Shivkumar Lab
@shivkumarlab.bsky.social
We are a virology lab, interested in antiviral drug discovery and infection control. Based at the Leicester School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University.
www.shivkumarlab.co.uk
www.shivkumarlab.co.uk
Our LIPHI PGR & Postdoc Club seminars have restarted, with postdoc Gemma giving a useful Insider Guide to Postgraduate Research. Thanks Gemma & Brandon for organising the PGR Club for the last few years, welcome our new PhD chairs Harini & Katie! @dmu.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Our LIPHI PGR & Postdoc Club seminars have restarted, with postdoc Gemma giving a useful Insider Guide to Postgraduate Research. Thanks Gemma & Brandon for organising the PGR Club for the last few years, welcome our new PhD chairs Harini & Katie! @dmu.ac.uk
Earlier this year we took our Escape Lab outreach activity on the road, funded by @microbiologysociety.org & @biochemsoc.bsky.social Outreach Grants. We had a blast teaching kids about viruses & the drug discovery process. Check out how Microbiology Society's Adam & Clare got on with Escape Lab!
Like Escape rooms? 🧐 What about Escape LABS! 🥳 Microbiology Society staff, Adam and Clare, travelled to De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, to take on an interactive lab-themed activity. @shivkumarlab.bsky.social Watch the video here: microb.io/4mbADZa
September 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Earlier this year we took our Escape Lab outreach activity on the road, funded by @microbiologysociety.org & @biochemsoc.bsky.social Outreach Grants. We had a blast teaching kids about viruses & the drug discovery process. Check out how Microbiology Society's Adam & Clare got on with Escape Lab!
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Like Escape rooms? 🧐 What about Escape LABS! 🥳 Microbiology Society staff, Adam and Clare, travelled to De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, to take on an interactive lab-themed activity. @shivkumarlab.bsky.social Watch the video here: microb.io/4mbADZa
September 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Like Escape rooms? 🧐 What about Escape LABS! 🥳 Microbiology Society staff, Adam and Clare, travelled to De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, to take on an interactive lab-themed activity. @shivkumarlab.bsky.social Watch the video here: microb.io/4mbADZa
Such a pleasure to host Dr Petra Mlcochova at our Leicester Institute of Pharmaceutical Health Innovations PGR and Postdoc Club last week. Petra gave a brilliant talk on her career and move from academia to industry. Great advice for our students exploring a future in biotech!
July 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Such a pleasure to host Dr Petra Mlcochova at our Leicester Institute of Pharmaceutical Health Innovations PGR and Postdoc Club last week. Petra gave a brilliant talk on her career and move from academia to industry. Great advice for our students exploring a future in biotech!
Huge congratulations to the newly-minted Dr Gemma Cooper for completing her PhD viva yesterday! It has been a pleasure to supervise Gemma and see her grow from strength to strength! Thanks to our collaborators Tim Snape, Parvez Haris, Nigel Temperton, examiners Efstathios Giotis, Ray Allan. #proudPI
July 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Huge congratulations to the newly-minted Dr Gemma Cooper for completing her PhD viva yesterday! It has been a pleasure to supervise Gemma and see her grow from strength to strength! Thanks to our collaborators Tim Snape, Parvez Haris, Nigel Temperton, examiners Efstathios Giotis, Ray Allan. #proudPI
We had our first Health and Life Sciences Early Career Researcher #ECR Showcase today, starting with an inspiring keynote by Dr Rachel Bolton-King, who gave us a tour of her career to date, and leaving us with some great advice on embracing opportunities.
June 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We had our first Health and Life Sciences Early Career Researcher #ECR Showcase today, starting with an inspiring keynote by Dr Rachel Bolton-King, who gave us a tour of her career to date, and leaving us with some great advice on embracing opportunities.
Well done Gemma Cooper and Abdelrhman Moustafa for presenting their PhD research at the Applied Microbiology International ECS conference yesterday! We enjoyed the diversity in microbiology projects, and the super encouraging panel discussion on careers.
June 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Well done Gemma Cooper and Abdelrhman Moustafa for presenting their PhD research at the Applied Microbiology International ECS conference yesterday! We enjoyed the diversity in microbiology projects, and the super encouraging panel discussion on careers.
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Our department is looking to hire an Associate/Full Professor in the field of Virology. Please share and apply if you are intersted. Also happy to answer any questions
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09552
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09552
Associate/ Full Professor of Virology in Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ap.uci.edu
April 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Our department is looking to hire an Associate/Full Professor in the field of Virology. Please share and apply if you are intersted. Also happy to answer any questions
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09552
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09552
We're in Liverpool this week for the @microbiologysociety.org Annual Conference. Excited to present our work and meet people, do come and say hi if you're there! 👩🔬 👨🔬 #Microbio25
March 31, 2025 at 8:01 AM
We're in Liverpool this week for the @microbiologysociety.org Annual Conference. Excited to present our work and meet people, do come and say hi if you're there! 👩🔬 👨🔬 #Microbio25
Well done to our #Virology Lab Assistant Frontrunner Interns - Jess Harris and Grace Lee - who had their last day in the lab last week! Thanks to DMU Internships for supporting and funding this scheme.
March 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Well done to our #Virology Lab Assistant Frontrunner Interns - Jess Harris and Grace Lee - who had their last day in the lab last week! Thanks to DMU Internships for supporting and funding this scheme.
It's #BritishScienceWeek2025 and we are having a busy week taking our Escape Lab: A Journey into Drug Discovery #outreach activity to various venues.
Thanks to the @biochemsoc.bsky.social and @microbiologysociety.org for scientific outreach grants for these activities!
Thanks to the @biochemsoc.bsky.social and @microbiologysociety.org for scientific outreach grants for these activities!
March 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
It's #BritishScienceWeek2025 and we are having a busy week taking our Escape Lab: A Journey into Drug Discovery #outreach activity to various venues.
Thanks to the @biochemsoc.bsky.social and @microbiologysociety.org for scientific outreach grants for these activities!
Thanks to the @biochemsoc.bsky.social and @microbiologysociety.org for scientific outreach grants for these activities!
We have a #PhD scholarship (fully funded for UK Home students) available for an April 2025 start. Deadline for applications is 8th Jan - one week to go! Find out more here: shivkumarlab.co.uk/positions. Get in touch if you're interested!
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We work on viruses with the aim to develop novel antivirals. Our aim is to understand virus-host interactions that can provide insights into viral pathogenesis and spread, and inform infection control strategies. Virology research; De Montfort University; Maitreyi Shivkumar
shivkumarlab.co.uk
January 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We have a #PhD scholarship (fully funded for UK Home students) available for an April 2025 start. Deadline for applications is 8th Jan - one week to go! Find out more here: shivkumarlab.co.uk/positions. Get in touch if you're interested!
Embracing the New Year, New Me sentiment by (finally) joining Bluesky. We are a virology lab at the Leicester School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University, UK. Interested in antiviral drug development and infection control strategies.
January 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Embracing the New Year, New Me sentiment by (finally) joining Bluesky. We are a virology lab at the Leicester School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University, UK. Interested in antiviral drug development and infection control strategies.