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Nicholas J. Loman is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of infectious diseases, with particular emphasis on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. Their work covers areas such as COVID-19 clinical research studies, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, and COVID-19 epidemiological studies. Additional topics explored include animal virus infections studies, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, and mosquito-borne diseases and control.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this researcher include:

  • Andrew Rambaut
  • Oliver G. Pybus
  • Áine O'Toole
  • Thomas R. Connor
  • Verity Hill

Their publications are often featured in several scientific venues, most notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science
  • Cell
  • Nature
  • Virus Evolution

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Nicholas J. Loman include:

  • Genomics and epidemiology of the P.1 SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus, Brazil, 2021, Science
  • Assessing transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in England, 2021, Nature
  • Evaluating the Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Mutation D614G on Transmissibility and Pathogenicity, 2020, Cell
  • Telomere-to-telomere assembly of a complete human X chromosome, 2020, Nature
  • Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Lineage B.1.1.7 in England: Insights from linking epidemiological and genetic data, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their research spans multiple subfields within biological sciences, including infectious diseases, molecular biology, epidemiology, modeling and simulation, and animal science and zoology.

Best Publications

  • Reagent and laboratory contamination can critically impact sequence-based microbiome analyses

    Susannah J Salter;Michael J Cox;Elena M Turek;Szymon T Calus

  • Binning metagenomic contigs by coverage and composition

    Johannes Alneberg;Brynjar Smári Bjarnason;Ino de Bruijn;Melanie Schirmer

  • Nanopore sequencing and assembly of a human genome with ultra-long reads

    Miten Jain;Sergey Koren;Karen H Miga;Josh Quick

  • Performance comparison of benchtop high-throughput sequencing platforms

    Nicholas J Loman;Raju V Misra;Timothy J Dallman;Chrystala Constantinidou

  • Real-time, portable genome sequencing for Ebola surveillance

    Joshua Quick;Nicholas J. Loman;Sophie Duraffour;Jared T. Simpson;Jared T. Simpson

  • Shotgun metagenomics, from sampling to analysis

    Christopher Quince;Alan W Walker;Jared T Simpson;Jared T Simpson;Nicholas J Loman

  • Genomics and epidemiology of the P.1 SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus, Brazil.

    Nuno R Faria;Thomas A Mellan;Charles Whittaker;Ingra M Claro

  • A complete bacterial genome assembled de novo using only nanopore sequencing data

    Nicholas J Loman;Joshua Quick;Jared T Simpson

  • Multiplex PCR method for MinION and Illumina sequencing of Zika and other virus genomes directly from clinical samples

    Joshua Quick;Nathan D Grubaugh;Steven T Pullan;Ingra M Claro

  • Assessing transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in England.

    Erik Volz;Swapnil Mishra;Meera Chand;Jeffrey C. Barrett

  • An amplicon-based sequencing framework for accurately measuring intrahost virus diversity using PrimalSeq and iVar

    Nathan D. Grubaugh;Nathan D. Grubaugh;Karthik Gangavarapu;Joshua Quick;Nathaniel L. Matteson

  • Evaluating the Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Mutation D614G on Transmissibility and Pathogenicity.

    Erik Volz;Verity Hill;John T McCrone;Anna Price

  • SARS-CoV-2 evolution during treatment of chronic infection.

    Steven A. Kemp;Dami A. Collier;Dami A. Collier;Rawlings P. Datir;Isabella A. T. M. Ferreira

  • Telomere-to-telomere assembly of a complete human X chromosome

    Karen H. Miga;Sergey Koren;Arang Rhie;Mitchell R. Vollger

  • Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas

    N R Faria;Joshua Quick;I M Claro;J Thézé

  • Sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 to mRNA vaccine-elicited antibodies.

    Dami A. Collier;Dami A. Collier;Anna De Marco;Isabella A. T. M. Ferreira;Bo Meng

  • Towards a genomics-informed, real-time, global pathogen surveillance system.

    Jennifer L. Gardy;Nicholas J. Loman

  • Evolution and epidemic spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil.

    Darlan S. Candido;Darlan S. Candido;Ingra M. Claro;Jaqueline G. de Jesus;William M. Souza

  • Nanopore native RNA sequencing of a human poly(A) transcriptome.

    Rachael E. Workman;Alison D. Tang;Paul S. Tang;Miten Jain

  • Hospital admission and emergency care attendance risk for SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) compared with alpha (B.1.1.7) variants of concern: a cohort study.

    Katherine A Twohig;Tommy Nyberg;Asad Zaidi;Simon Thelwall

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark J. Pallen
Mark J. Pallen University of East Anglia
Nuno Rodrigues Faria
Nuno Rodrigues Faria Imperial College London
Oliver G. Pybus
Oliver G. Pybus University of Oxford
Andrew Rambaut
Andrew Rambaut University of Edinburgh
Ester C. Sabino
Ester C. Sabino Universidade de São Paulo
Moritz U G Kraemer
Moritz U G Kraemer University of Oxford
Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara
Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Marta Giovanetti
Marta Giovanetti University of Rome Tor Vergata
Kristian G. Andersen
Kristian G. Andersen Scripps Research Institute
Nathan D. Grubaugh
Nathan D. Grubaugh Yale University

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