Alexander T. Baker

Virologist building therapies to fight difficult cancers.

[Alexander T. Baker @ProtEngineer]

Finally allowed to talk about our work on #VITT/#TTS!

Releasing the structure of the @AstraZeneca SARS-CoV-2 #vaccine vector today. Show binding between vector and PF4 and implications for the rare clotting syndrome seen with some adenovirus vaccines.

https://t.co/4AZo5EVDyc

[Dan Tracey @Hoosierflyman]

Preprint just dropped!🎙️We discover molecular mechanisms of the excruciatingly painful sting of the Scarlet Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis). Title: "Multiple mechanisms of action of an extremely painful venom." 🧵 1/N https://t.co/FDslgqBylW

[Alicia @Aly25_09]

Thank you @_BSGCT ! These past days had been a blast! I'm so happy I attended this conference! Can't wait for London2025

[Simon Waddington @ProfSimonWad]

Thank you @_BSGCT and everyone 😊🙇🏻@UCL_IfWH @UCLTRO

[Rafael J. Yáñez-Muñoz @RJYanezMunoz]

📣📣@_BSGCT Oustanding Achievement Award 2024 winner: @ucl @UCLchildhealth @GreatOrmondSt Prof Adrian Thrasher, whose work "put the UK at the forefront of clinical translation of gene therapy". Adrian will collect the award & deliver a lecture at BSGCT 2025 in London. Congrats!🏅

[Rafael J. Yáñez-Muñoz @RJYanezMunoz]

@_BSGCT @ucl @UCLchildhealth @GreatOrmondSt @ESGCT @ASGCTherapy @GOSHCharity @GeneTherapy_SN @MolTherapy @HGTJournal 📣📣.@_BSGCT Services to the Society Award 2024 winner: @ucl @UCL_IfWH @ProfSimonWad Simon Waddington, for "his dedication to the society’s outreach and engagement goals & efforts in training and promotion of #ECRs, supporting them all the way to senior posts".💪👏🏅Congrats!

[BSGCT @_BSGCT]

Happy Easter 🐣 for those celebrating! Don’t forget, it’s #BSGCT2024 abstract deadline day!! Get those abstracts in and we will see you in Oxford in June!

[Alexander T. Baker @ProtEngineer]

@virustinkerer I'm not sure how to react to this.

[BSGCT @_BSGCT]

Registration is now open for Seminars 2-4 from our “Translational Research” Online Seminar Series in collaboration with @lifearc1 and @CGTCatapult.

Next session is on Wednesday 25th at 15:00 BST.

Link to register: https://t.co/lT2eNe2qKw

[Rosie Mundy @MundyRosie]

Delighted to share my first, first author paper in @Nature_NPJ Viruses! An incredible setting to receive the news and excited to present this work by myself and my coauthors tonight at the @15thIAM2023! 🦠

[Alan Parker @alanlparker]

2 weeks till the ONLY meeting devoted to #Adenovirus @15thIAM2023 #Structure #Receptor #Pathogenesis #Vaccine #GeneTherapy #Oncolytic & all things adenovirus! We focus on ECR talks & select keynotes.

What are you most looking forward to?

https://t.co/r5zkq1506M

CU in Brac! 🇭🇷

[Alan Parker @alanlparker]

Advertising for an exceptional new #PhD student to start October 2024...not yet on FindAPhD (will be soon!) but you can find details here...any questions give me a shout!

https://t.co/I9zCAAnfog

[BSGCT @_BSGCT]

Our Webinars are back after the summer break! We are delighted to have Dr. John Counsell as our guest speaker. During his talk next week, he will discuss work his team are doing to develop a new technology to tackle a significant unmet need in paediatric metabolic medicine.

[Alexander T. Baker @ProtEngineer]

@alanlparker @EmmaYhnell Yep. At best the comments made were made in an inappropriate forum and said without proper context and respect for the seriousness of the subject matter. At worst... well.

What was good was to see attendees have genuinely interesting conversations about this as a result.

[Rafael J. Yáñez-Muñoz @RJYanezMunoz]

Absolutely delighted to see @_BSGCT Board member Raj Karda @Dr_RKarda promoted to @ucl Assoc Prof, together w/ BSGCT member John Counsell. Other #GeneTherapy experts promoted are Gabriele Lignani @gabrilignani to Prof of Translational Neuroscience & Alessia Cavazza to Assoc Prof

[Rafael J. Yáñez-Muñoz @RJYanezMunoz]

@_BSGCT @genetherapynet @CGT_Insights @HGTJournal @alanlparker @IvanaBarbaric3 @Dr_RKarda @DrGiuliaMassaro @carlymaybliss @BeataCordle This series of tweets highlights @_BSGCT history, activities, successes, support, awards & people. Membership is critical to being representative of the community & revenue (but we keep fees low & have free categories). Please consider becoming a member: https://t.co/NeEgOh5i7p

[Rafael J. Yáñez-Muñoz @RJYanezMunoz]

@_BSGCT @ASGCTherapy @ESGCT @MolTherapy @SteBioCat @SimonWad @CGTCatapult @genetherapynet @GeneTherapy_SN @RebecaGilG @IvanaBarbaric3 @WATSON_Ltd @GeneticAll_UK @RareBeacon @rarediseaseuk @robynbell29 @AngeBradshaw @Virusnerdette @chrisdenning42 @ralphdhector @PopplewellGroup @aarashsaleh @DNA_Vectors @adamrobertjones @reneewatson77 This is the @_BSGCT Board 2022-23. L-R: Mustafa Munye, @GerryMcL_ @BeataCordle @Dr_RKarda @StuNicklin, me, @alanlparker @IvanaBarbaric3, Christos Georgiadis, @DrGiuliaMassaro @ProtEngineer @RebecaGilG @carlymaybliss, & inset @amy_geard. A formidable team I'm very proud of🤩🤩👏👏

[Rafael J. Yáñez-Muñoz @RJYanezMunoz]

This week we held @_BSGCT 2023 conference at @SteBioCat, hosted by @gsk & @KadansScience Sycamore House, w/ support from @CGTCatapult & @UKRMP_PSEC. We celebrated our 20th anniversary. As current President, I will summarise history and achievements in next few tweets. #BSGCT2023

[BSGCT @_BSGCT]

We would be grateful if you could share your feedback in the form or share this survey with patients, parents and carers, patient advocates or anyone else who may have an interest: https://t.co/ARNNH4NOS5

[Alexander T. Baker @ProtEngineer]

Excited to have Hardev Pandha talking about virotherapy for bladder cancer. Opening our final session @_BSGCT

[Alexander T. Baker @ProtEngineer]

A wonderful talk on #GeneTherapy for motor neuron disorders from @DrJo_Ng at @_BSGCT annual conference this morning.

Incredible to see reversal of debilitating symptoms.