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Overview

Neil Hall is affiliated with Norwich Research Park in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields, with a primary focus on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these areas, they have produced substantial work in subfields including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Food Science, Infectious Diseases, and Endocrinology.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse aspects of microbiology and genomics. Key topics include:

  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Neil Hall has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • David Swarbreck
  • Ross Low
  • Karim Gharbi
  • Caisey V. Pulford
  • James Lipscombe

Their publications often appear in specific academic venues, reflecting the breadth of their research. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • PLoS Genetics
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Neil Hall demonstrate a focus on genomics, microbial diversity, and infectious diseases:

  • MitoHiFi: a python pipeline for mitochondrial genome assembly from PacBio high fidelity reads (2023), BMC Bioinformatics
  • The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the clock (2022), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • COVID-19 evolution during the pandemic - Implications of new SARS-CoV-2 variants on disease control and public health policies (2021), Virulence
  • Extensive microbial diversity within the chicken gut microbiome revealed by metagenomics and culture (2021), PeerJ
  • Stepwise evolution of Salmonella Typhimurium ST313 causing bloodstream infection in Africa (2020), Nature Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

    Malcolm J. Gardner;Neil Hall;Eula Fung;Owen White

  • The Genome of the African Trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei

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

  • Genomic sequence of the pathogenic and allergenic filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

    William C. Nierman;William C. Nierman;Arnab Pain;Michael J. Anderson;Jennifer R. Wortman;Jennifer R. Wortman

  • The genome of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum

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

  • Analysis of the bread wheat genome using whole-genome shotgun sequencing

    Rachel Brenchley;Manuel Spannagl;Matthias Pfeifer;Gary L. A. Barker

  • Accurate determination of microbial diversity from 454 pyrosequencing data

    Christopher Quince;Anders Lanzén;Thomas P Curtis;Russell J Davenport

  • Comparative genomics of trypanosomatid parasitic protozoa.

    Najib M. El-Sayed;Peter J. Myler;Peter J. Myler;Gaëlle Blandin;Matthew Berriman

  • A Comprehensive Survey of the Plasmodium Life Cycle by Genomic, Transcriptomic, and Proteomic Analyses

    Neil Hall;Marianna Karras;J. Dale Raine;Jane M. Carlton;Jane M. Carlton;Jane M. Carlton

  • The genome of the protist parasite Entamoeba histolytica

    Brendan Loftus;Iain Anderson;Rob Davies;U. Cecilia M. Alsmark

  • Analysis of the Plasmodium falciparum proteome by high-accuracy mass spectrometry

    Edwin Lasonder;Edwin Lasonder;Yasushi Ishihama;Jens S. Andersen;Adriaan M. W. Vermunt

  • Insight into biases and sequencing errors for amplicon sequencing with the Illumina MiSeq platform

    Melanie Schirmer;Umer Zeeshan Ijaz;Rosalinda D'Amore;Neil Hall

  • Towards the Human Colorectal Cancer Microbiome

    Julian R. Marchesi;Bas E. Dutilh;Bas E. Dutilh;Neil Hall;Wilbert H. M. Peters

  • Antagonistic coevolution accelerates molecular evolution

    Steve Paterson;Tom Vogwill;Angus Buckling;Rebecca Benmayor

  • An ancestral oomycete locus contains late blight avirulence gene Avr3a, encoding a protein that is recognized in the host cytoplasm

    Miles R. Armstrong;Stephen C. Whisson;Leighton Pritchard;Leighton Pritchard;Jorunn I. B. Bos

  • Advanced sequencing technologies and their wider impact in microbiology.

    Neil Hall

  • Regulation of sexual development of Plasmodium by translational repression.

    Gunnar R. Mair;Joanna A. M. Braks;Lindsey S. Garver;Joop C. A. G. Wiegant

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Long non-coding RNAs and enhancer RNAs regulate the lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory response in human monocytes

    Nicholas E. Ilott;James A. Heward;Benoit Roux;Eleni Tsitsiou

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

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

  • The industrial melanism mutation in British peppered moths is a transposable element

    Arjen E. van’t Hof;Pascal Campagne;Daniel J. Rigden;Carl J. Yung

  • A comprehensive benchmarking study of protocols and sequencing platforms for 16S rRNA community profiling

    Rosalinda D’Amore;Umer Zeeshan Ijaz;Melanie Schirmer;John G. Kenny

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew Berriman
Matthew Berriman University of Glasgow
Anthony Hall
Anthony Hall Norwich Research Park
Michael A. Quail
Michael A. Quail Wellcome Sanger Institute
Bart Barrell
Bart Barrell Wellcome Sanger Institute
Robert A. Kingsley
Robert A. Kingsley University of East Anglia
Arnab Pain
Arnab Pain King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Mark Blaxter
Mark Blaxter Wellcome Sanger Institute
Steven L. Salzberg
Steven L. Salzberg Johns Hopkins University
Najib M. El-Sayed
Najib M. El-Sayed University of Maryland, College Park
Jane M. Carlton
Jane M. Carlton New York University

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