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Overview

Michael B. Bonsall is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and has a diverse publication record in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. They have substantial contributions across several subfields including Molecular Biology, Insect Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Genetics, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their research encompasses multiple scientific topics, notably:

  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models

Among recent publications, the following works are notable:

  • "How and When to End the COVID-19 Lockdown: An Optimization Approach" (2020), published in Frontiers in Public Health
  • "The Timing of Evolutionary Transitions Suggests Intelligent Life is Rare" (2020), published in Astrobiology
  • "Adequacy and sufficiency evaluation of existing EFSA guidelines for the molecular characterisation, environmental risk assessment and post-market environmental monitoring of genetically modified insects containing engineered gene drives" (2020), published in EFSA Journal
  • "Sleep and intrusive memories immediately after a traumatic event in emergency department patients" (2020), published in SLEEP
  • "The effect of the definition of 'pandemic' on quantitative assessments of infectious disease outbreak risk" (2021), published in Scientific Reports

Frequent collaborators of Michael B. Bonsall include:

  • Thomas Rawson
  • Danish A. Ahmed
  • Emily A. Holmes
  • Frances M. Colles
  • Jennifer Lord

Bonsall's research has been disseminated through a range of publication venues, especially:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Zika virus in the Americas: Early epidemiological and genetic findings

    Nuno Rodrigues Faria;Nuno Rodrigues Faria;Raimunda do Socorro da Silva Azevedo;Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Renato Souza

  • Measuring biodiversity to explain community assembly: a unified approach.

    S. Pavoine;S. Pavoine;M. B. Bonsall;M. B. Bonsall

  • Apparent competition structures ecological assemblages

    M. B. Bonsall;M. P. Hassell

  • Machine learning and artificial intelligence to aid climate change research and preparedness

    Chris Huntingford;Elizabeth S. Jeffers;Michael B. Bonsall;Hannah M. Christensen

  • Enemy-mediated apparent competition: empirical patterns and the evidence

    Enrique J. Chaneton;Michael B. Bonsall

  • Linking patterns in phylogeny, traits, abiotic variables and space: a novel approach to linking environmental filtering and plant community assembly

    Sandrine Pavoine;Sandrine Pavoine;Errol Vela;Sophie Gachet;Gérard de Bélair

  • The evolutionary ecology of pre- and post-meiotic sperm senescence.

    Tom Pizzari;Rebecca Dean;Allan Pacey;Harry Moore

  • Seasonal migration to high latitudes results in major reproductive benefits in an insect

    Jason W. Chapman;Jason W. Chapman;James R. Bell;Laura E. Burgin;Donald R. Reynolds;Donald R. Reynolds

  • Life History Trade-Offs Assemble Ecological Guilds

    Michael B. Bonsall;Vincent A. A. Jansen;Michael P. Hassell

  • Disentangling the interaction among host resources, the immune system and pathogens

    Clayton E. Cressler;William A. Nelson;Troy Day;Edward McCauley

  • Reducing intrusive traumatic memories after emergency caesarean section: A proof-of-principle randomized controlled study

    Antje Horsch;Yvan Vial;Céline Favrod;Mathilde Morisod Harari

  • The Dynamics of Cooperative Bacterial Virulence in the Field

    Ben Raymond;Stuart A. West;Ashleigh S. Griffin;Michael B. Bonsall

  • Correlations between phylogenetic and functional diversity: mathematical artefacts or true ecological and evolutionary processes?

    Sandrine Pavoine;Sandrine Pavoine;Amandine Gasc;Michael B. Bonsall;Michael B. Bonsall;Norman W.H. Mason

  • When to Care for, Abandon, or Eat Your Offspring: The Evolution of Parental Care and Filial Cannibalism

    Hope Klug;Michael B. Bonsall

  • What are the benefits of parental care? The importance of parental effects on developmental rate

    Hope Klug;Michael B Bonsall

  • Mood stability versus mood instability in bipolar disorder: A possible role for emotional mental imagery

    Emily A. Holmes;Catherine Deeprose;Christopher G. Fairburn;Sophie M.A. Wallace-Hadrill

  • Aedes aegypti control: the concomitant role of competition, space and transgenic technologies

    Laith Yakob;Luke Alphey;Michael B. Bonsall

  • Environmental factors determining the epidemiology and population genetic structure of the Bacillus cereus group in the field.

    Ben Raymond;Kelly L. Wyres;Samuel K. Sheppard;Richard J. Ellis

  • LIFE HISTORY AND THE EVOLUTION OF PARENTAL CARE

    Hope Klug;Michael B. Bonsall

  • Guidance framework for testing of genetically modified mosquitoes

    Mark Benedict;Mike Bonsall;Anthony A James;Stephanie James

  • SPECIAL FEATURE: FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY Correlations between phylogenetic and functional diversity: mathematical artefacts or true ecological and evolutionary processes?

    Sandrine Pavoine;Amandine Gasc;Michael B. Bonsall

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Hassell
Michael P. Hassell Imperial College London
Marc Mangel
Marc Mangel University of Bergen
Emily A. Holmes
Emily A. Holmes Uppsala University
Katherine J. Willis
Katherine J. Willis University of Oxford
Luke Alphey
Luke Alphey University of York
Philip K. Maini
Philip K. Maini University of Oxford
Robert S. Paton
Robert S. Paton Colorado State University
Sandrine Pavoine
Sandrine Pavoine French National Museum of Natural History
John R. Geddes
John R. Geddes University of Oxford
Guy M. Goodwin
Guy M. Goodwin University of Oxford

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