Dr. Emma Anderson

Biography

Emma Anderson is an Associate Professor at the University of Warwick, where she focuses on the intricate mechanisms viruses use to hijack the host cell's protein synthesis machinery. Her research primarily investigates how viral mRNAs outnumber cellular mRNAs and the novel strategies viruses, especially retroviruses like HIV, utilize to ensure that ribosomes are efficiently recruited for the timely production of viral proteins. She graduated with a degree in Biochemistry from the University of Oxford in 1997 and completed her PhD at the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Professor Richard Jackson, where she developed her interest in the translation mechanisms employed by viruses. In 2001, she joined the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, USA, as a postdoctoral fellow working with Dr. Stephen Mayfield on light-regulated translation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Upon returning to Cambridge in 2004, she worked with Professor Andrew Lever in the Department of Medicine, focusing on the regulation of translation of HIV-1. In 2007, she was appointed as an Assistant Professor in Virology at Warwick, where she has continued her research on the translation mechanisms crucial for the replication of viruses, including HIV and influenza.

Research Interests

Experience