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Malcolm K. Jones is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields, prominently Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Environmental Science. The scientist has contributed to several subfields including Parasitology, Ecology, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Molecular Biology.

The main research topics covered by Malcolm K. Jones include:

  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Parasitic infections in humans and animals
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

The scientist's frequent collaborators are:

  • Donald P. McManus
  • Hong You
  • Catherine A. Gordon
  • Pengfei Cai
  • Juliet D. French

Malcolm K. Jones often publishes in the following venues:

  • One Health
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Parasitology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • International Journal for Parasitology

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Schistosomiasis with a Focus on Africa," 2021, Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
  • "COVID-19 and globalization," 2020, One Health
  • "The novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is a one health issue," 2020, One Health
  • "Fifty years of the schistosome tegument: discoveries, controversies, and outstanding questions," 2021, International Journal for Parasitology
  • "Development of CRISPR/Cas13a-based assays for the diagnosis of Schistosomiasis," 2023, EBioMedicine

Best Publications

  • Immunolocalization of the Dengue Virus Nonstructural Glycoprotein NS1 Suggests a Role in Viral RNA Replication

    Jason M. Mackenzie;Malcolm K. Jones;Paul R. Young;Paul R. Young

  • Ultrastructure of Kunjin virus-infected cells: colocalization of NS1 and NS3 with double-stranded RNA, and of NS2B with NS3, in virus-induced membrane structures.

    Edwin G. Westaway;Jason M. MacKenzie;Mark T. Kenney;Malcolm K. Jones

  • Tetraspanins on the surface of Schistosoma mansoni are protective antigens against schistosomiasis

    Mai H Tran;Mark S Pearson;Jeffrey M Bethony;Jeffrey M Bethony;Danielle J Smyth

  • Immunopathogenesis of human schistosomiasis

    M. L. Burke;M. L. Burke;M. K. Jones;M. K. Jones;G. N. Gobert;Y. S. Li

  • Subcellular localization and some biochemical properties of the flavivirus Kunjin nonstructural proteins NS2A and NS4A

    Jason M. Mackenzie;Alexander A. Khromykh;Malcolm K. Jones;Edwin G. Westaway

  • The genome of the hydatid tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus

    Huajun Zheng;Wenbao Zhang;Liang Zhang;Liang Zhang;Zhuangzhi Zhang

  • Markers for trans-Golgi Membranes and the Intermediate Compartment Localize to Induced Membranes with Distinct Replication Functions in Flavivirus-Infected Cells

    Jason M. Mackenzie;Malcolm K. Jones;Edwin G. Westaway

  • Cellular and chemokine-mediated regulation in schistosome-induced hepatic pathology

    Candy Chuah;Candy Chuah;Candy Chuah;Malcolm K. Jones;Malcolm K. Jones;Melissa L. Burke;Donald P. McManus

  • Schistosomiasis with a Focus on Africa.

    Oyime Poise Aula;Donald P. McManus;Malcolm K. Jones;Catherine A. Gordon

  • Proteins C and NS4B of the Flavivirus Kunjin Translocate Independently into the Nucleus

    Edwin G. Westaway;Alexander A. Khromykh;Mark T. Kenney;Jason M. Mackenzie

  • The cytoskeleton and motor proteins of human schistosomes and their roles in surface maintenance and host–parasite interactions

    Malcolm K. Jones;Malcolm K. Jones;Geoffrey N. Gobert;Lihua Zhang;Philip Sunderland

  • Exposed proteins of the Schistosoma japonicum tegument

    Jason Mulvenna;Luke Moertel;Malcolm K. Jones;Malcolm K. Jones;Sujeevi Nawaratna

  • HDAC inhibitors in parasitic diseases

    Katherine Thea Andrews;Katherine Thea Andrews;Ashraful Haque;Malcolm K Jones;Malcolm K Jones

  • Carcinogenic liver fluke secretes extracellular vesicles that promote cholangiocytes to adopt a tumorigenic phenotype

    Sujittra Chaiyadet;Javier Sotillo;Michael Smout;Cinzia Cantacessi

  • Suppression of mRNAs encoding tegument tetraspanins from Schistosoma mansoni results in impaired tegument turnover.

    Mai H. Tran;Tori C. Freitas;Leanne Cooper;Soraya Gaze

  • Community surveys and risk factor analysis of human alveolar and cystic echinococcosis in Ningxia Hui autonomous region, China

    Yu Rong Yang;Tao Sun;Zhengzhi Li;Jianzhong Zhang

  • A contributory role for activated hepatic stellate cells in the dynamics of Schistosoma japonicum egg-induced fibrosis.

    Paul B Bartley;Grant A Ramm;Malcolm K Jones;Malcolm K Jones;Richard G Ruddell

  • The secreted and surface proteomes of the adult stage of the carcinogenic human liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini.

    Jason Mulvenna;Banchob Sripa;Paul J. Brindley;Jeffrey Gorman

  • Temporal expression of chemokines dictates the hepatic inflammatory infiltrate in a murine model of schistosomiasis

    Melissa L. Burke;Donald P. McManus;Grant A. Ramm;Mary Duke

  • Receptor for Fc on the surfaces of schistosomes.

    Alex Loukas;Malcolm K. Jones;Lynette T. King;Paul J. Brindley

  • Human melanoblasts in culture: expression of BRN2 and synergistic regulation by fibroblast growth factor-2, stem cell factor, and endothelin-3.

    Anthony L. Cook;Philippe D. Donatien;Philippe D. Donatien;Philippe D. Donatien;Aaron G. Smith;Mark Murphy

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald P. McManus
Donald P. McManus Australian National University
Geoffrey N. Gobert
Geoffrey N. Gobert Queen's University Belfast
Alex Loukas
Alex Loukas James Cook University
Andreas Hofmann
Andreas Hofmann University of Melbourne
Jason Mulvenna
Jason Mulvenna QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Robin B. Gasser
Robin B. Gasser University of Melbourne
Paul J. Brindley
Paul J. Brindley George Washington University
Ian D. Whittington
Ian D. Whittington University of Adelaide
Ian Beveridge
Ian Beveridge University of Melbourne
Philip S. Craig
Philip S. Craig University of Salford

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