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Professor Wendy Gibson
Professor of Protozoology
Professor Wendy Gibson
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Professor Wendy Gibson
BSc, PhD, DSc(Lond)
Professor of Protozoology
Area of research
Molecular Parasitology
University of Bristol,
Woodland Road,
Bristol
BS8 1UG
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Tel. +44 (0) 117 928 8249
w.gibson@bristol.ac.uk
Research summary
- General area of research is Molecular Parasitology, specifically the African trypanosomes
- The mechanism of genetic exchange (sexual reproduction) in trypanosomes
- Molecular evolution of trypanosomes
- Taxonomy of trypanosomes and epidemiology of ...
Biography
I started research on African trypanosomes during my PhD at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, collecting field samples from domestic animals in Liberia for subsequent isoenzyme analysis. Deeper ...
Latest publications
- Poon, S, Peacock, L, Maini, PK, Gibson, W, Gull, K & Kelly, S 2012, ‘A modular and optimized single marker system for generation of Trypanosoma brucei cell lines expressing T7 RNA polymerase and the tetracycline repressor’. Open Biology, vol 2., pp. 110037
- Peacock, L, Cook, S, Ferris, V, Bailey, M & Gibson, W 2012, ‘The life cycle of Trypanosoma (Nannomonas) congolense in the tsetse fly’. Parasites and Vectors, vol 5.
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