Dr Cheryl Walter
| Biography | I have a sustained research career in virology spanning 17 years. My postgraduate theses involved developing tools for characterizing novel insect viruses. I then spent 6 years as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Leeds, one of the biggest virology research hubs in the UK. Here, I worked on coupled transcription/translation mechanisms of emerging viruses, RNA-protein interactions and resolution of nucleoprotein structures and later, virus-host interactions focusing on RNA virus replication complexes. I have continued to focus on virus-host interactomes and have substantial experience in handling infectious virus, rescue systems and key molecular virology approaches. I am currently involved in point of care testing device development for SARS-CoV-2 and Hepatitis C virus as well as investigating progeny virion egress pathways in Bunyaviruses, Coronaviruses and Flaviviruses. |
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| Research Interests | Virus-host interactions Enveloped virus egress Antiviral drug repurposing |
| Teaching and Learning | I teach on a range of modules in both undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes. These include; Second year Clinical Microbiology and Immunology Third year Medical Microbiology Second year Professional Skills for Biomedical and Forensic Scientists Third year Concepts in Pharmacology (Biochemistry) Postgraduate Taught Infection and Immunity Postgraduate Taught Current Topics in Biomedical Science (Review module) I module lead the first two modules. I also offer projects relating to third year 40-credit independent research projects and postgraduate taught 60-credit independent research projects. In my role as Director of Studies for the department, I also oversee our bespoke personal supervision. I am personal supervisor to 20 undergraduate students. |