Dr Nikos Nikolopoulos
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Medicine and MRC-LMB
Biography
Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Medicine Molecular Immunity Unit (MIU), University of Cambridge at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB). College Research Associate at Homerton. Conducting research in the fields of virology and immunology. PhD in biochemistry & structural biology on host-microbe interactions.
Research
About a tenth of the human genome comes from viruses - human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) make up 8% of our genome – and for a long time this part of the genome was considered inactive. HERVs have shaped our evolution and ucovering their roles emerges as a key priority in human health research. I explore the host-virus interface in this exciting new era of resolution revolution in electron cryomicroscopy, high-throughput X-ray crystallography and great advances in artificial intelligence tools in 3D structure prediction.
