Selected publications


The astrovirus N-terminal nonstructural protein anchors replication complexes to the perinuclear ER membranes


Hashim Ali, David Noyvert, Jack Hankinson, Gemma Lindsey, Aleksei Lulla, Valeria Lulla

PLOS Pathogens, 2024


Attenuation hotspots in neurotropic human astroviruses


Hashim Ali, Aleksei Lulla, Alex S. Nicholson, Jack Hankinson, Elizabeth B. Wignall-Fleming, Rhian L. O’Connor, Diem-Lan Vu, Stephen C. Graham, Janet E. Deane, Susana Guix, Valeria Lulla

PLOS Biology, 2023


Targeting the Conserved Stem Loop 2 Motif in the SARS-CoV-2 Genome


Valeria Lulla, Michal Wandel, Kotryna Bandyra, Rachel Ulferts, Mary Y. Wu, Tom Dendooven, Xiaofei Yang, Nicole Doyle, Stephanie Oerum, Rupert Beale, Sara M. O'Rourke, Felix Randow, Helena J. Maier, William Scott, Yiliang Ding, Andrew E. Firth, Kotryna Bloznelyte, Ben F. Luisi

Journal of Virology, 2021


A hidden gene in astroviruses encodes a viroporin


Valeria Lulla, Andrew E. Firth

Nature Communications, 2020 Jul 13


An upstream protein-coding region in enteroviruses modulates virus infection in gut epithelial cells


Valeria Lulla, Adam M. Dinan, Myra Hosmillo, Yasmin Chaudhry, Lee Sherry, Nerea Irigoyen, Komal M. Nayak, Nicola J. Stonehouse, Matthias Zilbauer, Ian Goodfellow, Andrew E. Firth

Nature Microbiology, 2019 Jan 1