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Details for Professor Wendy Gibson
| Personal details | |
| Name | Professor Wendy Gibson |
| Job title | Professor of Protozoology |
| Department | School of Biological Sciences University of Bristol |
| Contact details | This expert can be contacted via the University of Bristol Public Relations
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| Qualifications | B.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc.(Lond.) |
| Professional details | |
| Membership of professional bodies | Fellow of the Society of Biology |
| Keywords | molecular parasitology African trypanosomes sexual reproduction in trypanosomes molecular evolution of trypanosomes sleeping sickness protozoa animal trypanosomiasis |
| Areas of expertise | My general area of research is Molecular Parasitology, specifically the African trypanosomes. Research interests include the mechanism of genetic exchange (sexual reproduction) in trypanosomes, molecular evolution and taxonomy of trypanosomes, and the epidemiology of sleeping sickness and animal trypanosomiasis. We maintain a colony of tsetse flies to carry out research on the development and differentiation of trypanosomes within the insect vector. |