Claire Jackson

Research Fellow, PCD Scientist, University of Southampton

University of Southampton
United Kingdom

About Claire Jackson

Claire L Jackson PhD is a Research Fellow and primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) scientist at the University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine and UHSFT, with expertise in ciliated nasal epithelial cell modelling, cilia imaging and PCD diagnostics and research.

Subject

Cell biology Infectious diseases Molecular biology

Discovering a new ACE2 isoform; rallying to understand SARS-CoV-2 infection

COVID-19 forced a suspension to our primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) diagnostic service. Re-purposing nasal epithelial cell RNAseq data and bioresource, three University of Southampton groups joined forces and found a new “short” isoform of ACE2, the cell surface receptor for SARS-CoV-2 virus.