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Virus Ecology Group  (VEG) - List of members as of  Jan 2008.

To join the Virus Ecology Group (VEG) please email Andrew Millard a.d.millard@warwick.ac.uk or Martha Clokie on mrjc1@le.ac.uk detailing your affiliation and area(s) of interest. You will be added to the VEG mailing group and receive updates on VEG activities. 

 

Name

Institute

Email

Area of Interest

Dr Dave Adams

University of Leeds

D.G.Adams@Leeds.ac.uk

Freshwater cyanophages

Dr Renat Adelshin

Limnological Institute of Siberia

renat@lin.irk.ru

Molecular epidemiology of tick-borne encephalitis virus on the European part of Russia and some neighboring countries

Dr Icarus Allen

Plymouth Marine Laboratory

jia@pml.ac.uk

Virus modelling

Dr Mike Allen

Plymouth Marine Laboratory

MIJA@pml.ac.uk

Emiliania huxleyi viruses

Dr Heather Allison

University of Liverpool

hallison@liverpool.ac.uk

VT and other lambdoid phages

Dr Steve Archer

Plymouth Marine Laboratory

stda@mail.pml.ac.uk

Virus productivity

Prof. Mark Bailey

CEH Oxford

mbailey@ceh.ac.uk

 

Andrea Baker

University of Leeds and MBA

ANCBA@mba.ac.uk

Freshwater cyanophages

Chris Bellas

Bristol

ggcmb@bristol.ac.uk

Glacial virus ecology

Dr Rebecca Benmayor

Oxford Brookes

rbenmayor@brookes.ac.uk

Baculoviruses

Dr Simon Bennet

Solexa Limited

Simon.Bennett@solexa.com

New sequencing technologies

Dr Graham Bradley

University of Plymouth

G.Bradley@plymouth.ac.uk

Bacteriodes phages

Stephen Bromley

University of Liverpool

s.a.bromley@liv.ac.uk

Lambda integrase gene family: markers for phage diversity, ecology and gene transfer in freshwater bacteria.

Dr John Burden

CEH, Oxford

jbur@ceh.ac.uk

Baculoviruses

Dr Leo Calvo-Bado

University of Warwick

l.a.calvo-bado@warwick.ac.uk

Streptomycetes phages

Catia de Carvalho

BAS, Instituto de Investigaciones Mariñas" (IIM-CSIC) in Vigo

catiabio@gmail.com

Phytoplankton Viruses

Prof. Andrew Clarke

BAS, Cambridge

accl@bas.ac.uk

Virus ecology; Marine Antarctic

Dr Martha Clokie

University of Leicester

mrjc1@le.ac.uk

All aspects of bacteriophage biology

Katie Collins

Centre for Public and Environmental health, University of Surrey.

 

Viruses in aquifers.

Dr Ian Cooper

CEH, Oxford

jic@ceh.ac.uk

Chlorella viruses

Prof. Jenny Cory

Sault Ste Marie, Ontario

cory@auc.ca

Baculoviruses

Kate Crawfurd

PML

pmlvis12@mail.pml.ac.uk

E. huxleyi viruses

John Creedy

Progressive Research Systems Ltd

johncreedy@prsystemsuk.com

Virus purification technology -Progressive Research Systems Ltd

Dr Martin Day

University of Cardiff

day@cardiff.ac.uk

Bacteriophage ecology; soil; Marine Antarctic

Mandy Dillon

University of Lancaster

a.dillon@lancaster.ac.uk

Freshwater cyanophages

Prof. Chris Dowson

University of Warwick

c.g.dowson@warwick.ac.uk

 

Dr Cynan Ellis-Evans

BAS, Cambridge

jcel@pcmail.nerc-bas.ac.uk

Virus ecology; freshwater Antarctic

Dr Claire Evans

PML

CEVA@pml.ac.uk

Role of viruses on sulphur cycling

Hallgerd Eydal

University of Goteborg

hallgerd.eydal@cmb.gu.se

Marine Viruses

Dr Ruth Finch

HRI, Wellsbourne

 

Baculoviruses

Paul Fogg

University of Liverpool

foggp82@liverpool.ac.uk

VT Phages

 Ian Foulds

University of Cambridge

ijf23@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk

New phages of Erwinia, Serratia, Pseudomonas and other Gram-negatives.

Prof. John Fry

University of Cardiff

fry@cardiff.ac.uk

Bacteriophage ecology; soil; marine Antarctic

Dr Victoria Goddard

MBA

vjd@pml.ac.uk

Freshwater virus ecology

Prof. Charles Godfray

NERC Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College London

c.godfray@imperial.ac.uk

Modelling virus interactions.

Jinghua Guo

University of Cambridge

 

Serratia and Erwinia phages. Phage receptors

Robert Graham

CEH Oxford

rigra@ceh.ac.uk

baculoviruses

Dr Caroline Griffiths

Oxford Brookes University

cgriffiths@brookes.ac.uk

 

Dr Rosie Hails MBE

CEH, Oxford

RHA@ceh.ac.uk

Baculovirus dynamics, risk assessment and ecology.

Matt Hall

MBA

mjhal@mba.ac.uk

Marine cyanophages

Ellie Harrison

PML

ELHA@pml.ac.uk

Marine cyanophages

Dr Paul Hayes

University of Bristol

Paul.Hayes@bris.ac.uk

Cyanophages as vectors for gene transfer.

Dr. Helen Hesketh

CEH Oxford

hyeo@ceh.ac.uk

Baculoviruses

Dr Richard Hitchman

CEH Oxford

rhitchman@brookes.ac.uk

Baculoviruses

Dr Dave Hodgson

University of Warwick

dhodgson@bio.warwick.ac.uk

Staphylococcus phages and general interest in phage genetics and ecology.

Caroline Jenkins

Scripps

spamchowmein@hotmail.com

Cyanophages

Ying Jia

University of Warwick

lsrcbw@warwick.ac.uk

Marine cyanophages

Dr Gro S. Johannessen

University of Liverpool

 

VT phages

Dr Ian Joint

Plymouth Marine Laboratory

irj@mail.pml.ac.uk

General interest in aquatic viruses

Dr Eadaoin Joyce

Centre for Public and Environmental health, University of Surrey.

E.Joyce@surrey.ac.uk

Viruses in aquifers.

Gary Keane

HRI, Wellsbourne

gary.keane@warwick.ac.uk

 

Liz Kemp

HRI, Wellsbourne

elizabeth.kemp@warwick.ac.uk

 

Dr Susan Kimmance

Plymouth Marine Laboratory

SUKIM@mail.pml.ac.uk

Phytoplankton viruses

Dr Fiona King

CEH Oxford

Fiona.king@brookes.ac.uk

Baculoviruses

Dr Linda King

Oxford Brookes University

laking@brookes.ac.uk

Insect viruses

Prof. Jo Laybourn-Parry

University of Nottingham

J.Laybourn-Parry@nottingham.ac.uk

Antarctic viruses

Dr Barry Leadbeater

University of Birmingham.

B.S.C.Leadbeater@bham.ac.uk

Macroalgae viruses

Meredith Lloyd-Evans

 

mlloydevans@biobridge.co.uk

Biotechnology

Jayme Lohr

PML & University of Plymouth

JAYLO@pml.ac.uk

Coral viruses

Despima Lymperopoulou

University of Warwick

dlymperop@biol.uoa.gr

Actinophage

Dr Gill Malin

University of East Anglia

g.malin@uea.ac.uk

Role of viruses on sulphur cycling

Prof. Nick Mann

University of Warwick

N.H.Mann@warwick.ac.uk

Marine cyanophages; Phage-mediated gene transfer; lysogeny

Joaquín Martínez Martínez

University of Plymouth, MBA & PML

jomartmart@hotmail.com &/or JOMM@pml.ac.uk

Phytoplankton viruses

Sophie Mazard

University of Warwick & PML

S.Mazard@warwick.ac.uk

Marine cyanophages

Prof Alan McCarthy

University of Liverpool

aj55m@liverpool.ac.uk

VT and other lambdoid phages

Dr Andrew Millard

University of Warwick

AMillard@bio.warwick.ac.uk

Marine Cyanophages & Detection of phage genes by RING FISH

Dr Martin Mühling

Plymouth Marine Laboratory

mmuh@mail.pml.ac.uk

Marine cyanophages

Dr Colin Munn

University of Plymouth

C.Munn@plymouth.ac.uk

Marine viruses

Dr Sandy Murray

University of Aberdeen

murrays@marlab.ac.uk

Modelling virus dynamics

Neil Naish

HRI, Wellsbourne

neil.naish@warwick.ac.uk

 

Christian Obermeier

HRI, Wellsbourne

Christian.Obermeier@warwick.ac.uk

Plant viruses

Antonio Pagarete

Station biologique de Roscoff

pagarete@sb-orscoff.fr

Evolutionary Relationships between Coccolithophorids and their Vituses

Dr Jackie Parry

University of Lancaster

j.parry@lancaster.ac.uk

Freshwater cyanophages

Dr David Pearce

BAS, Cambridge

dpearce@bas.ac.uk

Virus ecology; freshwater Antarctic

Dr Steve Pedley

University of Surrey

S.Pedley@surrey.ac.uk

Using phage to model virus transport in groundwater

Prof. Roger Pickup

CEH, Windermere

roger@ceh.ac.uk

Lambda Integrase gene family.

Prof. Robert Possee

CEH, Oxford

rdpo@ceh.ac.uk

Baculoviruses

Elizabeth Redman

CEH, Oxford

emr@ceh.ac.uk

Baculoviruses

Jonathan Reeves

CEH, Oxford

jree@ceh.ac.uk

Plant viruses

Prof. George Salmond

University of Cambridge

gpcs@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk

Erwinia and Serratia phages. Abortive infection systems. Transduction. Phage conversion. Phage receptors. Phage therapy.

Dr Ruth Anne Sandaa

University of Bergen

ruth.sandaa@im.uib.no

Marine Cyanophages/Virus Ecology

Prof. Jon Saunders

University of Liverpool

jrs@liv.ac.uk

Lambda Integrase gene family; VT phages.

Prof. Venetia Saunders

Liverpool John Moores University

V.A.SAUNDERS@livjm.ac.uk

General interest

Dr Dave Scanlan

University of Warwick

DScanlan@bio.warwick.ac.uk

Nutrient acquisition systems; phage receptors; photosynthetic picoplankton & picoeukaryotes.

Dr B.L.Sarkar

National Institute of Cholera & eneteric diseases of India

bl_sarkar@hotmail.com

vibrio phage

Dr Declan Schroeder

MBA

dsch@mba.ac.uk

Coccolithophore viruses

Dr Jinyu Shan

University of Warwick

jinyu.shan@googlemail.com

Marine Cyanophages/

Prof. Richard Sharp

CAMR

richard.sharp@camr.org.uk

Aspects of phage therapy and phage mediated control.

Darren Smith

University of Liverpool

smithdx@liverpool.ac.uk

Host range of VT phages.

Dr Maggie Smith

University of Aberdeen

Maggie.smith@abdn.ac.uk

Streptomyces phage

Dr Adriana Soares

HRI, Wellsbourne

adriana.xavier-soares@warwick.ac.uk

Mushroom viruses

Prof. Curtis Suttle

University of British Columbia

csuttle@eos.ubc.ca

Marine Viruses

Edward Spence

University of Warwick

edward.m.spence@warwick.ac.uk

Marine cyanophages

Dr Gill Turnbull

HRI, Wellsbourne

gill.turnbull@warwick.ac.uk

TuMV

Dr Sarah Turner

CEH, Oxford

sltu@ceh.ac.uk

Baculovirus genomics

Dr John Walsh

HRI, Wellsbourne

john.walsh@warwick.ac.uk

Turnip Mosaic Viruses

Dr Hui Wang

CEH, Oxford

huw@ceh.ac.uk

Plant viruses

Prof. Liz Wellington

University of Warwick

ewellington@bio.warwick.ac.uk

Streptomycetes phages

Karen Weynberg

MBA

MRES13@mail.pml.ac.uk

Ectocarpus viruses

Dr Susan Wharam

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science

swharam@bigelow.org

Emiliania huxleyi viruses

Dr Phil Williamson

University of East Anglia,

NERC

P.Williamson@uea.ac.uk

General interest.

Dr Willie Wilson

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science

wwilson@bigelow.org

 

Microalgal viruses; cyanophages; coral viruses; freshwater; marine; technique development; just about anything concerning viral/phage ecology!

Dr Doreen Winstanley

HRI, Wellsbourne

Doreen.Winstanley@warwick.ac.uk

Baculoviruses

Dave Woodward

HRI, Wellsbourne

David.Woodward@warwick.ac.uk

 

Dave Woodwark

First Faraday, Oxford

dave.woodwark@btinternet.com

general; biotechnological applications

Dr Sally Wormleaton

HRI, Wellsbourne

 

Baculoviruses

Dr Mike Zubkov

Southampton Oceanography Centre

mvz@soc.soton.ac.uk

General interest

Dr. rer.nat. Katrin Zwirglmaier

University of Warwick

K.Zwirglmaier@warwick.ac.uk

Phage-host-grazer interactions in cyanobacteria. Detecting single genes by FISH in situ