Dr Nicole Upfold
- Research Associate (Virology)
email:
Nicole.Upfold@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
She/her/hers
Publications
2025
Furnon, W. et al. (2025) Phenotypic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 spike during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Microbiology, 10, pp. 77-93. (doi: 10.1038/s41564-024-01878-5) (PMID:39753670) (PMCID:PMC11726466)
2024
Samolej, Jerzy, Correa Mendonca, Diogo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2356-8750, Upfold, Nicole
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8556-0370, McElwee, Marion, Landsberger, Mariann, Yakimovich, Artur, Patel, Arvind H.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4600-2047, Strang, Blair L. and Mercer, Jason
(2024)
Bisbenzimide compounds inhibit the replication of prototype and pandemic potential poxviruses.
Microbiology Spectrum, 12(4),
e04072-23.
(doi: 10.1128/spectrum.04072-23)
(PMID:38376353)
(PMCID:PMC10986486)
2023
Meehan, G. R. et al. (2023) Phenotyping the virulence of SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamsters by digital pathology and machine learning. PLoS Pathogens, 19(11), e1011589. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011589) (PMID:37934791) (PMCID:PMC10656012)
2021
Upfold, Nicole S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8556-0370, Luke, Garry A. and Knox, Caroline
(2021)
Occurrence of human enteric viruses in water sources and shellfish: a focus on Africa.
Food and Environmental Virology, 13(1),
pp. 1-31.
(doi: 10.1007/s12560-020-09456-8)
(PMID:33501612)
(PMCID:PMC7837882)
2020
Upfold, Nicole ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8556-0370, Ross, Caroline, Bishop, Özlem Tastan and Knox, Caroline
(2020)
The in silico prediction of hotspot residues that contribute to the structural stability of subunit interfaces of a picornavirus capsid.
Viruses, 12(4),
387.
(doi: 10.3390/v12040387)
(PMID:32244486)
(PMCID:PMC7232237)
Onosi, Oikwathaile, Upfold, Nicole S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8556-0370, Jukes, Michael D., Luke, Garry A. and Knox, Caroline
(2020)
The first detection of human bocavirus species 2 and 3 in raw sewage and mussels in South Africa.
Food and Environmental Virology, 12(1),
pp. 84-88.
(doi: 10.1007/s12560-019-09417-w)
(PMID:31786741)
2019
Onosi, Oikwathaile, Upfold, Nicole S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8556-0370, Jukes, Michael D., Luke, Garry A. and Knox, Caroline
(2019)
The first molecular detection of Aichi virus 1 in raw sewage and mussels collected in South Africa.
Food and Environmental Virology, 11(1),
pp. 96-100.
(doi: 10.1007/s12560-018-9362-4)
(PMID:30560489)
2018
Upfold, Nicole ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8556-0370, Ross, Caroline, Bishop, Özlem Tastan, Luke, Garry A. and Knox, Caroline
(2018)
The generation and characterisation of neutralising antibodies against the Theiler’s murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) GDVII capsid reveals the potential binding site of the host cell co-receptor, heparan sulfate.
Virus Research, 244,
pp. 153-163.
(doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2017.11.017)
(PMID:29155139)
2016
Ross, Caroline, Upfold, Nicole ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8556-0370, Luke, Garry A., Bishop, Özlem Tastan and Knox, Caroline
(2016)
Subcellular localisation of Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) capsid subunit VP1 vis-á-vis host protein Hsp90.
Virus Research, 222,
pp. 53-63.
(doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2016.06.003)
(PMID:27269472)
Articles
Furnon, W. et al. (2025) Phenotypic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 spike during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Microbiology, 10, pp. 77-93. (doi: 10.1038/s41564-024-01878-5) (PMID:39753670) (PMCID:PMC11726466)
Samolej, Jerzy, Correa Mendonca, Diogo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2356-8750, Upfold, Nicole
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8556-0370, McElwee, Marion, Landsberger, Mariann, Yakimovich, Artur, Patel, Arvind H.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4600-2047, Strang, Blair L. and Mercer, Jason
(2024)
Bisbenzimide compounds inhibit the replication of prototype and pandemic potential poxviruses.
Microbiology Spectrum, 12(4),
e04072-23.
(doi: 10.1128/spectrum.04072-23)
(PMID:38376353)
(PMCID:PMC10986486)
Meehan, G. R. et al. (2023) Phenotyping the virulence of SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamsters by digital pathology and machine learning. PLoS Pathogens, 19(11), e1011589. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011589) (PMID:37934791) (PMCID:PMC10656012)
Upfold, Nicole S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8556-0370, Luke, Garry A. and Knox, Caroline
(2021)
Occurrence of human enteric viruses in water sources and shellfish: a focus on Africa.
Food and Environmental Virology, 13(1),
pp. 1-31.
(doi: 10.1007/s12560-020-09456-8)
(PMID:33501612)
(PMCID:PMC7837882)
Upfold, Nicole ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8556-0370, Ross, Caroline, Bishop, Özlem Tastan and Knox, Caroline
(2020)
The in silico prediction of hotspot residues that contribute to the structural stability of subunit interfaces of a picornavirus capsid.
Viruses, 12(4),
387.
(doi: 10.3390/v12040387)
(PMID:32244486)
(PMCID:PMC7232237)
Onosi, Oikwathaile, Upfold, Nicole S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8556-0370, Jukes, Michael D., Luke, Garry A. and Knox, Caroline
(2020)
The first detection of human bocavirus species 2 and 3 in raw sewage and mussels in South Africa.
Food and Environmental Virology, 12(1),
pp. 84-88.
(doi: 10.1007/s12560-019-09417-w)
(PMID:31786741)
Onosi, Oikwathaile, Upfold, Nicole S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8556-0370, Jukes, Michael D., Luke, Garry A. and Knox, Caroline
(2019)
The first molecular detection of Aichi virus 1 in raw sewage and mussels collected in South Africa.
Food and Environmental Virology, 11(1),
pp. 96-100.
(doi: 10.1007/s12560-018-9362-4)
(PMID:30560489)
Upfold, Nicole ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8556-0370, Ross, Caroline, Bishop, Özlem Tastan, Luke, Garry A. and Knox, Caroline
(2018)
The generation and characterisation of neutralising antibodies against the Theiler’s murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) GDVII capsid reveals the potential binding site of the host cell co-receptor, heparan sulfate.
Virus Research, 244,
pp. 153-163.
(doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2017.11.017)
(PMID:29155139)
Ross, Caroline, Upfold, Nicole ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8556-0370, Luke, Garry A., Bishop, Özlem Tastan and Knox, Caroline
(2016)
Subcellular localisation of Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) capsid subunit VP1 vis-á-vis host protein Hsp90.
Virus Research, 222,
pp. 53-63.
(doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2016.06.003)
(PMID:27269472)
Research datasets
2024
Furnon, W. , Cowton, V. M., De Lorenzo, G. , Orton, R. , Herder, V. , Cantoni, D. , Ilia, G., Correa Mendonca, D. , Kerr, K., Allan, J., Upfold, N. , Meehan, G. R. , Bakshi, S., Das, U. R., Molina Arias, S., McElwee, M., Little, S., Logan, N., Kwok, K. , Smollett, K. , Willett, B. , Da Silva Filipe, A. , Robertson, D. L. , Grove, J. , Patel, A. H. and Palmarini, M. (2024) Phenotypic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 spike throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. [Data Collection]
2023
Meehan, G. , Herder, V. , Allan, J., Huang, X., Kerr, K., Correa Mendonca, D. , Ilia, G., Wright, D. , Nomikou, K., Gu, Q. , Molina Arias, S., Hansmann, F., Hardas, A., Attipa, C., De Lorenzo, G. , Cowton, V., Upfold, N. , Palmalux, N., Brown, J., Barclay, W., Da Silva Filipe, A. , Furnon, W. , Patel, A. and Palmarini, M. (2023) Phenotyping the virulence of SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamsters by digital pathology and machine learning. [Data Collection]