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Prof R. Read: MRC Experimental Human Challenge with Genetically Modified Commensals to Investigate Respiratory Tract Mucosal Immunity and Colonisation

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Robert Read

Chair of Infectious Diseases
Connect with Robert

Email: R.C.Read@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Ian Clarke

Professor of Virology

Research interests

  • Transposon mutagenesis of Chlamydia species
  • Cell culture systems and replicons for human noroviruses
Connect with Ian

Email: inc@soton.ac.uk

Professor Saul Faust MBBS, FRCPCH, PhD, FHEA, OBE

Professor Paediatric Immunology & Infect
Connect with Saul

Email: s.faust@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

HIV gp120 in Lungs of ART-treated individuals impairs alveolar macrophage responses to pneumococci
Paul J. Collini, Martin A. Bewley, Mohamed Mohasin, Helen M. Marriott, Robert F. Miller, Anna-Maria Geretti, Apostolos Beloukas, Athanasios Papadimitropoulos, Robert C. Read, Mahdad Noursadeghi & David H. Dockrell, 2018, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 197(12), 1604-1615
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201708-1755OC
Type: article
Investigating Bordetella pertussis colonisation and immunity
Hans De Graaf, Diane F. Gbesemete, Andrew R. Gorringe, Dimitri A. Diavatopoulos, Kent E. Kester, Saul N. Faust & Robert C. Read, 2017, BMJ Open, 7(10), e018594
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018594
Type: article
Neisseria lactamica Y92-1009 complete genome sequence
Anish K. Pandey, David W. Cleary, Jay R. Laver, Martin C.J. Maiden, Xavier Didelot, Andrew Gorringe & Robert C. Read, 2017, Standards in Genomic Sciences, 12(41)
DOI: 10.1186/s40793-017-0250-6
Type: article
A phase III observer-blind randomized, controlled study to evaluate the immune response and the correlation with nasopharyngeal carriage after immunization of university students with a quadrivalent meningococcal ACWY glycoconjugate or serogroup B meningococcal vaccine
Robert C. Read, Peter Dull, Xilian Bai, Kate Nolan, Jamie Findlow, Rohit Bazaz, Annett Kleinschmidt, Maggie McCarthy, Huajun Wang, Daniela Toneatto & Ray Borrow, 2016, Vaccine, 35(3), 427-434
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.11.071
Type: article