Fellow Of The Royal Society appointed
News | Posted on Wednesday 21 May 2025
Many congratulations to Prof Reidun Twarock, who has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Professor Reidun Twarock pioneered Mathematical Virology, a unique combination of mathematics, biophysics, and bioinformatics, to address open problems in virology. Her “mathematical microscope” has enabled discoveries in virology through the “lens of viral geometry”. Most importantly, her work was instrumental in deciphering the “assembly code” that provides instructions for the formation of viral particles from their molecular components. The co-discovery with experimentalist Peter Stockley of this virus assembly mechanism, first in bacteriophage MS2 and subsequently in major viral human pathogens, changed the existing paradigm and opened up novel opportunities in anti-viral therapies, vaccination and gene therapy.
Further details about this achievement can be found on the articles below: