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Robert P. Hirt is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Immunology and Microbiology.

The scientist's work focuses on several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Parasitology, Epidemiology, and Biotechnology. Their main research topics cover:

  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Reproductive tract infections research
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Enzyme Production and Characterization
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Gut microbiota and health

Recent publications by Robert P. Hirt include:

  • The genomes of nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses: viral evolution writ large, 2021, Microbial Genomics
  • Adaptation to genome decay in the structure of the smallest eukaryotic ribosome, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Two Different Species of Mycoplasma Endosymbionts Can Influence Trichomonas vaginalis Pathophysiology, 2022, mBio
  • Expanded genome-wide comparisons give novel insights into population structure and genetic heterogeneity of Leishmania tropica complex, 2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Identification of d-arabinan-degrading enzymes in mycobacteria, 2023, Nature Communications

Robert P. Hirt frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • mBio
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Parasitology

The scientist collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Nicholas P. Bailey
  • Johan Panek
  • Karla Helena-Bueno
  • Charlotte R. Brown
  • Sergey Melnikov

Best Publications

  • Draft genome sequence of the sexually transmitted pathogen Trichomonas vaginalis

    Jane M. Carlton;Robert . Hirt;Joana C. Silva;Arthur L. Delcher

  • The genome of the protist parasite Entamoeba histolytica

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

  • Microsporidia are related to Fungi: Evidence from the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II and other proteins.

    RP Hirt;Jr Jm Logsdon;B Healy;MW Dorey

  • A mitochondrial remnant in the microsporidian Trachipleistophora hominis

    Bryony A. P. Williams;Robert P. Hirt;John M. Lucocq;T. Martin Embley

  • Some rumen ciliates have endosymbiotic methanogens

    Bland J. Finlay;Genoveva Esteban;Ken J. Clarke;Alan G. Williams

  • The archaebacterial origin of eukaryotes

    Cymon J. Cox;Peter G. Foster;Robert P. Hirt;Simon R. Harris

  • EARLY BRANCHING EUKARYOTES

    T Martin Embley;Robert P Hirt

  • Trichomonas hydrogenosomes contain the NADH dehydrogenase module of mitochondrial complex I

    Ivan Hrdy;Robert P. Hirt;Pavel Dolezal;Lucie Bardonová

  • A novel route for ATP acquisition by the remnant mitochondria of Encephalitozoon cuniculi

    Anastasios D. Tsaousis;Edmund R. S. Kunji;Alina V. Goldberg;John M. Lucocq

  • Localization and functionality of microsporidian iron–sulphur cluster assembly proteins

    Alina V. Goldberg;Sabine Molik;Anastasios D. Tsaousis;Karina Neumann

  • A mitochondrial Hsp70 orthologue in Vairimorpha necatrix : molecular evidence that microsporidia once contained mitochondria

    Robert P. Hirt;Bryan Healy;Charles R. Vossbrinck;Elizabeth U. Canning

  • Structure and content of the Entamoeba histolytica genome.

    Clark Cg;Alsmark Uc;Tazreiter M;Saito-Nakano Y

  • Molecular Data Suggest an Early Acquisition of the Mitochondrion Endosymbiont

    DS Horner;RP Hirt;S Kilvington;D Lloyd

  • Diversity and reductive evolution of mitochondria among microbial eukaryotes

    Karin Hjort;Alina V. Goldberg;Anastasios D. Tsaousis;Robert P. Hirt

  • Multiple origins of anaerobic ciliates with hydrogenosomes within the radiation of aerobic ciliates.

    T M Embley;B J Finlay;P L Dyal;R P Hirt

  • The genome of the obligate intracellular parasite Trachipleistophora hominis: new insights into microsporidian genome dynamics and reductive evolution.

    Eva Heinz;Tom A. Williams;Sirintra Nakjang;Christophe J. Noel

  • Of clades and clans: terms for phylogenetic relationships in unrooted trees.

    Mark Wilkinson;James O. McInerney;Robert P. Hirt;Peter G. Foster

  • Reduction and Expansion in Microsporidian Genome Evolution: New Insights from Comparative Genomics

    Sirintra Nakjang;Tom A. Williams;Eva Heinz;Andrew K. Watson

  • A single eubacterial origin of eukaryotic pyruvate: ferredoxin oxidoreductase genes: implications for the evolution of anaerobic eukaryotes.

    D S Horner;R P Hirt;T M Embley

  • The diversity and evolution of thioredoxin reductase: new perspectives.

    Robert P. Hirt;Sylke Müller;T. Martin Embley;Graham H. Coombs

Frequent Co-Authors

T. Martin Embley
T. Martin Embley Newcastle University
Peter G. Foster
Peter G. Foster Natural History Museum
Thomas Sicheritz-Pontén
Thomas Sicheritz-Pontén University of Copenhagen
David S. Horner
David S. Horner University of Milan
Neil Hall
Neil Hall Norwich Research Park
John M. Lucocq
John M. Lucocq University of St Andrews
Jan Tachezy
Jan Tachezy Charles University
Graham H. Coombs
Graham H. Coombs University of Strathclyde
Jane M. Carlton
Jane M. Carlton New York University
Jean-Pierre Kraehenbuhl
Jean-Pierre Kraehenbuhl University of Lausanne

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