Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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Diversity and evolution of the animal virome
Published 2022The COVID-19 pandemic has given the study of virus evolution and ecology new relevance. Although viruses were first identified more than a century ago, we likely know less about their diversity than that of any other ...Article -
Understanding STEM academics' responses and resilience to educational reform of academic roles in higher education
Published 2022Background: Across the globe, there have been significant reforms to improve STEM education at all levels. A significant part of this has been teacher reform. While the responses and resilience of STEM teachers to educational ...Article -
Virome characterization of game animals in China reveals a spectrum of emerging pathogens
Published 2022Game animals are wildlife species traded and consumed as food, and potential reservoirs for SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2. We performed a meta-transcriptomic analysis of 1941 game animals, representing 18 species and five mammalian ...Article -
Co-infection with SARS-COV-2 Omicron and Delta Variants Revealed by Genomic Surveillance
Published 2022We identified the co-infection of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and Delta variants in two epidemiologically unrelated patients with chronic kidney disease requiring haemodialysis. Both SARS-CoV-2 variants were co-circulating ...Preprint -
Relating in vitro neutralisation level and protection in the CVnCoV (CUREVAC) trial.
Published 2022The vaccine candidate CVnCoV (CUREVAC) showed surprisingly low efficacy in a recent phase 3 trial compared with other mRNA vaccines. Here we show that the low efficacy follows from the dose used and the presence of SARS-CoV-2 ...Article