Professor S. Louise Cosby (SLC) was appointed as Head of Virology Branch at the Agri-Food and Biosciences institute, UK, in 2015. She was Chair of Microbiology in Queen’s University Belfast from 2002 and remains an emeritus professor. SLC is a Fellow of Royal College of Pathologists (London) and Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, UK. She has served/currently serves on grant/editorial boards: BBSRC, UK; Chair/member, Science Foundation Ireland; Deputy Chair Professional Development Committee, Microbiology Society, UK; Associate Editor, Journal of Neurovirology, USA; Review editor, Frontiers in Microbiology; External Assessor for Appointments and Promotions in Medical Microbiology, University of Malaysia. Research interests: in virus pathogenesis including virus-receptor interactions;, virus-induced immunosuppression and vaccine development. Work has focused on paramyxoviruses of both human and veterinary interest, with publications/grant funding in this area.