Professor Roman Biek

Professor of Disease Ecology and Molecular Epidemiology, Director of Research (Evolution & Diversity) (Evolution & Diversity)

telephone: 01413304954
email: Roman.Biek@glasgow.ac.uk

R401 Level 4, Institute of BAH&CM, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ

Research interests

Research Interests summary: Molecular ecology and evolution. Infectious disease dynamics in wild and domestic animal populations, with a focus on viral and bacterial pathogens.

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Number of items: 97.

2023

Lushasi, K. et al. (2023) Integrating contact tracing and whole-genome sequencing to track the elimination of dog-mediated rabies: an observational and genomic study. eLife, 12, e85262. (doi: 10.7554/elife.85262) (PMID:37227428) (PMCID:PMC10299823)

Akhmetova, A. et al. (2023) Genomic epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis infection in sympatric badger and cattle populations in Northern Ireland. Microbial Genomics, 9(5), 001023. (doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001023) (PMID:37227264) (PMCID:PMC10272874)

2022

Mollentze, N. , Keen, D., Munkhbayar, U., Biek, R. and Streicker, D. G. (2022) Variation in the ACE2 receptor has limited utility for SARS-CoV-2 host prediction. eLife, 11, e80329. (doi: 10.7554/eLife.80329) (PMID:36416537) (PMCID:PMC9683784)

Jacquot, M. , Wallace, M. A., Streicker, D. G. and Biek, R. (2022) Geographic range overlap rather than phylogenetic distance explains rabies virus transmission among closely related bat species. Viruses, 14(11), 2399. (doi: 10.3390/v14112399) (PMID:36366496) (PMCID:PMC9697534)

Gandy, S. , Kilbride, E., Biek, R. , Millins, C. and Gilbert, L. (2022) No net effect of host density on tick-borne disease hazard due to opposing roles of vector amplification and pathogen dilution. Ecology and Evolution, 12(9), e9253. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.9253) (PMID:36091342) (PMCID:PMC9448966)

Aminu, O. R. et al. (2022) Participatory mapping identifies risk areas and environmental predictors of endemic anthrax in rural Africa. Scientific Reports, 12, 10514. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14081-5) (PMID:35732674) (PMCID:PMC9217952)

Forde, T. L. et al. (2022) Population genomics of Bacillus anthracis from an anthrax hyperendemic area reveals transmission processes across spatial scales and unexpected within-host diversity. Microbial Genomics, 8(2), 000759. (doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000759) (PMID:35188453) (PMCID:PMC8942019)

2021

Gandy, S. , Kilbride, E., Biek, R. , Millins, C. and Gilbert, L. (2021) Experimental evidence for opposing effects of high deer density on tick-borne disease pathogen prevalence and hazard. Parasites and Vectors, 14(1), 509. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-05000-0) (PMID:34593023) (PMCID:PMC8485466)

Bergner, L. M. , Mollentze, N. , Orton, R. J. , Tello, C., Broos, A. , Biek, R. and Streicker, D. G. (2021) Characterizing and evaluating the zoonotic potential of novel viruses discovered in vampire bats. Viruses, 13(2), 252. (doi: 10.3390/v13020252) (PMID:33562073) (PMCID:PMC7914986)

Millins, C. et al. (2021) Emergence of Lyme disease on treeless islands in Scotland, UK. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(2), pp. 538-546. (doi: 10.3201/eid2702.203862) (PMID:33496237) (PMCID:PMC7853560)

Bergner, L. M. , Orton, R. J. , Broos, A. , Tello, C., Becker, D. J., Carrera, J. E., Patel, A. H. , Biek, R. and Streicker, D. G. (2021) Diversification of mammalian deltaviruses by host shifting. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(3), e201990711. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2019907118) (PMID:33397804) (PMCID:PMC7826387)

Fountain-Jones, N. M. et al. (2021) Host relatedness and landscape connectivity shape pathogen spread in the puma, a large secretive carnivore. Communications Biology, 4, 12. (doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-01548-2) (PMID:33398025) (PMCID:PMC7782801)

2020

Worsley-Tonks, K. E.L., Escobar, L. E., Biek, R. , Castaneda-Guzman, M., Craft, M. E., Streicker, D. G. , White, L. A. and Fountain-Jones, N. M. (2020) Using host traits to predict reservoir host species of rabies virus. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(12), e0008940. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008940) (PMID:33290391) (PMCID:PMC7748407)

Mollentze, N. , Streicker, D. G. , Murcia, P. R. , Hampson, K. and Biek, R. (2020) Virulence mismatches in index hosts shape the outcomes of cross-species transmission. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(46), pp. 28859-28866. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2006778117) (PMID:33122433) (PMCID:PMC7682402)

Dickinson, E. R., Millins, C. and Biek, R. (2020) Sampling scale and season influence the observed relationship between the density of deer and questing Ixodes ricinus nymphs. Parasites and Vectors, 13, 493. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-020-04369-8) (PMID:32993763) (PMCID:PMC7526098)

Clark, J. J., Gilray, J., Orton, R. J. , Baird, M., Wilkie, G., da Silva Filipe, A. , Johnson, N., McInnes, C. J., Kohl, A. and Biek, R. (2020) Population genomics of louping ill virus provide new insights into the evolution of tick-borne flaviviruses. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(9), e0008133. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008133) (PMID:32925939) (PMCID:PMC7515184)

Aminu, O. R. et al. (2020) Practical and effective diagnosis of animal anthrax in endemic low-resource settings. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(9), e0008655. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008655) (PMID:32925904) (PMCID:PMC7513992)

Murcia, P. , Streiker, D. , Da Silva Filipe, A. , Robertson, D. , Jarrett, R. , Willett, B. , Hosie, M. , Biek, R. , Allan, K. and Weir, W. (2020) Send cat and dog samples to test for SARS-CoV-2. Veterinary Record, 186(17), p. 571. (doi: 10.1136/vr.m2019) (PMID:32451348)

Brunker, K. et al. (2020) Rapid in-country sequencing of whole virus genomes to inform rabies elimination programmes. Wellcome Open Research, 5, 3. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15518.2) (PMID:32090172) (PMCID:PMC7001756)

Pascall, D. J. et al. (2020) "Frozen evolution" of an RNA virus suggests accidental release as a potential cause of arbovirus re-emergence. PLoS Biology, 18(4), e3000673. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000673) (PMID:32343693) (PMCID:PMC7188197)

Allen, A. et al. (2020) Genetic evidence further elucidates the history and extent of badger introductions from Great Britain into Ireland. Royal Society Open Science, 7(4), 200288. (doi: 10.1098/rsos.200288) (PMID:32431911) (PMCID:PMC7211870)

Forde, T. L. , Kollanandi Ratheesh, N., Harvey, W. T., Thomson, J. R., Williamson, S., Biek, R. and Opriessnig, T. (2020) Genomic and immunogenic protein diversity of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae isolated from pigs in Great Britain: implications for vaccine protection. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 418. (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00418) (PMID:32231655) (PMCID:PMC7083082)

Bergner, L. M. , Orton, R. J. , Benavides, J. A., Becker, D. J., Tello, C., Biek, R. and Streicker, D. G. (2020) Demographic and environmental drivers of metagenomic viral diversity in vampire bats. Molecular Ecology, 29(1), pp. 26-39. (doi: 10.1111/mec.15250) (PMID:31561274) (PMCID:PMC7004108)

2019

Crispell, J. et al. (2019) Combining genomics and epidemiology to analyse bi-directional transmission of Mycobacterium bovis in a multi-host system. eLife, 8, e45833. (doi: 10.7554/elife.45833) (PMID:31843054) (PMCID:PMC6917503)

Calatayud, O. , Esperón, F., Cleaveland, S. , Biek, R. , Keyyu, J., Eblate, E., Neves, E., Lembo, T. and Lankester, F. (2019) Carnivore parvovirus ecology in the Serengeti ecosystem: vaccine strains circulating and new host species identified. Journal of Virology, 93(13), e02220-18. (doi: 10.1128/JVI.02220-18) (PMID:30996096) (PMCID:PMC6580958)

Jacquot, M. et al. (2019) Contrasting selective patterns across the segmented genome of bluetongue virus in a global reassortment hotspot. Virus Evolution, 5(2), vez027. (doi: 10.1093/ve/vez027) (PMID:31392031) (PMCID:PMC6680063)

Bergner, L. M. , Orton, R. J. , da Silva Filipe, A. , Shaw, A. E., Becker, D. J., Tello, C., Biek, R. and Streicker, D. G. (2019) Using noninvasive metagenomics to characterize viral communities from wildlife. Molecular Ecology Resources, 19(1), pp. 128-143. (doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12946) (PMID:30240114) (PMCID:PMC6378809)

2018

Millins, C. et al. (2018) Landscape structure affects the prevalence and distribution of a tick-borne zoonotic pathogen. Parasites and Vectors, 11, 621. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-3200-2) (PMID:30514350) (PMCID:PMC6278045)

Nadin-Davis, S.A., Fu, Q., Trewby, H., Biek, R. , Johnson, R.H. and Real, L. (2018) Geography but not alternative host species explain the spread of raccoon rabies virus in Vermont. Epidemiology and Infection, 146(15), pp. 1977-1986. (doi: 10.1017/s0950268818001759) (PMID:29941066) (PMCID:PMC6175641)

Masembe, C. , Sreenu, V. B. , Da Silva Filipe, A. , Wilkie, G. S., Ogweng, P., Mayega, F. J., Muwanika, V. B., Biek, R. , Palmarini, M. and Davison, A. J. (2018) Genome sequences of five African swine fever virus genotype IX isolates from domestic pigs in Uganda. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 7(13), e01018-18. (doi: 10.1128/mra.01018-18) (PMID:30533685) (PMCID:PMC6256554)

Guerrero, J. et al. (2018) The population and landscape genetics of the European badger (Meles meles) in Ireland. Ecology and Evolution, 8(20), pp. 10233-10246. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.4498) (PMID:30397461) (PMCID:PMC6206220)

Brunker, K. , Nadin-Davis, S. and Biek, R. (2018) Genomic sequencing, evolution and molecular epidemiology of rabies virus. Revue scientifique et technique (International Office of Epizootics), 37(2), pp. 401-408. (doi: 10.20506/rst.37.2.2810) (PMID:30747139)

Brunker, K. , Lemey, P., Marston, D. A., Fooks, A. R., Lugelo, A., Ngeleja, C., Hampson, K. and Biek, R. (2018) Landscape attributes governing local transmission of an endemic zoonosis: rabies virus in domestic dogs. Molecular Ecology, 27(3), pp. 773-788. (doi: 10.1111/mec.14470) (PMID:29274171) (PMCID:PMC5900915)

2017

Jacquot, M. , Nomikou, K. , Palmarini, M. , Mertens, P. and Biek, R. (2017) Bluetongue virus spread in Europe is a consequence of climatic, landscape and vertebrate host factors as revealed by phylogeographic inference. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 284(1864), 20170919. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0919) (PMID:29021180) (PMCID:PMC5647287)

Trewby, H., Wright, D. M., Skuce, R. A., McCormick, C., Mallon, T. R., Presho, E. L., Kao, R. R., Haydon, D. T. and Biek, R. (2017) Relative abundance of Mycobacterium bovis molecular types in cattle: a simulation study of potential epidemiological drivers. BMC Veterinary Research, 13, 268. (doi: 10.1186/s12917-017-1190-5) (PMID:28830547) (PMCID:PMC5567634)

Hoffmann, C. et al. (2017) Persistent anthrax as a major driver of wildlife mortality in a tropical rainforest. Nature, 548(7665), pp. 82-86. (doi: 10.1038/nature23309) (PMID:28770842)

Trewby, H., Nadin-Davis, S. A., Real, L. A. and Biek, R. (2017) Processes underlying rabies virus incursions across US–Canada Border as revealed by whole-genome phylogeography. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23(9), pp. 1454-1461. (doi: 10.3201/eid2309.170325) (PMID:28820138) (PMCID:PMC5572885)

Millins, C. , Gilbert, L., Medlock, J., Hansford, K., Thompson, D. B.A. and Biek, R. (2017) Effects of conservation management of landscapes and vertebrate communities on Lyme borreliosis risk in the United Kingdom. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 372(1722), 20160123. (doi: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0123) (PMID:28438912) (PMCID:PMC5413871)

Nadin-Davis, S. A., Colville, A., Trewby, H., Biek, R. and Real, L. (2017) Application of high-throughput sequencing to whole rabies viral genome characterisation and its use for phylogenetic re-evaluation of a raccoon strain incursion into the province of Ontario. Virus Research, 232, pp. 123-133. (doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2017.02.007) (PMID:28219746)

Crispell, J. et al. (2017) Using whole genome sequencing to investigate transmission in a multi-host system: bovine Tuberculosis in New Zealand. BMC Genomics, 18, 180. (doi: 10.1186/s12864-017-3569-x) (PMID:28209138) (PMCID:PMC5314462)

2016

Millins, C. , Gilbert, L., Johnson, P. , James, M., Kilbride, E., Birtles, R. and Biek, R. (2016) Heterogeneity in the abundance and distribution of Ixodes ricinus and Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) in Scotland: implications for risk prediction. Parasites and Vectors, 9, 595. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1875-9) (PMID:27876087) (PMCID:PMC5084683)

Forde, T. L. et al. (2016) Bacterial genomics reveal the complex epidemiology of an emerging pathogen in Arctic and boreal ungulates. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, 1759. (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01759)

Donald, C. L. et al. (2016) Full genome sequence and sfRNA interferon antagonist activity of Zika virus from Recife, Brazil. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(10), e0005048. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005048) (PMID:27706161) (PMCID:PMC5051680)

Wijayanti, S. P. M., Porphyre, T., Chase-Topping, M., Rainey, S. M., McFarlane, M. , Schnettler, E., Biek, R. and Kohl, A. (2016) The importance of socio-economic versus environmental risk factors for reported dengue cases in Java, Indonesia. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(9), e0004964. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004964) (PMID:27603137) (PMCID:PMC5014450)

Forde, T. , Biek, R. , Zadoks, R. , Workentine, M. L., De Buck, J., Kutz, S., Opriessnig, T., Trewby, H., van der Meer, F. and Orsel, K. (2016) Genomic analysis of the multi-host pathogen Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae reveals extensive recombination as well as the existence of three generalist clades with wide geographic distribution. BMC Genomics, 17(1), 461. (doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-2643-0) (PMID:27301771) (PMCID:PMC4906694)

Trewby, H. et al. (2016) Use of bacterial whole-genome sequencing to investigate local persistence and spread in bovine tuberculosis. Epidemics, 14, pp. 26-35. (doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2015.08.003) (PMID:26972511) (PMCID:PMC4773590)

Ahlstrom, C. et al. (2016) Genome-wide diversity and phylogeography of mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Canadian dairy cattle. PLoS ONE, 11(2), e0149017. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149017) (PMID:26871723) (PMCID:PMC4752300)

Gill, M. S., Lemey, P., Bennett, S. N., Biek, R. and Suchard, M. A. (2016) Understanding past population dynamics: Bayesian coalescent-based modeling with covariates. Systematic Biology, 65(6), pp. 1041-1056. (doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syw050) (PMID:27368344)

Wijayanti, S. P. M., Sunaryo, S., Suprihatin, S., McFarlane, M. , Rainey, S. M., Dietrich, I., Schnettler, E., Biek, R. and Kohl, A. (2016) Dengue in Java, Indonesia: relevance of mosquito indices as risk predictors. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(3), e0004500. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004500) (PMID:26967524) (PMCID:PMC4788303)

2015

McNaughton, A. L., Cameron, I. D., Wignall-Fleming, E. B., Biek, R. , McLauchlan, J. , Gunson, R. N., Templeton, K., Tan, H. M.-L. and McWilliam Leitch, E. C. (2015) Spatiotemporal reconstruction of the introduction of hepatitis C virus into Scotland and its subsequent regional transmission. Journal of Virology, 89(22), pp. 11223-11232. (doi: 10.1128/JVI.02106-15) (PMID:26311892) (PMCID:PMC4645645)

Morger, J. et al. (2015) Distinct haplotype structure at the innate immune receptor Toll-like receptor 2 across bank vole populations and lineages in Europe. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 116(1), pp. 124-133. (doi: 10.1111/bij.12593)

Nomikou, K., Hughes, J. , Wash, R., Kellam, P., Breard, E., Zientara, S., Palmarini, M. , Biek, R. and Mertens, P. (2015) Widespread reassortment shapes the evolution and epidemiology of bluetongue virus following European invasion. PLoS Pathogens, 11(8), e1005056. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005056) (PMID:26252219) (PMCID:PMC4529188)

Millins, C. , Magierecka, A., Gilbert, L. , Edoff, A., Brereton, A., Kilbride, E., Denwood, M., Birtles, R. and Biek, R. (2015) An invasive mammal (the gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis) commonly hosts diverse and atypical genotypes of the zoonotic pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81(13), pp. 4236-4245. (doi: 10.1128/AEM.00109-15) (PMID:25888168) (PMCID:PMC447589)

Biek, R. , Pybus, O. G., Lloyd-Smith, J. O. and Didelot, X. (2015) Measurably evolving pathogens in the genomic era. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 30(6), pp. 306-313. (doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.03.009) (PMID:25887947) (PMCID:PMC4457702)

Beczkowski, P. M., Hughes, J. , Biek, R. , Litster, A., Willett, B. J. and Hosie, M. J. (2015) Rapid evolution of the env gene leader sequence in cats naturally infected with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV). Journal of General Virology, 96(4), pp. 893-903. (doi: 10.1099/vir.0.000035) (PMID:25535323) (PMCID:PMC4361796)

Ahlstrom, C. et al. (2015) Limitations of variable number of tandem repeat typing identified through whole genome sequencing of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis on a national and herd level. BMC Genomics, 16(1), 161. (doi: 10.1186/s12864-015-1387-6) (PMID:25765045) (PMCID:PMC4356054)

Brunker, K. et al. (2015) Elucidating the phylodynamics of endemic rabies virus in eastern Africa using whole-genome sequencing. Virus Evolution, 1(1), pp. 1-11. (doi: 10.1093/ve/vev011)

Flores, J.G. and Biek, R. (2015) Mitochondrial DNA diversity, genetic structure and demographic history of the Neotropical Otter (Lontra longicaudis) in Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy, (doi: 10.1093/jmammal/gyv124)

2014

Trewby, H. et al. (2014) Analysis of the long control region of bovine papillomavirus type 1 associated with sarcoids in equine hosts indicates multiple cross-species transmission events and phylogeographical structure. Journal of General Virology, 95(Pt 12), pp. 2748-2756. (doi: 10.1099/vir.0.066589-0)

Mollentze, N., Biek, R. and Streicker, D. G. (2014) The role of viral evolution in rabies host shifts and emergence. Current Opinion in Virology, 8, pp. 68-72. (doi: 10.1016/j.coviro.2014.07.004) (PMID:25064563) (PMCID:PMC4199325)

Bęczkowski, P. M., Hughes, J. , Biek, R. , Litster, A., Willett, B. J. and Hosie, M. J. (2014) Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) env recombinants are common in natural infections. Retrovirology, 11(80), (doi: 10.1186/s12977-014-0080-1) (PMID:25699660) (PMCID:PMC4180853)

Muir, A. P., Biek, R. and Mable, B. K. (2014) Behavioural and physiological adaptations to low-temperature environments in the common frog, Rana temporaria. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 14(1), p. 110. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-110) (PMID:24885261) (PMCID:PMC4037278)

Viana, M. , Mancy, R. , Biek, R. , Cleaveland, S. , Cross, P. C., Lloyd-Smith, J. O. and Haydon, D. T. (2014) Assembling evidence for identifying reservoirs of infection. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 29(5), pp. 270-279. (doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.03.002) (PMID:24726345) (PMCID:PMC4007595)

Muir, A.P., Biek, R. , Thomas, R. and Mable, B.K. (2014) Local adaptation with high gene flow: temperature parameters drive adaptation to altitude in the common frog (Rana temporaria). Molecular Ecology, 23(3), pp. 561-574. (doi: 10.1111/mec.12624)

2013

Muir, A.P., Thomas, R., Biek, R. and Mable, B.K. (2013) Using genetic variation to infer associations with climate in the common frog,Rana temporaria. Molecular Ecology, 22(14), pp. 3737-3751. (doi: 10.1111/mec.12334)

Duke-Sylvester, S.M., Biek, R. and Real, L.A. (2013) Molecular evolutionary signatures reveal the role of host ecological dynamics in viral disease emergence and spread. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 368(1614), p. 20120194. (doi: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0194)

2012

Brunker, K., Hampson, K. , Horton, D.L. and Biek, R. (2012) Integrating the landscape epidemiology and genetics of RNA viruses: rabies in domestic dogs as a model. Parasitology, 139(14), pp. 1899-1913. (doi: 10.1017/S003118201200090X)

Biek, R. , O'Hare, A., Wright, D., Mallon, T., McCormick, C., Orton, R.J. , McDowell, S., Trewby, H., Skuce, R.A. and Kao, R.R. (2012) Whole genome sequencing reveals local transmission patterns of mycobacterium bovis in sympatric cattle and badger populations. PLoS Pathogens, 8(11), e1003008. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003008)

2011

Grard, G., Biek, R. , Muyembe Tamfum, J.-J., Fair, J., Wolfe, N., Formenty, P., Paweska, J. and Leroy, E. (2011) Emergence of divergent Zaire ebola virus strains in Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2007 and 2008. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 204(s3), s776-s784. (doi: 10.1093/infdis/jir364)

Samman, A., McMonagle, E.L., Logan, N., Willett, B.J. , Biek, R. and Hosie, M.J. (2011) Phylogenetic characterisation of naturally occurring feline immunodeficiency virus in the United Kingdom. Veterinary Microbiology, 150(3-4), pp. 239-247. (doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.01.027)

2010

Black, S.G. et al. (2010) Viral particles of endogenous betaretroviruses are released in the sheep uterus and infect the conceptus trophectoderm in a transspecies embryo transfer model. Journal of Virology, 84(18), pp. 9078-9085. (doi: 10.1128/JVI.00950-10)

Wheeler, D. C., Waller, L. A. and Biek, R. (2010) Spatial analysis of feline immunodeficiency virus infection in cougars. Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Epidemiology, 1(2-3), pp. 151-161. (doi: 10.1016/j.sste.2010.03.009) (PMID:21197421) (PMCID:PMC3010737)

Kraase, M., Sloan, R., Klein, D., Logan, N., McMonagle, L., Biek, R. , Willett, B. J. and Hosie, M. J. (2010) Feline immunodeficiency virus env gene evolution in experimentally infected cats. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 134(1-2), pp. 96-106. (doi: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.10.015) (PMID:19897254)

Biek, R. and Real, L.A. (2010) The landscape genetics of infectious disease emergence and spread. Molecular Ecology, 19(17), pp. 3515-3531. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04679.x)

2008

Poss, M., Ross, H., Rodrigo, A., Terwee, J., VandeWoude, S. and Biek, R. (2008) The molecular biology and evolution of feline immunodeficiency viruses of cougars. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 123(1-2), pp. 154-158. (doi: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2008.01.022)

Henderson, J.C., Biek, R. , Rupprecht, C.E. and Real, L.A. (2008) Rabies virus in raccoons. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 14(4), pp. 650-652.

Köndgen, S. et al. (2008) Pandemic human viruses cause decline of endangered great apes. Current Biology, 18(4), pp. 260-264. (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.012)

2007

Biek, R. , Henderson, J.C., Walker, L.A., Rupprecht, C.E. and Real, L.A. (2007) A high-resolution genetic signature of demographic and spatial expansion in epizootic rabies virus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104(19), pp. 7993-7998. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.0700741104)

Arnaud, F. et al. (2007) A paradigm for virus-host coevolution: sequential counter-adaptations between endogenous and exogenous retroviruses. PLoS Pathogens, 3(11), e170. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0030170)

Biek, R. (2007) Evolutionary dynamics and spatial genetic structure of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus in the eastern United States. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 7(5), pp. 651-655. (doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2007.04.005)

Biek, R. (2007) Isolates of Zaire ebolavirus from wild apes reveal genetic lineage and recombinants (vol 104, pg 17123, 2007). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104(49), p. 19656. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.0710178104)

Biek, R. (2007) Spatial dynamics and genetics of infectious diseases on heterogeneous landscapes. Journal of the Royal Society: Interface, 4(16), pp. 935-948. (doi: 10.1098/rsif.2007.1041)

Wittmann, T.J., Biek, R., Hassanin, A., Rouquet, P., Reed, P., Yaba, P., Pourrut, X., Real, L.A., Gonzalez, J.-P. and Leroy, E.M. (2007) Isolates of Zaire ebolavirus from wild apes reveal genetic lineage and recombinants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104(43), pp. 17123-17127. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.0704076104)

2006

Biek, R. , Walsh, P.D., Leroy, E.M. and Real, L.A. (2006) Recent common ancestry of Ebola Zaire virus found in a bat reservoir. PLoS Pathogens, 2(10), e90. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0020090)

Biek, R. (2006) Examining effects of persistent retroviral infection on fitness and pathogen susceptibility in a natural feline host. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 84(3), pp. 365-373. (doi: 10.1139/z06-006)

Biek, R. (2006) Factors associated with pathogen seroprevalence and infection in rocky mountain cougars. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 42(3), pp. 606-615.

Biek, R. (2006) Genetic consequences of sex-biased dispersal in a solitary carnivore: Yellowstone cougars. Biology Letters, 2(2), pp. 312-315. (doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0437)

Biek, R. (2006) A virus reveals population structure and recent demographic history of its carnivore host. Science, 311(5760), pp. 538-541. (doi: 10.1126/science.1121360)

2005

Real, L.A., Henderson, C.J., Biek, R., Snaman, J., Jack, T.L., Childs, J.E., Stahl, E., Waller, L., Tinline, R. and Nadin-Davies, S. (2005) Unifying the spatial population dynamics and molecular evolution of epidemic rabies virus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 102(34), pp. 12107-12111. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.0500057102)

Walsh, P.D., Biek, R. and Real, L.A. (2005) Wave-like spread of Ebola Zaire. PLoS Biology, 3(11), e371. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030371)

2004

Poss, M., Holley, D. C., Biek, R. , Cox, H. and Gerdes, J. (2004) Development of a homology model for clade A human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gp120 to localize temporal substitutions arising in recently infected women. Journal of General Virology, 85(6), pp. 1479-1484. (doi: 10.1099/vir.0.79974-0) (PMID:15166431)

2003

Biek, R. (2003) Envelope variants from women recently infected with clade A human immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 confer distinct phenotypes that are discerned by competition and neutralization experiments. Journal of Virology, 77(15), pp. 8448-8461. (doi: 10.1128/JVI.77.15.8448-8461.2003)

Biek, R. (2003) Epidemiology, genetic diversity, and evolution of endemic feline immunodeficiency virus in a population of wild Cougars. Journal of Virology, 77(17), pp. 9578-9589. (doi: 10.1128/JVI.77.17.9578-9589.2003)

2002

Biek, R. , Funk, W. C., Maxell, B. A. and Mills, L. S. (2002) What is missing in amphibian decline research: insights from ecological sensitivity analysis. Conservation Biology, 16(3), pp. 728-734. (doi: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.00433.x)

Biek, R. (2002) Serologic survey for viral and bacterial infections in western populations of Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 38(4), pp. 840-845.

Biek, R. , Mills, S. L. and Bury, R. B. (2002) Terrestrial and stream amphibians across clearcut-forest interfaces in the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon. Northwest Science, 76(2), pp. 129-140.

Poss, M., Biek, R. and Rodrigo, A. G. (2002) Viruses as evolutionary tools to monitor population dynamics. In: Aguirre, A. A. (ed.) Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 118-129. ISBN 9780195150933

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Number of items: 97.

Articles

Hoffmann, C. et al. (2017) Persistent anthrax as a major driver of wildlife mortality in a tropical rainforest. Nature, 548(7665), pp. 82-86. (doi: 10.1038/nature23309) (PMID:28770842)

Brunker, K. et al. (2015) Elucidating the phylodynamics of endemic rabies virus in eastern Africa using whole-genome sequencing. Virus Evolution, 1(1), pp. 1-11. (doi: 10.1093/ve/vev011)

Biek, R. and Real, L.A. (2010) The landscape genetics of infectious disease emergence and spread. Molecular Ecology, 19(17), pp. 3515-3531. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04679.x)

Henderson, J.C., Biek, R. , Rupprecht, C.E. and Real, L.A. (2008) Rabies virus in raccoons. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 14(4), pp. 650-652.

Köndgen, S. et al. (2008) Pandemic human viruses cause decline of endangered great apes. Current Biology, 18(4), pp. 260-264. (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.012)

Biek, R. (2007) Spatial dynamics and genetics of infectious diseases on heterogeneous landscapes. Journal of the Royal Society: Interface, 4(16), pp. 935-948. (doi: 10.1098/rsif.2007.1041)

Biek, R. , Walsh, P.D., Leroy, E.M. and Real, L.A. (2006) Recent common ancestry of Ebola Zaire virus found in a bat reservoir. PLoS Pathogens, 2(10), e90. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0020090)

Biek, R. (2006) Factors associated with pathogen seroprevalence and infection in rocky mountain cougars. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 42(3), pp. 606-615.

Biek, R. (2006) Genetic consequences of sex-biased dispersal in a solitary carnivore: Yellowstone cougars. Biology Letters, 2(2), pp. 312-315. (doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0437)

Biek, R. (2006) A virus reveals population structure and recent demographic history of its carnivore host. Science, 311(5760), pp. 538-541. (doi: 10.1126/science.1121360)

Walsh, P.D., Biek, R. and Real, L.A. (2005) Wave-like spread of Ebola Zaire. PLoS Biology, 3(11), e371. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030371)

Biek, R. (2002) Serologic survey for viral and bacterial infections in western populations of Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 38(4), pp. 840-845.

Biek, R. , Mills, S. L. and Bury, R. B. (2002) Terrestrial and stream amphibians across clearcut-forest interfaces in the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon. Northwest Science, 76(2), pp. 129-140.

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Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

US-UK Collab: Multi-scale infection dynamics from cells to landscapes: FMD in African buffalo
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2023 - 2028
Expanding One Health research collaborations with USYD
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2022 - 2023
Improving implementation and operation of a One Health platform to combat rabies in Malawi
The Research Council of Norway
2022 - 2027
What makes viruses tick?
Wellcome Trust
2022 - 2024
Environmental solutions to reduce the risk of current and future tick-borne zoonotic pathogens in the UK
Natural Environment Research Council
2021 - 2025
SPEEDIER
Medical Research Council
2018 - 2023
SPEEDIER
Medical Research Council
2018 - 2021
Developing innovative and sustainable approaches to prevent the spread fo African swine fever in Africa (ASF-RESIST)
African Union
2018 - 2021
SFC-GCRF: Moving towards integration of syndromic and laboratory surveillance of zoonoses in Tanzania
Scottish Funding Council
2017 - 2017
PALE-Blu
European Commission
2017 - 2020
The role of deer in the spatial distribution of Lyme disease pathogens in a naturally fragmented landscape
Glasgow Natural History Society
2016 - 2017
Molecular epidemiology of Bacillus anthracis: novel data and techniques for local surveillance in Tanzania
European Commission
2015 - 2017
The Centre for Virus Research
Wellcome Trust
2015 - 2020
Quantifying multiple strain infections for a tick-borne pathogen using next-generation sequencing (ISSF STS)
Wellcome Trust
2015 - 2015
Tracing transmission pathways of endemic canine rabies (ISSF Catalyst)
Wellcome Trust
2014 - 2015
Centre of Expertise on Reducing the Impact of Animal Disease Outbreaks UGW/851/11
Scottish Government
2014 - 2016
Joint estimation of epidemiological and genetic processes for Mycobacterium bovis transmission dynamics in cattle and badgers
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2014 - 2017
Development of diagnostic systems, reference collections and molecular epidemiology studies for important arboviral pathogens of livestock in India
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2014 - 2018
Characterising the diversity and distribution of Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme Borreliosis in Grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) in Scotland
Glasgow Natural History Society
2013 - 2013
Detecting population trends for tick-borne pathogens from genomic data: new tools for managing Lyme disease in Scotland (ISSF Catalyst)
Wellcome Trust
2013 - 2014
Phylogeography, transmission dynamics and pathogenesis of bluetongue
Wellcome Trust
2011 - 2017
Centre for Virus Research
Medical Research Council
2010 - 2016
Phylogeography and spatial dynamics of epidemic rabies
National Institutes of Health
2010 - 2016
Centre for Integrated Virology
Medical Research Council
2010 - 2015
Effects of host population size and isolation on parasite distribution \r\n\r\nin a naturally fragmented host-metapopulation\r\n
Natural Environment Research Council
2008 - 2011

Supervision

Calatayud Martinez, Olga
Social networking: Understanding promiscuity in the transfer of bacterial virulence genes
Hilbig, Antonia
Leveraging pathogen genomics and phylodynamics to control endemic anthrax
Nziza, Julius
Viral species diversity and host-sharing at the wild primate-human interface in Rwanda

Research datasets

Jump to: 2021 | 2020

Number of items: 2.

2021

Forde, T. , Dennis, T., Aminu, R. O., Harvey, W., Hassim, A., Kiwelu, I., Medvecky, M., Mshanga, D., Van Heerden, H., Vogel, A., Zadoks, R. , MMBAGA, B. T., Lembo, T. and Biek, R. (2021) Population genomics of Bacillus anthracis from an anthrax hyperendemic area reveals transmission processes across spatial scales and unexpected within-host diversity. [Data Collection]

2020

Aminu, R., Lembo, T. , Zadoks, R. , Biek, R. , Lewis, S., Kiwelu, I., Mmbaga, B., Mshanga, D., Shirima, G., Denwood, M. and Forde, T. (2020) Practical and effective diagnosis of animal anthrax in endemic low-resource settings. [Data Collection]

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Editorial Board

2011 - present: Molecular Ecology - Subject Editor

Grant Advisory Board

2009 - 2015: National Institutes of Health - Fogarty International Center, member of the Research and Policy for Infectious Disease Dynamics (RAPIDD) initiative

Invited International Presentations

2016: Plenary talk, 10th Symposium on Marek's Disease and Avian Herpesviruses
2016: Fort Collins, USA - Plenary talk, National Science Foundation-Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease Workshop
2013: Glasgow, Scotland, UK - Conference & Workshop Organiser, "Phylodynamics of slow evolving pathogens", International RAPIDD Workshop, 4-6 September, 2013
2013: Antwerp, Belgium - Summer Workshop 'Ecology and Evolution of Parasites and Infections’
2013: Leipzig, Germany - Junior Scientist Zoonoses Meetings
2013: Berlin, Germany - Robert-Koch Institute
2012: USA - Annual Workshop funded by National Science Foundation, "Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases", 2008-2012
2012: Kavli Royal Society International Centre, UK - Next-generation molecular and evolutionary epidemiology of infectious disease: challenges and opportunities, Royal Society
2011: Bialowieza, Poland - International Conference in Landscape Genetics, Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Science
2010: Washington, DC, USA - Conference & Workshop Organiser, "Estimating pathogen transmission among host species", International RAPIDD Workshop, 13-15 December, 2010
2010: Sendai, Japan - International Forum on Ecosystem Adaptability: Robustness and stability of organisms and ecosystems, Tohoku University
2008: Frejus, France - International workshop ("Ecole Chercheurs") on Molecular Epidemiology, Department of Animal Health of National Agronomic Research Institute (INRA)

Professional Learned Society

2007 - present: British Ecological Society - Member
1999 - present: Society for Conservation Biology - Member

Research Fellowship

2007 - 2010: Kelvin Smith Fellow in Biodiversity Management

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