Jack Ferguson
@jackf7.bsky.social
Dad. Virologist. Assistant Professor.
Yorkshireman lost in the midlands.
Random thoughts on science, sports & gundogs.
Will do science for grant funding.
Views my own.
Yorkshireman lost in the midlands.
Random thoughts on science, sports & gundogs.
Will do science for grant funding.
Views my own.
Cancelled train.
Ominous sign for how the rest of the day is going to go I reckon so.
Ominous sign for how the rest of the day is going to go I reckon so.
November 27, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Cancelled train.
Ominous sign for how the rest of the day is going to go I reckon so.
Ominous sign for how the rest of the day is going to go I reckon so.
Millennial budget reaction.
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Millennial budget reaction.
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Leeds United, ruining the weekend mood since 1919. FFS.
Least England won again. Some run of form.
Least England won again. Some run of form.
November 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Leeds United, ruining the weekend mood since 1919. FFS.
Least England won again. Some run of form.
Least England won again. Some run of form.
Seeing far too many Christmas trees up in the windows of houses.
Barely finished celebrating Guy Fawkes
Barely finished celebrating Guy Fawkes
November 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Seeing far too many Christmas trees up in the windows of houses.
Barely finished celebrating Guy Fawkes
Barely finished celebrating Guy Fawkes
Ah well, soon be Christmas
a man in a suit talking on a cell phone with the words i love my job above him
ALT: a man in a suit talking on a cell phone with the words i love my job above him
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November 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Ah well, soon be Christmas
November 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Mctominay is 45 mins away from never having to buy a pint in Scotland again.
Some stones on the boy to go for that.
Some stones on the boy to go for that.
November 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Mctominay is 45 mins away from never having to buy a pint in Scotland again.
Some stones on the boy to go for that.
Some stones on the boy to go for that.
Big coat and flat cap weather season has arrived.
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Big coat and flat cap weather season has arrived.
Reposted by Jack Ferguson
If you'd like to celebrate the biology of viruses - or the fight against viral diseases - this winter, try out our free and updated #VirusSnowflake designs.
Please share, and if you have any photos of Virus Snowflakes in your area it would be lovely to see them!
cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
Please share, and if you have any photos of Virus Snowflakes in your area it would be lovely to see them!
cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you'd like to celebrate the biology of viruses - or the fight against viral diseases - this winter, try out our free and updated #VirusSnowflake designs.
Please share, and if you have any photos of Virus Snowflakes in your area it would be lovely to see them!
cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
Please share, and if you have any photos of Virus Snowflakes in your area it would be lovely to see them!
cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
Reposted by Jack Ferguson
On the first day of Christmas, a virus gave to me...
November 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
On the first day of Christmas, a virus gave to me...
I genuinely love my dogs to death but every time they come back from kennels they become feral demons. Who knew a few days incarceration made them forget basic commands like sit.
To busy learning to make shanks.
To busy learning to make shanks.
November 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I genuinely love my dogs to death but every time they come back from kennels they become feral demons. Who knew a few days incarceration made them forget basic commands like sit.
To busy learning to make shanks.
To busy learning to make shanks.
Train delays on the first day back. Omens not good for opening the inbox 😬
November 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Train delays on the first day back. Omens not good for opening the inbox 😬
Littler is just getting started with the arrows. Kids going to tear apart the record books set by Taylor.
November 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Littler is just getting started with the arrows. Kids going to tear apart the record books set by Taylor.
Always need to ask for more when you’re 34.
November 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Always need to ask for more when you’re 34.
Definitely not Taps Aff on Brora beach this morning
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Definitely not Taps Aff on Brora beach this morning
In the proper north of Scotland and there’s an alert for the Aurora Borealis.
Cloudy as hell.
Cloudy as hell.
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In the proper north of Scotland and there’s an alert for the Aurora Borealis.
Cloudy as hell.
Cloudy as hell.
That first pint at the start of annual leave is always better tasting than an average one.
November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
That first pint at the start of annual leave is always better tasting than an average one.
Reposted by Jack Ferguson
Delighted to announce that we have a PhD project, subject to competition, on targeting and understanding the envelope protein ion channel from SARS2, and extending our understanding to pan-CoV therapeutics...
Funded by MRC DiMeN with sophion as partners.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Funded by MRC DiMeN with sophion as partners.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Plugging the holes in pandemic coronavirus therapy at University of Leeds on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Plugging the holes in pandemic coronavirus therapy at University of Leeds, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Delighted to announce that we have a PhD project, subject to competition, on targeting and understanding the envelope protein ion channel from SARS2, and extending our understanding to pan-CoV therapeutics...
Funded by MRC DiMeN with sophion as partners.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Funded by MRC DiMeN with sophion as partners.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Reposted by Jack Ferguson
Funded PhD opportunity through the DiMeN DTP: studying HEV proteolysis. You’ll be primarily based in the Herod lab at Leeds, and work with us on the use of MS-based proteomics to study proteolysis! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Molecular Regulation of Proteolysis by Hepatitis E Virus as a Basis for Therapeutic Intervention at University of Leeds on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Molecular Regulation of Proteolysis by Hepatitis E Virus as a Basis for Therapeutic Intervention at University of Leeds, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Funded PhD opportunity through the DiMeN DTP: studying HEV proteolysis. You’ll be primarily based in the Herod lab at Leeds, and work with us on the use of MS-based proteomics to study proteolysis! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Two grants bounced in a week.
We go again.
We go again.
a man in a suit and tie is wearing headphones and saying i 'm walking on sunshine woah-oh
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is wearing headphones and saying i 'm walking on sunshine woah-oh
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October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Two grants bounced in a week.
We go again.
We go again.
Reading a menu for a trip to Leeds in a few weeks.
‘Homemade Giant Yorkshire Pudding’
Sold.
‘Homemade Giant Yorkshire Pudding’
Sold.
October 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Reading a menu for a trip to Leeds in a few weeks.
‘Homemade Giant Yorkshire Pudding’
Sold.
‘Homemade Giant Yorkshire Pudding’
Sold.
Reposted by Jack Ferguson
Boris Johnson says at the inquiry "it was slow to dawn on government generally about the full horror of of Covid."
Why? Why was it so slow to dawn on the government what could happen?
That slowness cost lives and livelihoods at a grand scale.
Why? Why was it so slow to dawn on the government what could happen?
That slowness cost lives and livelihoods at a grand scale.
October 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Boris Johnson says at the inquiry "it was slow to dawn on government generally about the full horror of of Covid."
Why? Why was it so slow to dawn on the government what could happen?
That slowness cost lives and livelihoods at a grand scale.
Why? Why was it so slow to dawn on the government what could happen?
That slowness cost lives and livelihoods at a grand scale.