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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
9215
World Ranking
17626
National Ranking
7230

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1977 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Charles Cunningham is affiliated with the University of New Mexico in the United States and specializes in environmental science with a focus on conservation and ecological studies. Their research spans several subfields, including nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, ecological modeling, ecology, and economics and econometrics.

The main topics covered in their work include ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, species distribution and climate change, conservation, biodiversity and resource management, economic and environmental valuation, wildlife ecology and conservation, land use and ecosystem services, and Lepidoptera biology and taxonomy.

Charles Cunningham has contributed to several research articles published in notable venues. Recent publications include:

  • "Multi-taxa spatial conservation planning reveals similar priorities between taxa and improved protected area representation with climate change" (2022, Biodiversity and Conservation)
  • "The effectiveness of the protected area network of Great Britain" (2021, Biological Conservation)
  • "Translating area-based conservation pledges into efficient biodiversity protection outcomes" (2021, Communications Biology)
  • "Reconciling diverse viewpoints within systematic conservation planning" (2023, People and Nature)
  • "Idiosyncratic trends of woodland invertebrate biodiversity in Britain over 45 years" (2023, Insect Conservation and Diversity)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Cunningham include Colin M. Beale, Chris D. Thomas, Humphrey Q. P. Crick, Michael D. Morecroft, and Jane K. Hill.

The scientist has published multiple studies in venues such as Biodiversity and Conservation, Insect Conservation and Diversity, Biological Conservation, People and Nature, and Communications Biology.

Among honors received, Charles Cunningham was made a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1977.

Best Publications

  • Genetic content of wild-type human cytomegalovirus

    Aidan Dolan;Charles Cunningham;Ralph D. Hector;Aycan F. Hassan-Walker

  • Cytokines and innate immunity of fish.

    C.J. Secombes;T. Wang;S. Hong;S. Peddie

  • A novel class of herpesvirus with bivalve hosts.

    Andrew J. Davison;Benes L. Trus;Naiqian Cheng;Alasdair C. Steven

  • Evolution of interleukin-1β

    Steven Bird;Jun Zou;Tiehui Wang;Barry Munday

  • High-resolution human cytomegalovirus transcriptome

    Derek Gatherer;Sepher Seirafian;Charles Cunningham;Mary Holton

  • Molecular cloning of interleukin 1beta from rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss reveals no evidence of an ice cut site.

    Jun Zou;Peter S Grabowski;Charles Cunningham;Christopher J Secombes

  • Sequential mutations associated with adaptation of human cytomegalovirus to growth in cell culture

    Derrick J. Dargan;Elaine Douglas;Charles Cunningham;Fiona Jamieson

  • The production and bioactivity of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) recombinant IL-1β

    Suhee Hong;Jun Zou;Mireille Crampe;Scott Peddie

  • Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus immune modulation: an overview.

    S. A. Rahim Rezaee;Charles Cunningham;Andrew J. Davison;David J. Blackbourn

  • Two novel spliced genes in human cytomegalovirus

    Parvis Akter;Charles Cunningham;Brian P. McSharry;Aidan Dolan

  • The herpes simplex virus type 1 U(L)17 gene encodes virion tegument proteins that are required for cleavage and packaging of viral DNA.

    Brandy Salmon;Charles Cunningham;Andrew J. Davison;Wendy J. Harris

  • Sequences of complete human cytomegalovirus genomes from infected cell cultures and clinical specimens

    Charles Cunningham;Derek Gatherer;Birgitta Hilfrich;Katarina Baluchova

  • Factors influencing the expression of interleukin-1β in cultured rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) leucocytes

    Jun Zou;Jason Holland;Olga Pleguezuelos;Charles Cunningham

  • Isolation of the first piscine transforming growth factor beta gene: analysis reveals tissue specific expression and a potential regulatory sequence in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

    Laura J. Hardie;Kerry J. Laing;Garry D. Daniels;Peter S. Grabowski

  • The rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss interleukin-1β gene has a different organization to mammals and undergoes incomplete splicing

    Jun Zou;Charles Cunningham;Christopher J. Secombes

  • Spontaneous assembly of bivalent single chain antibody fragments in Escherichia coli

    D.P. Mcgregor;P.E. Molloy;C. Cunningham;W.J. Harris

  • The First Cytokine Sequence Within Cartilaginous Fish: IL-1β in the Small Spotted Catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula)

    Steven Bird;Tiehui Wang;Jun Zou;C Cunningham

  • Cloning, sequencing, and analysis of expression of a second IL-1beta gene in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

    Olga Pleguezuelos;Jun Zou;Charlie Cunningham;Christopher J. Secombes

  • Human Cytomegalovirus UL40 Signal Peptide Regulates Cell Surface Expression of the NK Cell Ligands HLA-E and gpUL18

    Virginie Prod'homme;Peter Tomasec;Charles Cunningham;Marius K. Lemberg

  • Fish macrophages express a cyclo-oxygenase-2 homologue after activation.

    Jun Zou;Norman F. Neumann;Jason W. Holland;Jason W. Holland;Miodrag Belosevic

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher J. Secombes
Christopher J. Secombes University of Aberdeen
Miodrag Belosevic
Miodrag Belosevic University of Alberta
Colin Watts
Colin Watts University of Birmingham
Niels C. Bols
Niels C. Bols University of Waterloo
Andrew F. Rowley
Andrew F. Rowley Swansea University
Giuseppe Scapigliati
Giuseppe Scapigliati Tuscia University
Tiehui Wang
Tiehui Wang University of Aberdeen
Angus W. Thomson
Angus W. Thomson University of Pittsburgh

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