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Microbiology

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102
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44460
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365
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43

Medicine

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102
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World Ranking
7575
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Michael H. Malim is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research predominantly focuses on Medicine, with significant contributions to Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Neurology, Immunology, and Biomedical Engineering. The primary topics covered include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, long-term effects of COVID-19, biosensors and analytical detection, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, and vaccine coverage and hesitancy.

They have published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLoS Pathogens, Nature Microbiology, mBio, and Nature Communications.

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Nature Microbiology
  • mBio
  • Nature Communications

Some of their recent papers of note are:

  • Longitudinal observation and decline of neutralizing antibody responses in the three months following SARS-CoV-2 infection in humans, 2020, Nature Microbiology
  • Safety and immunogenicity of one versus two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b2 for patients with cancer: interim analysis of a prospective observational study, 2021, The Lancet Oncology
  • Drugs that inhibit TMEM16 proteins block SARS-CoV-2 spike-induced syncytia, 2021, Nature
  • Peripheral immunophenotypes in children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Longitudinal evaluation and decline of antibody responses in SARS-CoV-2 infection, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Michael H. Malim collaborates regularly with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Katie J. Doores
  • Carl Graham
  • Jeffrey Seow
  • Stuart J. D. Neil
  • Suzanne Pickering

Their work intersects multiple specialized fields, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to understanding both the molecular mechanisms of infectious diseases and their clinical implications. The body of research spans from fundamental molecular biology related to viral infections to clinical studies focusing on COVID-19 vaccination and immune responses.

Recognition of their scientific involvement includes election as a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 2007, membership in The Academy of Medical Sciences in the UK, and membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Isolation of a human gene that inhibits HIV-1 infection and is suppressed by the viral Vif protein

    Ann M. Sheehy;Nathan C. Gaddis;Jonathan D. Choi;Michael H. Malim;Michael H. Malim

  • The HIV-1 rev trans-activator acts through a structured target sequence to activate nuclear export of unspliced viral mRNA.

    Michael H. Malim;Joachim Hauber;Shu-Yun Le;Jacob V. Maizel

  • DNA deamination mediates innate immunity to (retro)viral infection

    Michael Malim;Ann Sheehy;Reuben Harris;Kate Bishop

  • The antiretroviral enzyme APOBEC3G is degraded by the proteasome in response to HIV-1 Vif.

    Ann M Sheehy;Nathan C Gaddis;Michael H Malim

  • Longitudinal observation and decline of neutralizing antibody responses in the three months following SARS-CoV-2 infection in humans.

    Jeffrey Seow;Carl Graham;Blair Merrick;Sam Acors

  • Suppression of tumor necrosis factor-induced cell death by inhibitor of apoptosis c-IAP2 is under NF-κB control

    Zhi-Liang Chu;Timothy A. McKinsey;Lily Liu;Jennifer J. Gentry

  • The HIV-1 Rev protein

    Victoria W. Pollard;Michael H. Malim

  • Functional dissection of the HIV-1 Rev trans-activator—Derivation of a trans-dominant repressor of Rev function

    Michael H. Malim;Sabine Böhnlein;Joachim Hauber;Bryan R. Cullen

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Spinoculation Enhances Infection through Virus Binding

    Una O'Doherty;William J. Swiggard;Michael H. Malim

  • HIV-1 Accessory Proteins—Ensuring Viral Survival in a Hostile Environment

    Michael H. Malim;Michael Emerman

  • Cytidine Deamination of Retroviral DNA by Diverse APOBEC Proteins

    Kate N. Bishop;Rebecca K. Holmes;Ann M. Sheehy;Nicholas O. Davidson

  • Persistent HIV-1 replication maintains the tissue reservoir during therapy

    Ramon Lorenzo-Redondo;Helen R. Fryer;Trevor Bedford;Eun Young Kim

  • Human MX2 is an interferon-induced post-entry inhibitor of HIV-1 infection

    Caroline Goujon;Olivier Moncorgé;Hélène Bauby;Tomas Doyle

  • HIV-1 regulatory/accessory genes: keys to unraveling viral and host cell biology.

    Michael Emerman;Michael H. Malim

  • HIV Restriction Factors and Mechanisms of Evasion

    Michael H. Malim;Paul D. Bieniasz

  • Antiviral function of APOBEC3G can be dissociated from cytidine deaminase activity

    Edmund N.C. Newman;Rebecca K. Holmes;Heather M. Craig;Kevin C. Klein

  • Immunodeficiency virus rev trans-activator modulates the expression of the viral regulatory genes.

    Michael H. Malim;Joachim Hauber;Randy Fenrick;Bryan R. Cullen

  • HIV-1 structural gene expression requires the binding of multiple Rev monomers to the viral RRE: Implications for HIV-1 latency

    Michael H. Malim;Bryan R. Cullen

  • HIV-1 structural gene expression requires binding of the rev trans-activator to its RNA target sequence

    Michael H. Malim;Laurence S. Tiley;David F. McCarn;James R. Rusche

  • Safety and immunogenicity of one versus two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b2 for patients with cancer: interim analysis of a prospective observational study.

    Leticia Monin;Adam G Laing;Miguel Muñoz-Ruiz;Duncan R McKenzie

  • Productive human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection of nonproliferating human monocytes.

    J B Weinberg;T J Matthews;B R Cullen;M H Malim

Frequent Co-Authors

Bryan R. Cullen
Bryan R. Cullen Duke University
Katie J. Doores
Katie J. Doores King's College London
Stuart J. D. Neil
Stuart J. D. Neil King's College London
Adrian Hayday
Adrian Hayday King's College London
Ron A. M. Fouchier
Ron A. M. Fouchier Erasmus University Rotterdam
Steven M. Wolinsky
Steven M. Wolinsky Northwestern University
Peter Cherepanov
Peter Cherepanov The Francis Crick Institute
Alan J. Kingsman
Alan J. Kingsman Oxford BioMedica (United Kingdom)
Rogier W. Sanders
Rogier W. Sanders University of Amsterdam
Michael Emerman
Michael Emerman Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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