Rachel Edgar 💙
@RachelSEdgar
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Research group leader @ImperialInfect @theCrick studying viruses, circadian clocks & host homeostasis. @BrainTumourOrg trustee #ACureCantWait Views all my own.
Cambridge, England
Joined February 2016
We’re excited to share our work showing the widely used, non-toxic molecule propylene glycol prevents infection by many different human viruses including SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A virus, published today @EmboMolMed. A thread 1/3
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image image Existing and emerging viruses pose a great threat to the human population. We show the non‐toxic small molecule propylene glycol (PG) rapidly inactivates airborne and surface virus...
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Out today ‘Circadian rhythms in infection and immunity’! Many thanks to everyone who participated in the Royal Society meeting and made this theme issue very special, a pleasure working with you all 😊 @ReeceLab @ImperialInfect @royalsociety @TheCrick .
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RT @TybulewiczLab: Exciting opportunity for a PhD student to work jointly with @RachelSEdgar and our lab @TheCrick….
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RT @EMBLEvents: 🎉 We're excited to announce the brand new EMBO | EMBL Symposium 'Infection: pathogens, hosts, and microbiomes'. Join #EESI….
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RT @MicrobioSoc: Our #Microbio24 Peter Wildy Prize winner, Dr Lucy Thorne, discusses her Prize Lecture on infectious science outbreaks. Wat….
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Can’t wait to get started and meet my new FLF colleagues! @ImperialMed @ImperialInfect @imperialcollege
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FUTURE LEADERS RECOGNISED - The UK’s national research funding agency has awarded over £5.8m for Imperial to develop our most talented early career researchers and innovators.
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RT @Nature_NPJ: Our first papers have been published in npj Biological Timing and Sleep! 🎉 . We're proud to share two studies that highligh….
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RT @lucygthorne: We have a postdoc position now open! Come & join our growing team building on exciting discoveries to understand how SARS-….
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Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...
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RT @EmilyManoogian: In response to the misleading claims about TRE last week, I and 33 other international experts wrote a public letter to….
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RT @DrTregoning: Not at all jumping on the AI rodent band wagon, but delighted to announce the publication of our paper in @MucosalImmunol….
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RT @BrainTumourOrg: The Twilight Walk is back and it’s bigger and better than ever! Whether you #WalkWithUs in London on Saturday 23 March….
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RT @lucygthorne: PhD position- come join us!. Interested in how emerging viruses overcome our frontline defence, the innate immune system?….
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PhD Project - INNATE IMMUNE BARRIERS TO EMERGING VIRUSES at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
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RT @EMBO: In the new #EMBOPodcast, John O'Neill and Andrew Beale of @MRC_LMB talk to us about how a mysterious band on a Western blot led t….
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A conversation with John O’Neill and Andrew Beale
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RT @LizMillerCU: Last few days to apply for our open call to join my new department at the University of Dundee. There are lots of great re….
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RT @ImperialMed: Why not eliminate HTLV-1 while eliminating HIV-1?. On #WorldHTLVDay, Dr Fabiola Martin (@fabiolamartin00) and Dr Goedele M….
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On November 10, World HTLV day, we make this letter available to the public. We are asking you to support us with your signature and to share the HTLV-1 PrEP Open Letter widely.
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@DrTregoning @wendybarclay11 @GroveLab @AlexBoRNA @ONeill_Lab @PeacockFlu @cb99_lewis @joncbrown90 @ImperialInfect @ImperialMed @CVRinfo @CellBiol_MRCLMB Commentary by Irina Glas and Shannon David
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RT @EmboMolMed: Online today 👉 #PropyleneGlycol inactivates respiratory viruses and prevents airborne transmission. By C. Styles, @RachelSE….
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3/3 This was a collaborative project – very many thanks to Christine Styles, @DrTregoning @WendyBarclay11 @GroveLab @AlexBoRNA @ONeill_Lab @PeacockFlu @cb99_lewis @joncbrown90 @ImperialInfect @ImperialMed @CVRinfo @CellBiol_MRCLMB and everyone else who contributed!.
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2/3 Safe levels of propylene glycol vapour potently inactivated virus particles within airborne droplets and inhibited virus transmission. We conclude that propylene glycol is a valuable weapon in our arsenal to combat the spread of existing and emerging infectious diseases.
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