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Centre for Virus Research

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Arboviruses, Flaviviruses, Zika virus, Innate Immunity, RNA Interference

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University of Glasgow: Glasgow, Glasgow, GB

2022-05 to present | Lecturer in Microbiology (School of Infection and immunity )
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Claire Donald

University of Glasgow: Glasgow, Glasgow, GB

2020-02 to 2022-04 | Lecturer (Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology )
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Claire Donald

University of Glasgow: Glasgow, Glasgow, GB

2014-10 to 2020-02 | Post Doctoral Researcher (Centre for Virus Research )
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Claire Donald

Works (32)

Experiential learning through virtual reality by-proxy

Virtual Reality
2025-02-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10055-025-01106-3
Part of ISSN: 1434-9957
Contributors: Nicola Veitch; Claire Donald; Andrew Judge; Christopher Carman; Pamela Scott; Sonya Taylor; Leah Marks; Avril Edmond; Nathan Kirkwood; Neil McDonnell et al.
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Claire Donald

Inhibitors of the small membrane (M) protein viroporin prevent Zika virus infection

eLife
2024-08-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7554/elife.68404
Part of ISSN: 2050-084X
Contributors: Emma Brown; Gemma Swinscoe; Daniella A Lefteri; Dr Ravi Singh; Amy Moran; Rebecca F Thompson; Daniel Maskell; Hannah Beaumont; Matthew J Bentham; Claire Donald et al.
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Claire Donald

Recombination, and Then What? How Zika Virus Hybrids Improve Their Fitness

Access Microbiology
2022-05-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1099/acmi.ac2021.po0398
Part of ISSN: 2516-8290
Contributors: Michaela Dermendjieva; Claire Donald; Alain Kohl; David Evans
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Claire Donald

SARM1 Depletion Slows Axon Degeneration in a CNS Model of Neurotropic Viral Infection.

Frontiers in molecular neuroscience
2022-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.860410
PMID: 35493328
PMC: PMC9043327
Contributors: Crawford CL; Antoniou C; Komarek L; Schultz V; Donald CL; Montague P; Barnett SC; Linington C; Willison HJ; Kohl A et al.
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Claire Donald via Europe PubMed Central

Limited replication of human cytomegalovirus in a trophoblast cell line

Journal of General Virology
2021-11-05 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001683
Part of ISSN: 0022-1317
Part of ISSN: 1465-2099
Contributors: Kadeem Hyde; Nowshin Sultana; Andy C. Tran; Narina Bileckaja; Claire Donald; Alain Kohl; Richard J. Stanton; Blair L Strang
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Claire Donald

Oligodendrocytes are susceptible to Zika virus infection in a mouse model of perinatal exposure: Implications for <scp>CNS</scp> complications

Glia
2021-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/glia.24010
Part of ISSN: 0894-1491
Part of ISSN: 1098-1136
Contributors: Verena Schultz; Jennifer A. Barrie; Claire L. Donald; Colin Crawford; Margaret Mullin; Thomas J. Anderson; Tom Solomon; sue barnett; Christopher Linington; Alain Kohl et al.
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Claire Donald

Analysis of Zika virus capsid-Aedes aegypti mosquito interactome reveals pro-viral host factors critical for establishing infection

Nature Communications
2021-05-13 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22966-8
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
Contributors: Rommel Gestuveo; Jamie Royle; Claire Donald; Douglas J. Lamont; Edward Hutchinson; Andres Merits; Alain Kohl; Margus Varjak
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Claire Donald

A plasmid DNA-launched SARS-CoV-2 reverse genetics system and coronavirus toolkit for COVID-19 research

PLOS Biology
2021-02-25 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001091
Part of ISSN: 1545-7885
Contributors: Suzannah Rihn; Andres Merits; Siddharth Bakshi; Matthew Turnbull; Arthur Wickenhagen; Akira Alexander; Carla Baillie; Benjamin Brennan; Fiona Brown; Kirstyn Brunker et al.
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Claire Donald

Zika Virus Infection Leads to Demyelination and Axonal Injury in Mature CNS Cultures

Viruses
2021-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/v13010091
Contributors: Verena Schultz; Stephanie L. Cumberworth; Quan Gu; Natasha Palmalux; Claire Donald; George A. McCanney; Jennifer A. Barrie; Ana Da Silva Filipe; Christopher Linington; Hugh J. Willison et al.
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

<i>Toxorhynchites</i> Species: A Review of Current Knowledge

Insects
2020-10 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/insects11110747
Contributors: Claire Donald; Padet Siriyasatien; Alain Kohl
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

Recombination between African and Asian lineages of Zika virus in vitro and its consequences for viral phenotype

Access Microbiology
2020-07-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1099/acmi.ac2020.po0680
Part of ISSN: 2516-8290
Contributors: Michaela Dermendjieva; Claire Donald; Alain Kohl; David Evans
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Claire Donald

Glucose-Regulated Protein 78 Interacts with Zika Virus Envelope Protein and Contributes to a Productive Infection

Viruses
2020-05 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/v12050524
Contributors: Jamie Royle; Carolina Ramírez-Santana; Snezhana Akpunarlieva; Claire Donald; Rommel Gestuveo; Juan-Manuel Anaya; Andres Merits; Richard Burchmore; Alain Kohl; Margus Varjak
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

The Aedes aegypti Domino Ortholog p400 Regulates Antiviral Exogenous Small Interfering RNA Pathway Activity and ago-2 Expression.

mSphere
2020-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.00081-20
PMID: 32269152
PMC: PMC7142294
Contributors: McFarlane M; Almire F; Kean J; Donald CL; McDonald A; Wee B; Lauréti M; Varjak M; Terry S; Vazeille M et al.
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Claire Donald via Europe PubMed Central

Antagonistic action of blood-feeding and mating on the gut immunity in the female mosquito Aedes aegypti

Access Microbiology
2019-12-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1099/acmi.imav2019.po0062
Part of ISSN: 2516-8290
Contributors: Floriane Almire; Sandra Terry; Joy Kean; Claire Donald; Margus Varjak; Melanie McFarlane; Alain Kohl; Emilie Pondeville
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Claire Donald

Zika virus infection of glia leads to secondary injury to axons and dendrites

Access Microbiology
2019-12-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1099/acmi.imav2019.po0055
Part of ISSN: 2516-8290
Contributors: Verena Schultz; Colin Crawford; Jennifer Barrie; Stephanie Cumberworth; Claire Donald; Susan Barnett; Christopher Linington; Alain Kohl; Hugh Willison; Julia Edgar
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Claire Donald

Zika virus utilises the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway during infection of mosquito and human cells

Access Microbiology
2019-12-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1099/acmi.imav2019.po0059
Part of ISSN: 2516-8290
Contributors: Rommel Gestuveo; Margus Varjak; Jamie Royle; Claire Donald; Alain Kohl
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Claire Donald

The Transcriptional and Protein Profile From Human Infected Neuroprogenitor Cells Is Strongly Correlated to Zika Virus Microcephaly Cytokines Phenotype Evidencing a Persistent Inflammation in the CNS

Frontiers in Immunology
2019-08-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01928
Part of ISSN: 1664-3224
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Claire Donald

The circadian clock components BMAL1 and REV-ERBα regulate flavivirus replication.

Nature communications
2019-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08299-7
PMID: 30670689
PMC: PMC6343007
Contributors: Zhuang X; Magri A; Hill M; Lai AG; Kumar A; Rambhatla SB; Donald CL; Lopez-Clavijo AF; Rudge S; Pinnick K et al.
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Claire Donald via Europe PubMed Central

Antiviral RNA Interference Activity in Cells of the Predatory Mosquito, <i>Toxorhynchites amboinensis</i>

Viruses
2018-12 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/v10120694
Contributors: Claire Donald; Margus Varjak; Eric Aguiar; João T Marques; Vattipally B. Sreenu; Esther Schnettler; Alain Kohl
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

Rational Zika vaccine design via the modulation of antigen membrane anchors in chimpanzee adenoviral vectors.

Nature communications
2018-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04859-5
PMID: 29934593
PMC: PMC6015009
Contributors: López-Camacho C; Abbink P; Larocca RA; Dejnirattisai W; Boyd M; Badamchi-Zadeh A; Wallace ZR; Doig J; Velazquez RS; Neto RDL et al.
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Claire Donald via Europe PubMed Central

Infection with a Brazilian isolate of Zika virus generates RIG-I stimulatory RNA and the viral NS5 protein blocks type I IFN induction and signaling.

European journal of immunology
2018-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201847483
PMID: 29572905
Contributors: Hertzog J; Dias Junior AG; Rigby RE; Donald CL; Mayer A; Sezgin E; Song C; Jin B; Hublitz P; Eggeling C et al.
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Claire Donald via Europe PubMed Central

Differential effects of lipid biosynthesis inhibitors on Zika and Semliki Forest viruses.

Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997)
2017-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2017.10.009
PMID: 29102599
PMC: PMC5726355
Contributors: Royle J; Donald CL; Merits A; Kohl A; Varjak M
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Claire Donald via Europe PubMed Central

Mitigating the risk of Zika virus contamination of raw materials and cell lines in the manufacture of biologicals.

The Journal of general virology
2017-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000995
PMID: 29239715
Contributors: Zmurko J; Vasey DB; Donald CL; Armstrong AA; McKee ML; Kohl A; Clayton RF
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Claire Donald via Europe PubMed Central

Characterization of the Zika virus induced small RNA response in Aedes aegypti cells.

PLoS neglected tropical diseases
2017-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006010
PMID: 29040304
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Claire Donald via Europe PubMed Central

Aedes aegypti Piwi4 Is a Noncanonical PIWI Protein Involved in Antiviral Responses

mSphere
2017-05-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00144-17
Contributors: Margus Varjak; Kevin Maringer; Mick Watson; Vattipally B. Sreenu; Anthony C. Fredericks; Emilie Pondeville; Claire L. Donald; Jelle Sterk; Joy Kean; Marie Vazeille et al.
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Inhibition of type I interferon induction and signalling by mosquito-borne flaviviruses.

2017-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12737
PMID: 28273394
Contributors: Cumberworth SL; Clark JJ; Kohl A; Donald CL
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Claire Donald via Europe PubMed Central

Full Genome Sequence and sfRNA Interferon Antagonist Activity of Zika Virus from Recife, Brazil.

2016-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005048
PMID: 27706161
PMC: PMC5051680
Contributors: Donald CL; Brennan B; Cumberworth SL; Rezelj VV; Clark JJ; Cordeiro MT; Freitas de Oliveira França R; Pena LJ; Wilkie GS; Da Silva Filipe A et al.
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Claire Donald via Europe PubMed Central

Fighting Arbovirus Transmission: Natural and Engineered Control of Vector Competence in Aedes Mosquitoes.

2015-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/insects6010236
PMID: 26463078
PMC: PMC4553541
Contributors: Kean J; Rainey SM; McFarlane M; Donald CL; Schnettler E; Kohl A; Pondeville E
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Claire Donald via Europe PubMed Central

Characterization of Aedes aegypti innate-immune pathways that limit Chikungunya virus replication.

2014-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002994
PMID: 25058001
PMC: PMC4109886
Contributors: McFarlane M; Arias-Goeta C; Martin E; O'Hara Z; Lulla A; Mousson L; Rainey SM; Misbah S; Schnettler E; Donald CL et al.
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Claire Donald via Europe PubMed Central

Knockdown of piRNA pathway proteins results in enhanced Semliki Forest virus production in mosquito cells.

2013-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.053850-0
PMID: 23559478
PMC: PMC3709635
Contributors: Schnettler E; Donald CL; Human S; Watson M; Siu RW; McFarlane M; Fazakerley JK; Kohl A; Fragkoudis R
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Claire Donald via Europe PubMed Central

New Insights into Control of Arbovirus Replication and Spread by Insect RNA Interference Pathways.

2012-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/insects3020511
PMID: 26466541
PMC: PMC4553608
Contributors: Donald CL; Kohl A; Schnettler E
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Claire Donald via Europe PubMed Central

Antiviral RNA interference responses induced by Semliki Forest virus infection of mosquito cells: characterization, origin, and frequency-dependent functions of virus-derived small interfering RNAs.

2011-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02052-10
PMID: 21191029
PMC: PMC3067965
Contributors: Siu RW; Fragkoudis R; Simmonds P; Donald CL; Chase-Topping ME; Barry G; Attarzadeh-Yazdi G; Rodriguez-Andres J; Nash AA; Merits A et al.
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Claire Donald via Europe PubMed Central
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