We are a mixed, multidisciplinary team spanning virology, evolution, drug design and computation.
Led by Dr Connor Bamford, the lab brings over a decade of experience with disease-causing viruses of humans and animals, including work that was central to Northern Ireland's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
ProjectGenomic characterisation of full-length and deletion-containing influenza A viruses in environmental samples.
ProjectGenetic basis for species-specific restriction of interferon lambda antiviral activity across mammals.
ProjectEnvironmental Health and Infectious Disease: How Chemical Cocktails Help Drive Emerging Zoonoses in Mammals.
ProjectSurveillance and characterisation of tick-borne viruses in sheep and deer in Northern Ireland.
ProjectEVOLVE-AI: Evolutionary-Informed Deep Learning for Deciphering and Modifying Cell-Cell Communication During Infection, Inflammation, and Cancer.
ProjectVIROWORM: characterising the interplay between viruses, parasitic nematodes and their hosts.
ProjectDeveloping a broadly reactive vaccine against swine influenza A virus.
ProjectSocial Virology at the Tri-Kingdom Interface in Birds and Mammals.
ProjectPorcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV): understanding why some pigs and farms are more resilient to infection than others.
ProjectCyanophage and cyanobacteria interactions, and their potential as a treatment for the seasonal harmful algal blooms affecting Lough Neagh.
ProjectInvestigating the viruses circulating in mosquito populations in Northern Ireland, with a particular focus on arboviruses.
ProjectEVOLVE-AI: using machine learning and evolutionary biology to help engineer broadly acting antivirals.
ProjectHow rainwater bacterial microbiota affect the viability of influenza A virus.
Good science needs different minds, and we welcome people of every background, nationality, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, age and disability status. Positions are advertised openly, everyone gets proper mentoring, and we work with people who have caring responsibilities or health conditions to find arrangements that fit.
If you are not sure whether you would fit, please get in touch.
The Bamford Lab sits within the School of Biological Sciences at Queen's University Belfast, which holds an Athena Swan Gold award in recognition of its work on gender equality, and was the first School of Biology in the UK to reach that level.