Towers Lab
NEWS
First International West Africa Symposium & Workshops on Infectious Disease in Freetown Sierra Leone
![Visit to Sierra Leone for First International West Africa Symposium & Workshops on Infectious Disease in Freetown Sierra Leone. Greg Towers, Adolfo Garcia Sastre, Krystal Fontaine, Nolwenn Jouvenet, Priya Shah, July 2024 Visit to Sierra Leone for First International West Africa Symposium & Workshops on Infectious Disease in Freetown Sierra Leone. Greg Towers, Adolfo Garcia Sastre, Krystal Fontaine, Nolwenn Jouvenet, Priya Shah, july 2024](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/towers-lab/sites/towers_lab/files/styles/non_responsive/public/news-sl-visit-greg-adolfo-krystal-nolwenn-priya-img-20240807-wa0012-800x480.jpeg?itok=Prn-rcCN)
![Visit to Sierra Leone for First International West Africa Symposium & Workshops on Infectious Disease in Freetown Sierra Leone. The maternal Centre of excellence, july 2024 Visit to Sierra Leone for First International West Africa Symposium & Workshops on Infectious Disease in Freetown Sierra Leone. The maternal Centre of excellence, july 2024](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/towers-lab/sites/towers_lab/files/styles/non_responsive/public/news-sl-visit-maternal-centre-excellence-img-20240807-wa0009-800x480.jpeg?itok=PnLP5Jq6)
Greg was invited to present at the First International West Africa Symposium & Workshops on Infectious Disease in Freetown Sierra Leone. Go to the News page to read more about this facinating and informative trip.
Virtual Virology
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The Lab
![The Towers laboratory we share with the Gupta and Rowe labs. Image courtsey of the Wellcome Trust The Towers laboratory we share with the Gupta and Rowe labs. Image courtsey of the Wellcome Trust](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/towers-lab/sites/towers_lab/files/styles/small_image/public/ds-cvt-water-machine_ds15317-800x480.jpeg?itok=DOlMq-xr)
Work with Us
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Contact Us
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We are funded by an Investigator Award in Science No 220863 from Wellcome to Professor Greg Towers and a Wellcome collaborative award No 214344 as well as grants from the UKRI Medical Research Council, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rosetrees Trust, The Evolution Education trust (EET), and NIHR UCLH Biomedical Research Centre (BRC).
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