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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy

Overview

Mark Viney is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their work explores several subfields including Parasitology, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Infectious Diseases, and Ecology. Main research topics addressed by Viney include Parasites and Host Interactions, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Helminth infection and control, Gut microbiota and health, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics and are published in various scientific venues. Notable papers include:

  • The ecology of viruses in urban rodents with a focus on SARS-CoV-2, 2023, Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • Toward genetic modification of plant-parasitic nematodes: delivery of macromolecules to adults and expression of exogenous mRNA in second stage juveniles, 2021, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • A One Health Approach to Child Stunting: Evidence and Research Agenda, 2021, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • The parasitic nematode Strongyloides ratti exists predominantly as populations of long-lived asexual lineages, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Strongyloides questions-a research agenda for the future, 2023, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Viney has frequently published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, Emerging Microbes & Infections, and the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Collaborative research is a significant aspect of Viney's work, with frequent co-authors including Vicky L. Hunt, Yu-Chen Liu, Steve Paterson, Virak Khieu, and Taisei Kikuchi.

Mark Viney was recognized with the award of becoming a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Optimal immune responses: immunocompetence revisited

    Mark E. Viney;Eleanor M. Riley;Katherine L. Buchanan

  • Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genus Strongyloides and related nematodes

    Mark Dorris;Mark E. Viney;Mark L. Blaxter

  • The comparative immunology of wild and laboratory mice, Mus musculus domesticus

    Stephen Abolins;Elizabeth C King;Luke Lazarou;Laura Weldon

  • The genomic basis of parasitism in the Strongyloides clade of nematodes

    Vicky L Hunt;Isheng J Tsai;Avril Coghlan;Adam J Reid

  • Why Does HIV Infection Not Lead to Disseminated Strongyloidiasis

    Mark E. Viney;Michael Brown;Michael Brown;Nicholas E. Omoding;J. Wendi Bailey

  • Hypoxia Tolerance in Animals: Biology and Application*

    T A Gorr;D Wichmann;J Hu;M Hermes-Lima

  • Breaking beta: deconstructing the parasite transmission function

    Hamish McCallum;Andy Fenton;Peter J. Hudson;Brian Lee

  • The biology of Strongyloides spp.

    Mark E Viney;James B Lok

  • Measures of immune function of wild mice, Mus musculus

    Stephen R. Abolins;Michael J. O. Pocock;Julius C. R. Hafalla;Eleanor M. Riley

  • HOST IMMUNE STATUS DETERMINES SEXUALITY IN A PARASITIC NEMATODE

    Alan W. Gemmill;Mark E. Viney;Andrew F. Read

  • Developmental switching in the parasitic nematode Strongyloides ratti

    M. E. Viney

  • Host immune responses are necessary for density dependence in nematode infections.

    S Paterson;Mark Viney

  • The Gut Microbiota of Wild Mice

    Laura Weldon;Stephen Abolins;Luca Lenzi;Christian Bourne

  • The control of morph development in the parasitic nematode Strongyloides ratti

    S. C. Harvey;A. W. Gemmill;A. F. Read;M. E. Viney

  • Detecting interspecific macroparasite interactions from ecological data: patterns and process

    Andy Fenton;Mark E. Viney;Jo Lello

  • Elucidating the spread of the emerging canid nematode Angiostrongylus vasorum between Palaearctic and Nearctic ecozones

    R. Jefferies;S.E. Shaw;J. Willesen;M.E. Viney

  • A genetic analysis of reproduction in Strongyloides ratti.

    Mark Viney

  • Patterns and processes in parasite co-infection.

    Mark E. Viney;Andrea Linn Graham

  • Quantitative genetic analysis of life-history traits of Caenorhabditis elegans in stressful environments

    Simon C Harvey;Alison Shorto;Mark E Viney

  • Comparison of the Distal Gut Microbiota from People and Animals in Africa

    Richard J. Ellis;Kenneth D. Bruce;Claire Jenkins;J. Russell Stothard

Frequent Co-Authors

Steve Paterson
Steve Paterson University of Liverpool
Eleanor M. Riley
Eleanor M. Riley University of Edinburgh
Andrew F. Read
Andrew F. Read Pennsylvania State University
David Gems
David Gems University College London
John T. Jones
John T. Jones James Hutton Institute
Andy Fenton
Andy Fenton University of Liverpool
Matthew C. Fisher
Matthew C. Fisher Imperial College London
Richard C. Tinsley
Richard C. Tinsley University of Bristol
Thomas J. Baum
Thomas J. Baum Iowa State University
Eric R. Morgan
Eric R. Morgan Queen's University Belfast

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