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Immunology

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105
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49989
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579
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52

Molecular Biology

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99
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Medicine

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1997 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1993 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Robin A. Weiss is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with subfields focused on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Oncology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Genetics.

The scientist has contributed to topics including:

  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
  • Viral-associated cancers and disorders
  • Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
  • Viral Infections and Vectors

Recent publications by Robin A. Weiss include:

  • Identification of host-pathogen-disease relationships using a scalable multiplex serology platform in UK Biobank, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Emergence of epidemic diseases: zoonoses and other origins, 2022, Faculty Reviews
  • A perspective on the early days of RAS research, 2020, Cancer and Metastasis Reviews
  • Structural basis for llama nanobody recognition and neutralization of HIV-1 at the CD4-binding site, 2022, Structure
  • Structural Repertoire of HIV-1-Neutralizing Antibodies Targeting the CD4 Supersite in 14 Donors, 2020, UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Weiss include:

  • Neeraja Sankaran
  • Tongqing Zhou
  • Mark K. Louder
  • Baoshan Zhang
  • Lawrence Shapiro

They have published multiple papers across various venues, with frequent contributions in:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Communications
  • Faculty Reviews
  • Structure
  • Cancer and Metastasis Reviews

Robin A. Weiss has been recognized by several scientific bodies, including election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2013, fellowship of the Royal Society, United Kingdom in 1997, and membership in Academia Europaea since 1993.

Best Publications

  • The CD4 (T4) antigen is an essential component of the receptor for the AIDS retrovirus

    Angus G. Dalgleish;Peter C. L. Beverley;Paul R. Clapham;Dorothy H. Crawford

  • The T4 gene encodes the AIDS virus receptor and is expressed in the immune system and the brain.

    Paul Jay Maddon;Angus G. Dalgleish;J.Steven McDougal;Paul R. Clapham

  • Infection of human cells by an endogenous retrovirus of pigs

    Clive Patience;Yasuhiro Takeuchi;Robin A. Weiss

  • RNA tumor viruses

    Robin Weiss;A. Bernstein

  • Molecular Mimicry of Human Cytokine and Cytokine Response Pathway Genes by KSHV

    Patrick S. Moore;Chris Boshoff;Robin A. Weiss;Yuan Chang

  • How does HIV cause AIDS

    Robin A. Weiss

  • Social and environmental risk factors in the emergence of infectious diseases

    Robin A Weiss;Anthony J McMichael

  • Slim disease: a new disease in Uganda and its association with HTLV-III infection.

    D. Serwadda;N.K. Sewankambo;J.W. Carswell;A.C. Bayley

  • HHV-8 is associated with a plasmablastic variant of Castleman disease that is linked to HHV-8-positive plasmablastic lymphoma.

    Nicolas Dupin;Tim L. Diss;Paul Kellam;Micheline Tulliez

  • High-titer packaging cells producing recombinant retroviruses resistant to human serum.

    F.-L. Cosset;Y. Takeuchi;J.-L. Battini;R. A. Weiss

  • Human immunodeficiency viruses.

    John Coffin;Ashley Haase;Jay A. Levy;Luc Montagnier

  • Dissociation of gp120 from HIV-1 virions induced by soluble CD4.

    John P. Moore;Jane A. McKeating;Robin A. Weiss;Quentin J. Sattentau

  • Neutralization of human T-lymphotropic virus type III by sera of AIDS and AIDS-risk patients.

    Robin A. Weiss;Paul R. Clapham;Rachanee Cheingsong-Popov;Angus G. Dalgleish

  • Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus

    Chris Boshoff;Robin A. Weiss

  • Angiogenic and HIV-Inhibitory Functions of KSHV-Encoded Chemokines

    Chris Boshoff;Yoshio Endo;Paul D. Collins;Yasuhiro Takeuchi

  • AIDS-related malignancies.

    Chris Boshoff;Robin Weiss

  • The CD4 antigen: physiological ligand and HIV receptor.

    Quentin J. Sattentau;Robin A. Weiss

  • HIV testing on all pregnant women.

    Douglas Black;Walter Bodmer;David Cox;Richard Doll

  • Identification of transforming gene in two human sarcoma cell lines as a new member of the ras gene family located on chromosome 1

    Alan Hall;Christopher J. Marshall;Nigel K. Spurr;Robin A. Weiss

  • Clonal Origin and Evolution of a Transmissible Cancer

    Claudio Murgia;Jonathan K. Pritchard;Su Yeon Kim;Ariberto Fassati

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul R. Clapham
Paul R. Clapham University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Yasuhiro Takeuchi
Yasuhiro Takeuchi University College London
Chris Boshoff
Chris Boshoff Pfizer (Germany)
Thomas F. Schulz
Thomas F. Schulz Hannover Medical School
Anthony R. Fooks
Anthony R. Fooks St George's, University of London
Nigel J. Temperton
Nigel J. Temperton University of Kent
Áine McKnight
Áine McKnight Queen Mary University of London
Jane A. McKeating
Jane A. McKeating University of Oxford
Antonio Lanzavecchia
Antonio Lanzavecchia Istituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare
Paul Kellam
Paul Kellam Imperial College London

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