Parasitology and Epidemiology Group
Who we are
The PE group consists of investigators studying molecular and biochemical Parasitology, the landscape/spatial epidemiology of vector borne diseases and the evolutionary and immunological implications of host/parasite interactions. Our research interests span a variety of disciplines and is funded by BBSRC, NERC, the Wellcome Trust, the Welsh Assembly Government, the US National Institutes of Health, the UK Department for International Development, the European Union and private funders such as the Sandler Center for Basic Research in Parasitic Diseases.
What we do
By engaging in basic-science-, co-evolutionary driven- and systems-based- investigations, we collectively address some of the world’s major health problems caused by important biomedical and veterinary pathogens. Our expertise includes gene level investigations, application of functional genomics-based technologies, high-throughput compound screening, biomarker discovery, host-parasite interactions, immunological investigations, evolutionary studies, ecological epidemiology, mathematical modelling, GIS, satellite and aerial remote sensing and climate modelling. Our studies consider a range of infectious diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, protozoa, microsporidia and helminths.
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