Selected publications


The dynamics and strategy of RNA replication in astroviruses


David Noyvert, Imran M Darr, Ksenia Fominykh, Jacqueline Hankinson, Nina Lukhovitskaya, Andrew E. Firth, Valeria Lulla

NAR Mol Med, 2026


Viral protease-mediated polyprotein processing in human astroviruses


David Noyvert, Leandro X Neves, Ksenia Fominykh, Jacqueline Hankinson, Gemma Lindsey, Aleksei Lulla, Edward Emmott, Valeria Lulla

NPJ Viruses, 2026


Flexibility and modulation of translation initiation in enterovirus genomes


Rhian L. O’Connor, Georgia M. Cook, Jacqueline Hankinson, Ksenia Fominykh, Samantha H. Cheng, Daniel A. Nash, Aurélie Cenier, Komal M. Nayak, Stephen C. Graham, Janet E. Deane, Matthias Zilbauer, Andrew E. Firth, Valeria Lulla

PLOS Pathogens, 2025


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


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

PLOS Pathogens, 2024


Attenuation hotspots in neurotropic human astroviruses


Hashim Ali, Aleksei Lulla, Alex S. Nicholson, Jacqueline 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