Abstract
ABSTRACT Derek Walsh obtained his PhD in cell biology at Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland, in 2000. After a brief stint as a postdoc at Columbia University, he then joined Ian Mohr's lab for a postdoc at New York University (NYU) School of Medicine to study translational regulation in herpesviruses and poxviruses. He received a Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Investigator Award to move back to Ireland and establish his own research group in 2006. However, the financial crisis and withdrawal of support systems from SFI forced him to close his lab in 2011. He returned to New York where his former mentor, Ian Mohr, took him back under his wing and helped him rebuild his career over the next 3 years. Despite Hurricane Sandy devastating the lab at NYU in 2012, just like the herpesviruses he studies, Derek is not that easy to get rid of. In 2014, he was recruited to Northwestern University, Chicago, where he reestablished his own research program and became Professor in 2019. His research has revealed mechanisms by which poxviruses regulate translation, taking control of the ribosomes and signalling pathways of the host. Another line of research in his lab has shown how herpesviruses use microtubules to control cellular architecture.
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