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Overview

William Block is affiliated with the British Antarctic Survey in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily centers on medicine, with a focus on infectious diseases, neurology, and molecular biology. The scientist's work covers several topics, including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, long-term effects of COVID-19, as well as Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research.

Block's recent publications include:

  • Convalescent plasma with a high level of virus-specific antibody effectively neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, 2022, Blood Advances
  • High Viral Specific Antibody Convalescent Plasma Effectively Neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • LARGE ANIMALS AND WIDE HORIZONS [The autobiography of Richard M Laws]. Arnoldus Schytte Blix, Ian Parker and Christine Parker. 2017. Cambridge, England: Janus Publishing Company Ltd. 431 pages. ISBN 978-1-85756-864-6, 2021, Polar Record
  • SSH volume 44 issue 4 Cover and Front matter, 2020, Social Science History
  • SSH volume 44 issue 2 Cover and Front matter, 2020, Social Science History

The most frequent co-authors collaborating with Block include Kris Inwood, Jeffrey Beemer, Maggie Li, E. Beck, and Oliver Laeyendecker.

Their work has been published mainly in the following venues:

  • Social Science History
  • Polar Record
  • Blood Advances
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • COLD TOLERANCE OF MICROARTHROPODS

    R. J. C. Cannon;W. Block

  • Cold Tolerance of Insects and Other Arthropods

    W. Block

  • Global Change and Arctic Ecosystems: Conclusions and Predictions from Experiments with Terrestrial Invertebrates on Spitsbergen

    Ian D. Hodkinson;N.R. Webb;J.S. Bale;W. Block

  • Cold Hardiness of Collembola at Signy Island, Maritime Antarctic

    Lauritz Sømme;William Block

  • Effects of experimental temperature elevation on high-arctic soil microarthropod populations

    S. J. Coulson;I. D. Hodkinson;N. R. Webb;W. Block

  • Cold or drought - the lesser of two evils for terrestrial arthropods?

    W Block

  • Thermal Environments of Arctic Soil Organisms during Winter

    S. J. Coulson;I. D. Hodkinson;A. T. Strathdee;W. Block

  • Experimental studies on the cold tolerance of Alaskozetes antarcticus

    S.R. Young;William Block

  • Antarctic diptera: ecology, physiology and distribution

    Peter Convey;William Block

  • Terrestrial microbiology, invertebrates and ecosystems.

    W. Block

  • Temperature variation and its biological significance in fellfield habitats on a maritime Antarctic island

    M.C. Davey;J. Pickup;William Block

  • Soil arthropods as indicators of water stress in Antarctic terrestrial habitats

    Peter Convey;William Block;Helen J. Peat

  • Can high Arctic soil microarthropods survive eleveated summer temperatures

    I. D. Hodkinson;S. J. Coulson;N. R. Webb;W. Block

  • Simulated climate change: the interaction between vegetation type and microhabitat temperatures at Ny Ålesund, Svalbard

    S. Coulson;I.D. Hodkinson;A. Strathdee;J.S. Bale

  • Cold hardiness in invertebrate poikilotherms

    William Block

  • Cold hardiness of terrestrial mites at Signy Island, maritime Antarctic

    William Block;Lauritz Somme

  • Strategies of survival and resource exploitation in the Antarctic fellfield ecosystem.

    W. Block;R. I. Lewis Smith;A. D. Kennedy

  • The biology, life cycle and ecophysiology of the Antarctic mite Alaskozetes antarcticus

    William Block;Peter Convey

  • Effects of summer frost exposures on the cold tolerance strategy of a sub-Antarctic beetle

    J.S Bale;M.R Worland;W Block

  • To freeze or not to freeze? Invertebrate survival of sub-zero temperatures.

    Block W

  • Cold hardiness of Collembola at Signy Island, maritime

    William Block

  • An Arctic Ecosystem: The Coastal Tundra at Barrow, Alaska

    William Block;Jerry Brown;Philip C. Miller;Larry Tieszen

Frequent Co-Authors

N. R. Webb
N. R. Webb UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Ian D. Hodkinson
Ian D. Hodkinson Liverpool John Moores University
Peter Convey
Peter Convey British Antarctic Survey
Jeffrey S. Bale
Jeffrey S. Bale University of Birmingham
Penelope Greenslade
Penelope Greenslade Federation University Australia
Peter Rothery
Peter Rothery Natural Environment Research Council
Steven L. Chown
Steven L. Chown Monash University
John G. Duman
John G. Duman University of Notre Dame
Philippe Vernon
Philippe Vernon University of Rennes
Barbara M. Reed
Barbara M. Reed Oregon State University

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