Dr Harriet Mears
BSc, PhD
Current positions
Lecturer in Virology
School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Mapping dynamic viral RNA structures to biological processes during infection.
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Cellular and Molecular MedicineDates
01/10/2025 to 30/09/2026
Publications
Selected publications
21/01/2025Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 subgenomic RNAs that enhance viral fitness and immune evasion
PLOS Biology
ER-export and ARFRP1/AP-1-dependent delivery of SARS-CoV-2 Envelope to lysosomes controls late stages of viral replication
Science Advances
Mouse Ifit1b is a cap1-RNA-binding protein that inhibits mouse coronavirus translation and is regulated by complexing with Ifit1c
The Journal of biological chemistry
Recent publications
21/01/2025Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 subgenomic RNAs that enhance viral fitness and immune evasion
PLOS Biology
Real-time estimation of immunological responses against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants in the UK
The Lancet. Infectious diseases
Combined analyses of within-host SARS-CoV-2 viral kinetics and information on past exposures to the virus in a human cohort identifies intrinsic differences of Omicron and Delta variants
PLOS Biology
ER-export and ARFRP1/AP-1-dependent delivery of SARS-CoV-2 Envelope to lysosomes controls late stages of viral replication
Science Advances
SARS-CoV-2 mucosal neutralising immunity after vaccination
The Lancet. Infectious diseases