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Brian Foley is a researcher affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Medicine, as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these broader domains, Foley focuses on several specialized subfields including Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Virology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas with a particular emphasis on viral diseases and therapeutic approaches. Key topics include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, HIV research and treatment, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, and computational drug discovery methods.

Brian Foley has contributed to numerous publications in various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Preprints.org
  • Viruses
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Biomolecules

Recent notable papers associated with Foley's research encompass investigations into viral infectivity, mutation effects, and evolutionary analyses related to SARS-CoV-2. These publications include:

  • Tracking Changes in SARS-CoV-2 Spike: Evidence that D614G Increases Infectivity of the COVID-19 Virus (2020, Cell)
  • Spike mutation pipeline reveals the emergence of a more transmissible form of SARS-CoV-2 (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • Evolutionary history, potential intermediate animal host, and cross-species analyses of SARS-CoV-2 (2020, Journal of Medical Virology)
  • Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 through recombination and strong purifying selection (2020, Science Advances)
  • Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 through Recombination and Strong Purifying Selection (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))

Collaboration has been a significant aspect of Foley's research activities. Frequent co-authors include Gennady M. Verkhivker, Mohammed Alshahrani, Vedant Parikh, James Theiler, and Nishank Raisinghani.

Best Publications

  • Tracking Changes in SARS-CoV-2 Spike: Evidence that D614G Increases Infectivity of the COVID-19 Virus.

    Bette Korber;Will M. Fischer;Sandrasegaram Gnanakaran;Hyejin Yoon

  • HIV-1 Nomenclature Proposal

    DL Robertson;JP Anderson;JA Bradac;JK Carr

  • Diversity considerations in HIV-1 vaccine selection.

    Brian Gaschen;Jesse Taylor;Karina Yusim;Brian Foley

  • Human retroviruses and AIDS 1996. A compilation and analysis of nucleic acid and amino acid sequences

    G. Myers;B. Foley;B. Korber

  • HIV sequence compendium 2002

    Carla Kuiken;Brian Foley;Eric Freed;Beatrice Hahn

  • Tracking global patterns of N-linked glycosylation site variation in highly variable viral glycoproteins: HIV, SIV, and HCV envelopes and influenza hemagglutinin.

    Ming Zhang;Brian Gaschen;Wendy Blay;Wendy Blay;Brian Foley

  • Evolutionary history, potential intermediate animal host, and cross-species analyses of SARS-CoV-2.

    Xingguang Li;Junjie Zai;Qiang Zhao;Qing Nie

  • HIV Sequence Compendium 2009

    Carla Kuiken;Thomas Leitner;Brian Foley;Beatrice Hahn

  • Spike mutation pipeline reveals the emergence of a more transmissible form of SARS-CoV-2

    Bette Korber;Will Fischer;S. Gnana Gnanakaran;Heyjin Yoon

  • Genetic Diversity among Botulinum Neurotoxin-Producing Clostridial Strains

    K. K. Hill;T. J. Smith;C. H. Helma;L. O. Ticknor

  • Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 through recombination and strong purifying selection.

    Xiaojun Li;Elena E. Giorgi;Manukumar Honnayakanahalli Marichannegowda;Brian Foley

  • Founder effects in the assessment of HIV polymorphisms and HLA allele associations.

    Tanmoy Bhattacharya;Tanmoy Bhattacharya;Marcus Daniels;David Heckerman;Brian Foley

  • Long-term changes in oxygen depletion in a small temperate lake: effects of climate change and eutrophication

    Brian Foley;Ian D. Jones;Stephen C. Maberly;Brian Rippey

  • Analysis of Integrated Virological and Epidemiological Reports of Norovirus Outbreaks Collected within the Foodborne Viruses in Europe Network from 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2006

    A. Kroneman;L. Verhoef;J. Harris;H. Vennema

  • Preclinical evaluation of MORAb-003, a humanized monoclonal antibody antagonizing folate receptor-alpha.

    Wolfgang Ebel;Eric L. Routhier;Brian Foley;Sara Jacob

  • HIV Sequence Compendium 2018

    Brian Thomas Foley;Bette Tina Marie Korber;Thomas Kenneth Leitner;Cristian Apetrei

  • Recombination and insertion events involving the botulinum neurotoxin complex genes in Clostridium botulinum types A, B, E and F and Clostridium butyricum type E strains.

    Karen K Hill;Gary Xie;Brian T Foley;Theresa J Smith

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Subtype C Molecular Phylogeny: Consensus Sequence for an AIDS Vaccine Design?

    V. Novitsky;U. R. Smith;P. Gilbert;M. F. McLane

  • Analysis of the Neurotoxin Complex Genes in Clostridium botulinum A1-A4 and B1 Strains: BoNT/A3, /Ba4 and /B1 Clusters Are Located within Plasmids

    Theresa J. Smith;Karen K. Hill;Brian T. Foley;John C. Detter

  • Interaction of endosialin/TEM1 with extracellular matrix proteins mediates cell adhesion and migration.

    Brian Tomkowicz;Katherine Rybinski;Brian Foley;Wolfgang Ebel

Frequent Co-Authors

Bette T. Korber
Bette T. Korber Los Alamos National Laboratory
Thomas Leitner
Thomas Leitner Los Alamos National Laboratory
Gary Xie
Gary Xie Los Alamos National Laboratory
Leonard A. Smith
Leonard A. Smith United States Department of the Army
Steven M. Wolinsky
Steven M. Wolinsky Northwestern University
Beatrice H. Hahn
Beatrice H. Hahn University of Pennsylvania
Jeffrey T. Foster
Jeffrey T. Foster Northern Arizona University
Hannu Korkeala
Hannu Korkeala University of Helsinki
Massimo Ciccozzi
Massimo Ciccozzi Università Campus Bio-Medico
James I. Mullins
James I. Mullins University of Washington

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