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1. Let's emerge from the pandemic lockdown into a fairer academic world.

Author

King KC, Hurst GDD, and Lewis Z

Subjects
Academic Success, Efficiency, Female, Humans, Male, COVID-19, Pandemics, Research statistics & numerical data, Research trends, Social Media, Universities
Abstract

At the beginning of the pandemic, as universities were shutting, a meme did the rounds on social media. Some academics suggested that they were looking forward to increased productivity in grant and paper writing under lockdown. They cited the fact that Isaac Newton came up with his theory of gravity whilst quarantined during the bubonic plague. Globally, the reaction from many was to inwardly - or publicly - scream., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Published
2020
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2. Infectious Diseases: Antiviral Wolbachia Limits Dengue in Malaysia.

Author

Chrostek E, Hurst GDD, and McGraw EA

Subjects
Animals, Humans, Malaysia, Mosquito Vectors, Aedes, Antiviral Agents, Dengue transmission, Dengue Virus, Wolbachia
Abstract

Vector-borne viral diseases pose an urgent public health challenge, particularly in the tropics. Field releases of mosquitoes carrying bacterial symbionts that reduce vector competence are ongoing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Early results show that wAlbB Wolbachia can persist in mosquitoes in urban settings and decrease dengue incidence in humans., (Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)

Published
2020
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3. Symbiosis: Wolbachia Host Shifts in the Fast Lane.

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Siozios S, Gerth M, Griffin JS, and Hurst GDD

Subjects
Animals, Drosophila, Symbiosis, Arthropods microbiology, Wolbachia
Abstract

The inherited bacterium Wolbachia is an important component of the biology of many arthropods. What makes it so common? An analysis of drosophilids revealed one strain host shifts at a surprisingly high rate, infecting eight species in under 30,000 years., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

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2018
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