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Jack McCowan

Cancer Research UK Scotland InstituteORCID 0000-0002-5121-4549Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Organism:chicken / avian· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Approach:genetic perturbation / CRISPR· 1 Organism:human· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1

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Edward W. RobertsiD· 2 shared Alex L. Young· 1 shared Ana da Silva FilipeiD· 1 shared Andrew T. ClarkeiD· 1 shared Avanti Bhide· 1 shared Bianca van Kekem· 1 shared Callum MagilliD· 1 shared Calum Bentley-AbbotiD· 1 shared

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The potential of H5N1 viruses to adapt to bovine cells varies throughout evolution

Matthew L. Turnbull, Mohammad Khalid Zakaria, Nicole Upfold, Siddharth Bakshi, Callum Magill, Udeet Ranjan Das, Andrew T. Clarke, Laura Noelia Mojsiejczuk, Vanessa Herder, Kieran Dee, Nancy Liu, Monika Folwarczna, Georgios Ilia, Wilhelm Furnon, Verena Schultz, , Massimo Palmarini

This study shows that H5N1 viruses' ability to adapt to bovine cells varies across genotypes and time, with key mutations in PB2 playing a role.

Nature Communications · Dec 15, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Influenza A viruses induce tunnelling nanotube-like structures through the onset of apoptosis

Daniel Weir, Calum Bentley-Abbot, Jack McCowan, Colin Loney, Edward W. Roberts, Edward C. Hutchinson

This study shows influenza A viruses induce tunnelling nanotube-like structures through apoptosis to spread between cells, evading immune responses.

PLoS Pathogens · Jun 5, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology