Human parainfluenza and influenza virus hijack the host cell glycosylation machinery to facilitate infection – potential new antiviral drug targets [ 2019 - ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Dr Larissa Dirr (Principal investigator)

Brief description Every cell in our organism is decorated with a coat of sugars, known as sugar code. Many respiratory viruses exploit this sugar code by binding to these sugars to cause infection. My project investigates if respiratory viruses can change our sugar code in order to more efficiently replicate and induce disease. Understanding how viruses can take advantage of the sugar code from our human cells will identify new intervention and treatment strategies to combat viral disease.

Funding Amount $327,192.00

Funding Scheme Early Career Fellowships

Notes Peter Doherty Biomedical ECF