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

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357

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, Nardus ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2452-6416, Keen, Deborah, Munkhbayar, Uuriintuya, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (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, Maude ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5945-4689, Wallace, Megan A., Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 and Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 (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, Sara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2579-4479, Kilbride, Elizabeth, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Millins, Caroline ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2006-092X and Gilbert, Lucy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9139-8450 (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, Sara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2579-4479, Kilbride, Elizabeth, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Millins, Caroline ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2006-092X and Gilbert, Lucy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9139-8450 (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, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Mollentze, Nardus ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2452-6416, Orton, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325, Tello, Carlos, Broos, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7593-1000, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (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, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Orton, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325, Broos, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7593-1000, Tello, Carlos, Becker, Daniel J., Carrera, Jorge E., Patel, Arvind H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4600-2047, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (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, Katherine E.L., Escobar, Luis E., Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Castaneda-Guzman, Mariana, Craft, Meggan E., Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705, White, Lauren A. and Fountain-Jones, Nicholas 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, Nardus ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2452-6416, Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705, Murcia, Pablo R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4352-394X, Hampson, Katie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884 and Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 (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, Eleanor R., Millins, Caroline ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2006-092X and Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 (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, Jordan J., Gilray, Janice, Orton, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325, Baird, Margaret, Wilkie, Gavin, da Silva Filipe, Ana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2903, Johnson, Nicholas, McInnes, Colin J., Kohl, Alain ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-9458 and Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 (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, Pablo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4352-394X, Streiker, Daniel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705, Da Silva Filipe, Ana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2903, Robertson, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6338-0221, Jarrett, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0390-3478, Willett, Brian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8912-3266, Hosie, Margaret ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4313-5023, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Allan, Kathryn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6612-889X and Weir, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8648-666X (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, Taya L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Kollanandi Ratheesh, Nichith, Harvey, William T., Thomson, Jill R., Williamson, Susanna, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Opriessnig, Tanja (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, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Orton, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325, Benavides, Julio A., Becker, Daniel J., Tello, Carlos, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (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, Olga ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1802-4567, Esperón, Fernando, Cleaveland, Sarah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0456-0959, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Keyyu, Julius, Eblate, Ernest, Neves, Elena, Lembo, Tiziana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-1849 and Lankester, Felix (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, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Orton, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325, da Silva Filipe, Ana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2903, Shaw, Andrew E., Becker, Daniel J., Tello, Carlos, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (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. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, 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, Charles ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9581-0414, Sreenu, Vattipally B. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6673-4697, Da Silva Filipe, Ana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2903, Wilkie, Gavin S., Ogweng, Peter, Mayega, Francis Johnson, Muwanika, Vincent B., Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Palmarini, Massimo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7007-4070 and Davison, Andrew J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4991-9128 (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. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9990-6299, Nadin-Davis, S. and Biek, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 (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, Kirstyn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9990-6299, Lemey, Philippe, Marston, Denise A., Fooks, Anthony R., Lugelo, Ahmed, Ngeleja, Chanasa, Hampson, Katie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884 and Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 (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, Maude ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5945-4689, Nomikou, Kyriaki ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7013-1853, Palmarini, Massimo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7007-4070, Mertens, Peter and Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 (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, Hannah, Wright, David M., Skuce, Robin A., McCormick, Carl, Mallon, Thomas R., Presho, Eleanor L., Kao, Rowland R., Haydon, Daniel T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-1886 and Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 (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, Hannah, Nadin-Davis, Susan A., Real, Leslie A. and Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 (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, Caroline ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2006-092X, Gilbert, Lucy, Medlock, Jolyon, Hansford, Kayleigh, Thompson, Des B.A. and Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 (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, Susan A., Colville, Adam, Trewby, Hannah, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Real, Leslie (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, Caroline ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2006-092X, Gilbert, Lucy, Johnson, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6663-7520, James, Marianne, Kilbride, Elizabeth, Birtles, Richard and Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 (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, Siwi P. M., Porphyre, Thibaud, Chase-Topping, Margo, Rainey, Stephanie M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, McFarlane, Melanie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8392-2291, Schnettler, Esther, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Kohl, Alain ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-9458 (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, Taya ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9058-7826, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Zadoks, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-8000, Workentine, Matthew L., De Buck, Jeroen, Kutz, Susas, Opriessnig, Tanja, Trewby, Hannah, van der Meer, Frank and Orsel, Karin (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, Mandev S., Lemey, Philippe, Bennett, Shannon N., Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Suchard, Marc 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, Siwi P. M., Sunaryo, Sunaryo, Suprihatin, Suprihatin, McFarlane, Melanie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8392-2291, Rainey, Stephanie M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Dietrich, Isabelle, Schnettler, Esther, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Kohl, Alain ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-9458 (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, Anna L., Cameron, Iain Dugald, Wignall-Fleming, Elizabeth B., Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, McLauchlan, John ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2217-9948, Gunson, Rory N., Templeton, Kate, Tan, Harriet Mei-Lin and McWilliam Leitch, E. Carol (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, Kyriaki, Hughes, Joseph ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2556-2563, Wash, Rachael, Kellam, Paul, Breard, Emmanuel, Zientara, Stéphan, Palmarini, Massimo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7007-4070, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Mertens, Peter (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, Caroline ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2006-092X, Magierecka, Agnieszka, Gilbert, Lucy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9139-8450, Edoff, Alissa, Brereton, Amelia, Kilbride, Elizabeth, Denwood, Matthew, Birtles, Richard and Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 (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, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Pybus, Oliver G., Lloyd-Smith, James O. and Didelot, Xavier (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, Pawel M., Hughes, Joseph ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2556-2563, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Litster, Annette, Willett, Brian J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8912-3266 and Hosie, Margaret J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4313-5023 (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. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 (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, Nardus, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (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, Paweł M, Hughes, Joseph ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2556-2563, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Litster, Annette, Willett, Brian J ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8912-3266 and Hosie, Margaret J ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4313-5023 (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, Anna P, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Mable, Barbara K ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7118-4116 (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, Mafalda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5975-6505, Mancy, Rebecca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4667-9229, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Cleaveland, Sarah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0456-0959, Cross, Paul C., Lloyd-Smith, James O. and Haydon, Daniel T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-1886 (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. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Thomas, R. and Mable, B.K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7118-4116 (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. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Mable, B.K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7118-4116 (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. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 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. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884, Horton, D.L. and Biek, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 (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. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, O'Hare, A., Wright, D., Mallon, T., McCormick, C., Orton, R.J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325, 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 ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, 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. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8912-3266, Biek, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Hosie, M.J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4313-5023 (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, David C., Waller, Lance A. and Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 (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, Martin, Sloan, Richard, Klein, Dieter, Logan, Nicola, McMonagle, Linda, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Willett, Brian J. and Hosie, Margaret 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. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 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. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, 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. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, 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. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, 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. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Real, L.A. (2005) Wave-like spread of Ebola Zaire. PLoS Biology, 3(11), e371. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030371)

2004

Poss, Mary, Holley, David C., Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Cox, Harold and Gerdes, John (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, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Funk, W. Chris, Maxell, Bryce A. and Mills, L. Scott (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, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Mills, Scott 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.

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.

Poss, M., Biek, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Rodrigo, A. G. (2002) Viruses as evolutionary tools to monitor population dynamics. In: Aguirre, A. Alonso (ed.) Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 118-129. ISBN 9780195150933

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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)

Mollentze, Nardus ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2452-6416, Keen, Deborah, Munkhbayar, Uuriintuya, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (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, Maude ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5945-4689, Wallace, Megan A., Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 and Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 (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, Sara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2579-4479, Kilbride, Elizabeth, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Millins, Caroline ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2006-092X and Gilbert, Lucy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9139-8450 (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)

Gandy, Sara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2579-4479, Kilbride, Elizabeth, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Millins, Caroline ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2006-092X and Gilbert, Lucy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9139-8450 (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, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Mollentze, Nardus ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2452-6416, Orton, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325, Tello, Carlos, Broos, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7593-1000, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (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, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Orton, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325, Broos, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7593-1000, Tello, Carlos, Becker, Daniel J., Carrera, Jorge E., Patel, Arvind H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4600-2047, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (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)

Worsley-Tonks, Katherine E.L., Escobar, Luis E., Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Castaneda-Guzman, Mariana, Craft, Meggan E., Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705, White, Lauren A. and Fountain-Jones, Nicholas 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, Nardus ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2452-6416, Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705, Murcia, Pablo R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4352-394X, Hampson, Katie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884 and Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 (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, Eleanor R., Millins, Caroline ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2006-092X and Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 (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, Jordan J., Gilray, Janice, Orton, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325, Baird, Margaret, Wilkie, Gavin, da Silva Filipe, Ana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2903, Johnson, Nicholas, McInnes, Colin J., Kohl, Alain ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-9458 and Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 (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)

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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, David C., Waller, Lance A. and Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 (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, Martin, Sloan, Richard, Klein, Dieter, Logan, Nicola, McMonagle, Linda, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Willett, Brian J. and Hosie, Margaret 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. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 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)

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. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, 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. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, 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)

Biek, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, 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)

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. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Real, L.A. (2005) Wave-like spread of Ebola Zaire. PLoS Biology, 3(11), e371. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030371)

Poss, Mary, Holley, David C., Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Cox, Harold and Gerdes, John (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)

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)

Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Funk, W. Chris, Maxell, Bryce A. and Mills, L. Scott (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, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357, Mills, Scott 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.

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.

Book Sections

Poss, M., Biek, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Rodrigo, A. G. (2002) Viruses as evolutionary tools to monitor population dynamics. In: Aguirre, A. Alonso (ed.) Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 118-129. ISBN 9780195150933

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Grants

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

  • Does loss of pathogen diversity contribute to disease emergence
    UK Research and Innovation
    2025 - 2028
     
  • 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
  • Nziza, Julius
    Viral species diversity and host-sharing at the wild primate-human interface in Rwanda

Research datasets

Jump to: 2025 | 2021 | 2020
Number of items: 3.

2025

Aminu, O. R., Forde, T. L. , Rahman, M. M., Chubwa, C. C., Korio, L., Mkenda, N., Mshanga, D., Ole Moko, S., Pisharody, S., Rubach, M. P., Zadoks, R. N. , Mmbaga, B. T., Biek, R. , Marsh, T. L. and Lembo, T. (2025) The two costs of neglect: evaluating the health and economic impacts of anthrax in an endemic area of rural Africa. [Data Collection]

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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Additional information

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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