Dr Jose M. Jimenez-Guardeño is a Research Fellow in the Department of Infectious Diseases at King’s College London (KCL). After obtaining his degree in Biology (Universidad de Málaga, 2008) and performing a Master in Molecular Biomedicine (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), 2010), Jimenez-Guardeño carried out his PhD thesis at the National Centre for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC) to study the molecular mechanisms that modulate the virus pathogenesis, immune response and virus-host interactions of SARS-CoV-1 under the supervision of Professor Luis Enjuanes. In 2015, he joined the laboratory of Prof. Michael Malim at KCL to investigate the host factors involved in the interferon-induced block to HIV-1, coronavirus and influenza virus infection.