Dr Roman Biek

Dr Roman  Biek
  • Research Fellow (Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health and Comparative Medicine)

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


Ecology and evolution of infectious diseases; Phylogenetics, Molecular ecology and demography of wildlife populations

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Number of items: 23.

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. ISSN 0022-1899 (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. ISSN 0378-1135 (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. ISSN 0022-538X (doi:10.1128/JVI.00950-10)

Biek, R., and Real, L.A. (2010) The landscape genetics of infectious disease emergence and spread. Molecular Ecology, 19 (17). pp. 3515-3531. ISSN 0962-1083 (doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04679.x)

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. ISSN 0165-2427 (doi:10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.10.015)

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. ISSN 0165-2427 (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. ISSN 1080-6059

Köndgen, S. et al. (2008) Pandemic human viruses cause decline of endangered great apes. Current Biology, 18 (4). pp. 260-264. ISSN 0960-9822 (doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.012)

2007

Arnaud, F. et al. (2007) A paradigm for virus-host coevolution: sequential counter-adaptations between endogenous and exogenous retroviruses. Plos Pathogens, 3 (11). pp. 1716-1729. ISSN 1553-7366 (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. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104 (49). pp. 17123-17127. (doi:10.1073/pnas.0710178104)

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 (43). p. 19656. (doi:10.1073/pnas.0704076104)

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)

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. Public Library of Science Pathogens, 2 (10).

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. ISSN 0008-4301 (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. ISSN 0036-8075 (doi:10.1126/science.1121360)

2005

Biek, R (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. ISSN 1544-9173 (doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0030371)

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. ISSN 0022-538X (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. ISSN 0022-538X (doi:10.1128/JVI.77.17.9578-9589.2003)

2002

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.

This list was generated on Sat May 26 05:42:29 2012 BST.
  • Centre of Expertise on Reducing the Impact of Animal Disease Outbreaks
    Scottish Government
    2011 - 2012
     
  • Phylogeography, transmission dynamics and pathogenesis of bluetongue
    Wellcome Trust
    2011 - 2016
     
  • Phylogeography and spatial dynamics of epidemic rabies
    National Institute of Health
    2010 - 2011
     
  • Centre for Integrated Virology
    MRC
    2010 - 2015
     
  • Effects of host population size and isolation on parasite distribution \r\n\r\nin a naturally fragmented host-metapopulation\r\n
    NERC
    2008 - 2011
     

Grant Advisory Board

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

Invited International Presentations

  • 2010: Sendai, Japan - International Forum on Ecosystem Adaptability - Robustness and stability of organisims and ecosystems, Tohoku University. 'Life in the evolutionary fast lane: adaptive and neutral changes in emerging viruses'.

Professional Learned Society

  • 2007 - ongoing: British Ecological Society - Member
  • 1999 - ongoing: Society for Conservation Biology - Member

Research Fellowship

  • 2007 - 2010: Kelvin Smith Fellow in Biodiversity Management