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Michael P. Alpers

Michael P. Alpers

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Immunology

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23575
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45

Medicine

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
  • 2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1993 - Distinguished International Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
  • 1991 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Michael P. Alpers is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia and has contributed to research primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Genetics, Animal Science and Zoology, and Small Animals.

The scientist's research interests focus on key topics such as:

  • Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Livestock and Poultry Management
  • Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael P. Alpers include:

  • LncRNA-SLC16A1-AS1 induces metabolic reprogramming during Bladder Cancer progression as target and co-activator of E2F1, 2020, Theranostics
  • Population Structure and Migration in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea; a Region Impacted by the kuru Epidemic, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Population structure and migration in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, a region impacted by the kuru epidemic, 2024, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Robert Hertz, Anthropophagic Practices and Traditional South Fore Mortuary Rites in Papua New Guinea, 2024, OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
  • Corrigenda to: The first fifty years of the Papua New Guinea Medical Journal: a celebration of its Golden Jubilee, 2025, Papua New Guinea medical journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael P. Alpers include:

  • Jerome Whitfield
  • Liam Quinn
  • Ida Moltke
  • Tracy Campbell
  • Holger Hummerich

The scientist has published in various venues such as Theranostics, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The American Journal of Human Genetics, OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, and the Papua New Guinea medical journal.

Michael P. Alpers has been recognized with several awards over their career, including:

  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, 2012
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2008
  • Distinguished International Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), 1993
  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences, 1991

Best Publications

  • Experimental Transmission of a Kuru-like Syndrome to Chimpanzees

    D C Gajdusek;C J Gibbs;M Alpers

  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (Spongiform Encephalopathy): Transmission to the Chimpanzee

    C. J. Gibbs;D. C. Gajdusek;D. M. Asher;M. P. Alpers

  • A recombinant blood-stage malaria vaccine reduces Plasmodium falciparum density and exerts selective pressure on parasite populations in a phase 1-2b trial in Papua New Guinea.

    Blaise Genton;Inoni Betuela;Ingrid Felger;Fadwa Al-Yaman

  • Plasmodium vivax and mixed infections are associated with severe malaria in children: a prospective cohort study from Papua New Guinea.

    Blaise Genton;Valérie D'Acremont;Lawrence Rare;Kay Baea

  • High frequencies of alpha-thalassaemia are the result of natural selection by malaria.

    J Flint;A V Hill;D K Bowden;S J Oppenheimer

  • Kuru in the 21st century—an acquired human prion disease with very long incubation periods

    John Collinge;Jerome Whitfield;Jerome Whitfield;Edward McKintosh;John Beck

  • Balancing selection at the prion protein gene consistent with prehistoric kurulike epidemics.

    Simon Mead;Michael P. H. Stumpf;Jerome Whitfield;Jonathan A. Beck

  • alpha+-Thalassemia protects children against disease caused by other infections as well as malaria.

    S. J. Allen;A. O’Donnell;N. D. E. Alexander;M. P. Alpers

  • Blood pressure in four remote populations in the INTERSALT Study

    J J Carvalho;R G Baruzzi;P F Howard;N Poulter

  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

    Elisabeth Beck;P. M. Daniel;W. B. Matthews;D. L. Stevens

  • The Epidemiology of Malaria in a Population Surrounding Madang, Papua New Guinea

    J. A. Cattani;J. L. Tulloch;H. Vrbova;D. Jolley

  • Effect of vitamin A supplementation on morbidity due to Plasmodium falciparum in young children in Papua New Guinea: a randomised trial.

    Anuraj H Shankar;Blaise Genton;Richard D Semba;Moses Baisor

  • Emergence of FY*A(null) in a Plasmodium vivax-endemic region of Papua New Guinea.

    Peter A. Zimmerman;Ian Woolley;Godfred L. Masinde;Stephanie M. Miller

  • Cross-species interactions between malaria parasites in humans.

    Marian C. Bruce;Christl A. Donnelly;Michael P. Alpers;Mary R. Galinski

  • The Association Between Dermatophagoides Mites and the Increasing Prevalence of Asthma in Village Communities Within the Papua New Guinea Highlands

    G.K. Dowse;K.J. Turner;G.A. Stewart;M.P. Alpers

  • A Novel Protective Prion Protein Variant that Colocalizes with Kuru Exposure

    Simon Mead;Jerome Whitfield;Mark Poulter;Paresh Shah

  • The influence of zinc supplementation on morbidity due to Plasmodium falciparum: a randomized trial in preschool children in Papua New Guinea.

    Anuraj H. Shankar;Blaise Genton;Moses Baisor;Joseph Paino

  • Ovalocytosis and cerebral malaria

    Genton B;al-Yaman F;Mgone Cs;Alexander N

  • The epidemiology of malaria in Papua New Guinea

    Ivo Müller;Moses Bockarie;Michael Alpers;Tom Smith

  • A naturally occurring variant of the human prion protein completely prevents prion disease

    Emmanuel A. Asante;Michelle Smidak;Andrew Grimshaw;Richard Houghton

  • Nitric Oxide Synthase 2Lambaréné (G‐954C), Increased Nitric Oxide Production, and Protection against Malaria

    Jürgen F. Kun;Benjamin Mordmüller;Douglas J. Perkins;Douglas J. Perkins;Jürgen May

  • Pneumococcal vaccine prevents death from acute lower-respiratory-tract infections in Papua New Guinean children.

    I. D. Riley;M. P. Alpers;H. Gratten;D. Lehmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas J. Smith
Thomas J. Smith Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
James W. Kazura
James W. Kazura Case Western Reserve University
Moses J. Bockarie
Moses J. Bockarie European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
Hans-Peter Beck
Hans-Peter Beck University of Basel
Robin F. Anders
Robin F. Anders La Trobe University
D. C. Gajdusek
D. C. Gajdusek National Institutes of Health
John Collinge
John Collinge University College London
Karen P. Day
Karen P. Day University of Melbourne
Blaise Genton
Blaise Genton University of Lausanne
John C. Reeder
John C. Reeder World Health Organization

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