Professor Mark Viney

Summary

Research

• Developmental switching in nematode life-cycles
• Nematode sex determination
• Ecology of parasitic nematodes
• Population genetics of parasitic nematodes
• Nematode biology

Strongyloides ratti

Further information about my research can be found on the Nematode Biology home page.

Activities / Findings

I'm interested in nematode roundworms, particularly parasitic species. I have a number of inter-linked research questions, including:
  • How does the environment control nematode developmental decisions, particularly in Strongyloides spp?
  • For parasitic nematode species, how does the host immune response control parasite development?
  • What immune responses do wild animals make, and what drives this?
  • For free-living nematode species, how do developmental responses to changing environments trade-off with other life-history traits?

Memberships

Organisations

School of Biological Sciences

Other sites

• Infection-immunity

Groups

• Plant and Pathogen Biology

Labs

• Nematode Biology

Selected publications

• Nemetschke, L, Eberhardt, A, Viney, M & Streit, S 2010, ‘A genetic map of the animal-parasitic nematode Strongyloides ratti’. Molecular & Biochemical Parasitology, vol 169(2)., pp. 124 - 127
• Harvey, S, Shorto, A & Viney, M 2008, ‘Quantitative genetic analysis of life-history traits of Caenorhabditis elegans in stressful environments’. BMC Evolutionary Biology, vol 8:15.
• Thompson, F, Barker, G, Hughes, L & Viney, M 2008, ‘Genes important in the parasitic life of the nematode Strongyloides ratti’. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, vol 158(2)., pp. 112 - 119
• Bleay, C, Wilkes, C, Paterson, S & Viney, M 2007, ‘Density-dependent immune responses against the gastrointestinal nematode Strongyloides ratti’. International Journal for Parasitology, vol 37(13)., pp. 1501 - 1509
• Gardner, M, Gems, D & Viney, M 2006, ‘Extraordinary plasticity in aging in Strongyloides ratti implies a gene-regulatory mechanism of lifespan evolution’. Aging Cell, vol 5 (4)., pp. 315 - 323
• Harvey, S, Gemmil, A, Read, A & Viney, M 2000, ‘The control of morph development in the parasitic nematode Strongyloides ratti’. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, vol 267., pp. 2057 - 2063
• Viney, M 1996, ‘Developmental switching in the parasitic nematode Strongyloides ratti’. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, vol 263., pp. 201 - 208
• West, S, Gemmill, A, Graham, A, Viney, M & Read, A 2001, ‘Immune stress and facultative sex in a parasitic nematode’. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol 14., pp. 333 - 337

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Recent publications

• Ellis, RJ, Bruce, KD, Jenkins, C, Stothard, JR, Ajarova, L, Mugisha, L & Viney, ME 2013, ‘Comparison of the Distal Gut Microbiota from People and Animals in Africa’. Plos one, vol 8.
• Lello, J, Knopp, S, Mohammed, KA, Khamis, IS, Utzinger, J & Viney, ME 2013, ‘The relative contribution of co-infection to focal infection risk in children’. Proceedings of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences, vol 280.

View complete publications list in the University of Bristol publications system