Graham J. Belsham

The paper identifies ITAF45 as a host factor essential for picornavirus Type II IRES-mediated translation, showing its role in multiple viruses and suggesting it as an antiviral target.

This study identifies the pseudoknot region and poly-(C) tract as essential RNA packaging signals for foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) assembly, showing that their length and interactions influence packaging efficiency.

This study tracks the emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants between mink and humans in Denmark, identifying multiple transmission routes and estimating cross-species transmission events.