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2026

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  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Keith Gull is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses on molecular and cellular biology, particularly related to parasitic protists and infectious diseases. The scientist has contributed to studies on the flagellate parasite Trypanosoma brucei, exploring subcellular protein locations and organellar biology.

Significant recent publications include:

  • Genome-wide subcellular protein map for the flagellate parasite Trypanosoma brucei, 2023, Nature Microbiology
  • Stage-specific transcription activator ESB1 regulates monoallelic antigen expression in Trypanosoma brucei, 2022, Nature Microbiology
  • Comprehensive sub-mitochondrial protein map of the parasitic protist Trypanosoma brucei defines critical features of organellar biology, 2023, Cell Reports
  • Genome-wide subcellular protein localisation in the flagellate parasite Trypanosoma brucei, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Unlocking Trypanosome Biology: A Comprehensive Protein-Tagging Toolkit for Localization and Functional Analysis, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Microbiology
  • Cell Reports
  • Open Biology

Collaborations have been a notable part of their career, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Samuel Dean
  • Jack Daniel Sunter
  • Richard John Wheeler
  • Clare Halliday
  • Sue Vaughan

Their work spans several subfields such as:

  • Epidemiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Insect Science
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Major research topics include:

  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Biochemical and Molecular Research
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research

Best Publications

  • The Genome of the African Trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei

    Matthew Berriman;Elodie Ghedin;Elodie Ghedin;Christiane Hertz-Fowler;Gaelle Blandin

  • The genome sequence of Trypanosoma cruzi, etiologic agent of Chagas disease

    Najib M. El-Sayed;Peter J. Myler;Peter J. Myler;Daniella C. Bartholomeu;Daniel Nilsson

  • Double-stranded RNA induces mRNA degradation in Trypanosoma brucei

    Huân Ngô;Christian Tschudi;Keith Gull;Elisabetta Ullu

  • Comparative genomics of trypanosomatid parasitic protozoa.

    Najib M. El-Sayed;Peter J. Myler;Peter J. Myler;Gaëlle Blandin;Matthew Berriman

  • Definition of individual components within the cytoskeleton of Trypanosoma brucei by a library of monoclonal antibodies.

    A. Woods;T. Sherwin;R. Sasse;T.H. MacRae

  • Flagellar motility is required for the viability of the bloodstream trypanosome

    Richard Broadhead;Helen R. Dawe;Helen Farr;Samantha Griffiths

  • Basal body movements as a mechanism for mitochondrial genome segregation in the trypanosome cell cycle.

    Derrick R. Robinson;Keith Gull

  • The cytoskeleton of trypanosomatid parasites.

    Keith Gull

  • A pol I transcriptional body associated with VSG mono-allelic expression in Trypanosoma brucei

    Miguel Navarro;Keith Gull

  • Microtubule polarity and dynamics in the control of organelle positioning, segregation, and cytokinesis in the trypanosome cell cycle

    Derrick R. Robinson;Trevor Sherwin;Aspasia Ploubidou;Edward H. Byard

  • A novel epitope tag system to study protein targeting and organelle biogenesis in Trypanosoma brucei.

    P Bastin;Z Bagherzadeh;Keith Matthews;K Gull

  • Centriole/basal body morphogenesis and migration during ciliogenesis in animal cells

    Helen R. Dawe;Helen Farr;Keith Gull

  • The evolution of the cytoskeleton

    Bill Wickstead;Keith Gull

  • The extended tubulin superfamily.

    Paul G. McKean;Sue Vaughan;Keith Gull

  • A High-Order Trans-Membrane Structural Linkage Is Responsible for Mitochondrial Genome Positioning and Segregation by Flagellar Basal Bodies in Trypanosomes

    Emmanuel O. Ogbadoyi;Derrick R. Robinson;Keith Gull

  • Dyneins across eukaryotes: a comparative genomic analysis.

    Bill Wickstead;Keith Gull

  • Anaerobic fungi in herbivorous animals

    Anthony P.J. Trinci;David R. Davies;Keith Gull;Michelle I. Lawrence

  • The Meckel–Gruber Syndrome proteins MKS1 and meckelin interact and are required for primary cilium formation

    Helen R. Dawe;Ursula M. Smith;Andrew R. Cullinane;Dianne Gerrelli

  • Targeting of a tetracycline-inducible expression system to the transcriptionally silent minichromosomes of Trypanosoma brucei.

    Bill Wickstead;Klaus Ersfeld;Keith Gull

  • Assembly of the paraflagellar rod and the flagellum attachment zone complex during the Trypanosoma brucei cell cycle.

    Linda Kohl;Trevor Sherwin;Keith Gull

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith R. Matthews
Keith R. Matthews University of Edinburgh
Steven L. Kelly
Steven L. Kelly Swansea University
Mark Carrington
Mark Carrington University of Cambridge
J. Richard McIntosh
J. Richard McIntosh University of Colorado Boulder
Mark C. Field
Mark C. Field University of Dundee
Julius Lukeš
Julius Lukeš Czech Academy of Sciences
Paul T. Englund
Paul T. Englund Johns Hopkins University
Colin A. Johnson
Colin A. Johnson University of Leeds
Najib M. El-Sayed
Najib M. El-Sayed University of Maryland, College Park
Wendy Gibson
Wendy Gibson University of Bristol

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