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Prof R. Read: MRC Experimental Human Challenge with Genetically Modified Commensals to Investigate Respiratory Tract Mucosal Immunity and Colonisation

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Robert Read

Chair of Infectious Diseases
Other researchers

Professor Ian Clarke

Professor of Virology

Research interests

  • Transposon mutagenesis of Chlamydia species
  • Cell culture systems and replicons for human noroviruses

Professor Saul Faust MBBS, FRCPCH, PhD, FHEA, OBE

Professor Paediatric Immunology & Infect

Research outputs

Microevolution of Neisseria lactamica during nasopharyngeal colonisation induced by controlled human infection
Anish Pandey,
David W. Cleary,
Jay R. Laver,
Andrew Gorringe,
Alice M. Deasy,
Adam P. Dale,
Paul D. Morris,
Xavier Didelot,
Martin C.J. Maiden,
& Robert C. Read
, 2018 , Nature Communications , 9 (1)
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07235-5
Type: article
A phase III observer-blind randomized, controlled study to evaluate the immune response and the correlation with nasopharyngeal carriage after immunization of university students with a quadrivalent meningococcal ACWY glycoconjugate or serogroup B meningococcal vaccine
Robert C. Read,
Peter Dull,
Xilian Bai,
Kate Nolan,
Jamie Findlow,
Rohit Bazaz,
Annett Kleinschmidt,
Maggie McCarthy,
Huajun Wang,
Daniela Toneatto,
& Ray Borrow
, 2017 , Vaccine , 35 (3) , 427--434
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.11.071
Type: article
Investigating Bordetella pertussis colonisation and immunity
Hans De Graaf,
Diane F. Gbesemete,
Andrew R. Gorringe,
Dimitri A. Diavatopoulos,
Kent E. Kester,
Saul N. Faust,
& Robert C. Read
, 2017 , BMJ Open , 7 (10) , e018594
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018594
Type: article
Neisseria lactamica Y92-1009 complete genome sequence
Anish K. Pandey,
David W. Cleary,
Jay R. Laver,
Martin C.J. Maiden,
Xavier Didelot,
Andrew Gorringe,
& Robert C. Read
, 2017 , Standards in Genomic Sciences , 12 (41)
DOI: 10.1186/s40793-017-0250-6
Type: article