower Bridge)
Twitter @NellyMak_sc (for Sky Follower Bridge)
Got promoted to @richardsloanlab.bsky.social alumni last week 🎉🍾
Thank you Toshana and Paul for joining the people-who’s-read-my-thesis club, and for good discussions at the viva! #phdone
Thank you Toshana and Paul for joining the people-who’s-read-my-thesis club, and for good discussions at the viva! #phdone
February 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Got promoted to @richardsloanlab.bsky.social alumni last week 🎉🍾
Thank you Toshana and Paul for joining the people-who’s-read-my-thesis club, and for good discussions at the viva! #phdone
Thank you Toshana and Paul for joining the people-who’s-read-my-thesis club, and for good discussions at the viva! #phdone
I joined @jollylab.bsky.social at UCL as a postdoc this week! Still getting used to being in central London but I won’t complain about having pubs/restaurants only a few minutes away.
November 29, 2024 at 5:12 PM
I joined @jollylab.bsky.social at UCL as a postdoc this week! Still getting used to being in central London but I won’t complain about having pubs/restaurants only a few minutes away.
Thank you Dr. Marjolein Kikkert for inviting me to present at their virology lab meeting in-person at @UniLeiden today! Great way to wrap up my Edinburgh-Leiden jointly funded PhD. 📷: “The One Who Waits” in the LUMC hospital lobby.
November 25, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Thank you Dr. Marjolein Kikkert for inviting me to present at their virology lab meeting in-person at @UniLeiden today! Great way to wrap up my Edinburgh-Leiden jointly funded PhD. 📷: “The One Who Waits” in the LUMC hospital lobby.
Lunchtime break from thesis writing. My toggl tracker says I’ve already spent 150 hours on it 😳 ✨Featuring very cute Lumie socks from @promega - thanks @MichaelaNoskov5 @promegauk !
November 25, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Lunchtime break from thesis writing. My toggl tracker says I’ve already spent 150 hours on it 😳 ✨Featuring very cute Lumie socks from @promega - thanks @MichaelaNoskov5 @promegauk !
Thanks to everyone who came to my talk and for all the questions/suggestions!! Here’s a photo of me and THE IFITM experts @YountLabOSU @compton_lab #ASV2024
November 25, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Thanks to everyone who came to my talk and for all the questions/suggestions!! Here’s a photo of me and THE IFITM experts @YountLabOSU @compton_lab #ASV2024
Catch my talk at *2:45pm Union station C today*. I’ll be talking about our preprint but ALSO some new computational stuff on diversification strategies of immune genes🤓 #ASV2024
November 25, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Catch my talk at *2:45pm Union station C today*. I’ll be talking about our preprint but ALSO some new computational stuff on diversification strategies of immune genes🤓 #ASV2024
Here we goooo #ASV2024 Great start with the satellite symposiums this morning. Loved @hannahkfrank’s talk on whether bats are special - they are (I knew it!) 🤩
November 25, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Here we goooo #ASV2024 Great start with the satellite symposiums this morning. Loved @hannahkfrank’s talk on whether bats are special - they are (I knew it!) 🤩
A bit late but yesterday’s #GlasgowVirologyWorkshop was again a great meeting with lovely people. Best parts were Sole from @RichardSloanLab winning the best talk, the ceilidh and finally meeting @lucygthorne :)
November 25, 2024 at 9:26 PM
A bit late but yesterday’s #GlasgowVirologyWorkshop was again a great meeting with lovely people. Best parts were Sole from @RichardSloanLab winning the best talk, the ceilidh and finally meeting @lucygthorne :)
My little cousin (10yo) has been obsessed with drawing ducks recently, and she drew me this yesterday🐥🥼
November 25, 2024 at 9:26 PM
My little cousin (10yo) has been obsessed with drawing ducks recently, and she drew me this yesterday🐥🥼
Heard from many brilliant PhD students in the college heat of the Three Minute Thesis competition @3MT_official today. See you at the Edinburgh university finals! 😉
@UoE_IAD @cmvm_research
@UoE_IAD @cmvm_research
November 25, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Heard from many brilliant PhD students in the college heat of the Three Minute Thesis competition @3MT_official today. See you at the Edinburgh university finals! 😉
@UoE_IAD @cmvm_research
@UoE_IAD @cmvm_research
Another fantastic @MicrobioSoc conference done🎉 Feels very different this year with the conference centre just a bus ride away from my flat 🏴Thanks for all the good chats and especially those who visited my poster! #Microbio24
November 25, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Another fantastic @MicrobioSoc conference done🎉 Feels very different this year with the conference centre just a bus ride away from my flat 🏴Thanks for all the good chats and especially those who visited my poster! #Microbio24
I’ll be at *poster B416* today to tell you all about bat IFITMs (as always) AND a recent project on functional diversification of immune genes by duplication & splicing! 🦇🧬✂️ #Microbio24
November 25, 2024 at 9:26 PM
I’ll be at *poster B416* today to tell you all about bat IFITMs (as always) AND a recent project on functional diversification of immune genes by duplication & splicing! 🦇🧬✂️ #Microbio24
🔬🦠 The two bat IFITM isoforms have structurally conserved amphipathic helices, a critical motif for IFITMs’ antiviral activity. They inhibited Influenza A virus and coronaviruses with different potencies, suggesting functional specialisation. 4/7
November 25, 2024 at 9:26 PM
🔬🦠 The two bat IFITM isoforms have structurally conserved amphipathic helices, a critical motif for IFITMs’ antiviral activity. They inhibited Influenza A virus and coronaviruses with different potencies, suggesting functional specialisation. 4/7
🧬 We studied IFITMs in Chinese horseshoe bats owing to their role as natural hosts of SARS-CoVs. Two alternatively spliced IFITM isoforms with distinct N-termini were found in these bats. 3/7
November 25, 2024 at 9:26 PM
🧬 We studied IFITMs in Chinese horseshoe bats owing to their role as natural hosts of SARS-CoVs. Two alternatively spliced IFITM isoforms with distinct N-termini were found in these bats. 3/7
Celebrating the launch of @EdinUni_IRR at the #IRRlaunch symposium. Good to see the breadth of research in the new building! 🚚📦<2 weeks till we move
November 25, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Celebrating the launch of @EdinUni_IRR at the #IRRlaunch symposium. Good to see the breadth of research in the new building! 🚚📦<2 weeks till we move
Another fab @MicrobioSoc conference, but as a speaker this time - thanks to all organisers! So happy to walk away with fruitful science chats and new friends. #microbio23
November 25, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Another fab @MicrobioSoc conference, but as a speaker this time - thanks to all organisers! So happy to walk away with fruitful science chats and new friends. #microbio23
sneak peak of the poster here:
November 25, 2024 at 9:25 PM
sneak peak of the poster here:
Talk at #microsoc23 - done!
@SoleLancerin from our lab @RichardSloanLab is presenting her poster on how extracellular polysaccharides from cyanobacteria is antiviral - now at P796 !!!
@SoleLancerin from our lab @RichardSloanLab is presenting her poster on how extracellular polysaccharides from cyanobacteria is antiviral - now at P796 !!!
November 25, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Talk at #microsoc23 - done!
@SoleLancerin from our lab @RichardSloanLab is presenting her poster on how extracellular polysaccharides from cyanobacteria is antiviral - now at P796 !!!
@SoleLancerin from our lab @RichardSloanLab is presenting her poster on how extracellular polysaccharides from cyanobacteria is antiviral - now at P796 !!!
Day 2 at #microbio23! Hear @compton_lab talk about how primate IFITMs *enhance* SARS-CoV-2 today (3pm in Hall 8A).🐒 And I’ll talk about bat IFITMs tomorrow morning.
November 25, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Day 2 at #microbio23! Hear @compton_lab talk about how primate IFITMs *enhance* SARS-CoV-2 today (3pm in Hall 8A).🐒 And I’ll talk about bat IFITMs tomorrow morning.
Reunited with @gadiscymraes in Chicago and tried some Garrett popcorn🍿 So happy that you’re enjoying the new job and see you at conferences next year!
November 25, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Reunited with @gadiscymraes in Chicago and tried some Garrett popcorn🍿 So happy that you’re enjoying the new job and see you at conferences next year!
I number code my experiments and today I was finishing Expt#100 which did not work. Oh well, at least the sky is blue?
November 25, 2024 at 9:24 PM
I number code my experiments and today I was finishing Expt#100 which did not work. Oh well, at least the sky is blue?
1.5 years into my PhD and I finally did some plaque assays, one step closer to being a virologist?
November 25, 2024 at 9:24 PM
1.5 years into my PhD and I finally did some plaque assays, one step closer to being a virologist?
Got my visa to spend some time at @compton_lab in the NIH later this year! Super excited to visit the states and learn some cool techniques🤩 Thank you @MicrobioSoc for awarding me the research visit grant to support this project.
November 25, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Got my visa to spend some time at @compton_lab in the NIH later this year! Super excited to visit the states and learn some cool techniques🤩 Thank you @MicrobioSoc for awarding me the research visit grant to support this project.