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Mandy Sanders is affiliated with the Wellcome Sanger Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on parasitology and infectious diseases, with a considerable body of work related to Leishmania parasites and other parasitic organisms.

The scientist's research spans several main fields, notably Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Within these fields, their subfields of study include Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Parasitology, Epidemiology, Ecology, and Immunology. The topics covered in their research emphasize:

  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • Global genome diversity of the Leishmania donovani complex, 2020, eLife
  • Ecological divergence and hybridization of Neotropical Leishmania parasites, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Long-read assembly and comparative evidence-based reanalysis of Cryptosporidium genome sequences reveal expanded transporter repertoire and duplication of entire chromosome ends including subtelomeric regions, 2021, Genome Research
  • Defining the early stages of intestinal colonisation by whipworms, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Large CRISPR-Cas-induced deletions in the oxamniquine resistance locus of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni, 2020, Wellcome Open Research

Mandy Sanders has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • James A. Cotton
  • Matthew Berriman
  • Jean-Claude Dujardin
  • Ilse Maes
  • Nancy Holroyd

The publication venues where Sanders has contributed multiple works include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • eLife
  • Nature Communications
  • Wellcome Open Research

Best Publications

  • The Genome of the African Trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei

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

  • The genome of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum

    L. Eichinger;J. A. Pachebat;J. A. Pachebat;G. Glöckner;M.-A. Rajandream

  • Complete genomes of two clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains: Evidence for the rapid evolution of virulence and drug resistance

    Matthew T. G. Holden;Edward J. Feil;Jodi A. Lindsay;Sharon J. Peacock

  • Comparative analysis of the genome sequences of Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella parapertussis and Bordetella bronchiseptica.

    Julian Parkhill;Mohammed Sebaihia;Andrew Preston;Lee D Murphy

  • Genomic plasticity of the causative agent of melioidosis, Burkholderia pseudomallei

    Matthew T. G. Holden;Richard W. Titball;Richard W. Titball;Sharon J. Peacock;Sharon J. Peacock;Ana M. Cerdeño-Tárraga

  • Rapid whole-genome sequencing for investigation of a neonatal MRSA outbreak.

    Claudio U. Köser;Claudio U. Köser;Matthew T.G. Holden;Matthew J. Ellington;Edward J P Cartwright;Edward J P Cartwright

  • Amplification-free Illumina sequencing-library preparation facilitates improved mapping and assembly of (G+C)-biased genomes

    Iwanka Kozarewa;Zemin Ning;Michael A Quail;Mandy J Sanders

  • The genome of Rhizobium leguminosarum has recognizable core and accessory components

    J. Peter W. Young;Lisa C. Crossman;Andrew Wb Johnston;Nicholas R. Thomson

  • Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum diversity in natural infections by deep sequencing

    Magnus Manske;Magnus Manske;Olivo Miotto;Olivo Miotto;Susana Campino;Susana Campino;Sarah Auburn;Sarah Auburn;Sarah Auburn

  • Multiple populations of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Cambodia

    Olivo Miotto;Jacob Almagro-Garcia;Jacob Almagro-Garcia;Jacob Almagro-Garcia;Magnus Manske;Bronwyn MacInnis

  • Gut inflammation can boost horizontal gene transfer between pathogenic and commensal Enterobacteriaceae.

    Bärbel Stecher;Rémy Denzler;Lisa Maier;Florian Bernet

  • Chromosome and gene copy number variation allow major structural change between species and strains of Leishmania

    Matthew B. Rogers;James D. Hilley;Nicholas J. Dickens;Jon Wilkes

  • Comparative genome analysis of Salmonella Enteritidis PT4 and Salmonella Gallinarum 287/91 provides insights into evolutionary and host adaptation pathways.

    Nicholas R. Thomson;Debra J. Clayton;Daniel Windhorst;Georgios Vernikos

  • Genome sequence of the enterobacterial phytopathogen Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica and characterization of virulence factors

    K. S. Bell;M. Sebaihia;L. Pritchard;L. Pritchard;M. T. G. Holden

  • Whole genome sequencing of multiple Leishmania donovani clinical isolates provides insights into population structure and mechanisms of drug resistance

    Tim Downing;Hideo Imamura;Saskia Decuypere;Taane G. Clark

  • The genome of the simian and human malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi

    A. Pain;U. Böhme;A. E. Berry;K. Mungall

  • REAPR: a universal tool for genome assembly evaluation.

    Martin Hunt;Taisei Kikuchi;Taisei Kikuchi;Mandy Sanders;Chris Newbold;Chris Newbold

  • A comprehensive evaluation of rodent malaria parasite genomes and gene expression

    Thomas D Otto;Ulrike Böhme;Andrew P Jackson;Martin Hunt

  • Telomeric expression sites are highly conserved in Trypanosoma brucei.

    Christiane Hertz-Fowler;Luisa M. Figueiredo;Michael A. Quail;Marion Becker

  • Genome sequence of a proteolytic (Group I) Clostridium botulinum strain Hall A and comparative analysis of the clostridial genomes

    Mohammed Sebaihia;Michael W. Peck;Nigel P. Minton;Nicholas R. Thomson

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew Berriman
Matthew Berriman University of Glasgow
James Cotton
James Cotton University of Glasgow
Chris I. Newbold
Chris I. Newbold Wellcome Sanger Institute
Thomas D. Otto
Thomas D. Otto University of Glasgow
Michael A. Quail
Michael A. Quail Wellcome Sanger Institute
Jean-Claude Dujardin
Jean-Claude Dujardin Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Julian Parkhill
Julian Parkhill University of Cambridge
Nicholas R. Thomson
Nicholas R. Thomson Wellcome Sanger Institute
Karen Mungall
Karen Mungall BC Cancer Agency
Dominic P. Kwiatkowski
Dominic P. Kwiatkowski University of Oxford

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