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Research interests include Arthropod vector-host interactions, specifically evolution of blood-feeding mechanisms at the vector-host interface and how this relate to evolution of protein structure and function. Specific focus areas include evolution of blood-feeding in ticks, tick salivary gland protein families, their functions and their potential for therapeutics or as vaccine candidates, tick systematics and its implications for evolution of blood-feeding behavior, evolution of tick-borne parasites in regard to the arthropod vector and the vertebrate host, parasite-vector and parasite-host specificity and diversity, the carrier-state of parasites in the vector and the vertebrate host, diagnostics of blood-borne pathogens. Current parasite focus includes the Piroplasmida Babesia and Theileria.

Activities

Peer review (578 reviews for 111 publications/grants)

Review activity for Acta Parasitologica (5)
Review activity for Acta Parasitologica. (6)
Review activity for Acta tropica. (10)
Review activity for Animals. (1)
Review activity for Biology open (2)
Review activity for Biology. (1)
Review activity for BioMed research international. (2)
Review activity for Biomolecules. (2)
Review activity for BMC biotechnology (2)
Review activity for BMC evolutionary biology. (8)
Review activity for BMC genomics (6)
Review activity for BMC public health (2)
Review activity for CAB reviews. (3)
Review activity for Case reports in neurological medicine. (1)
Review activity for Clinical and experimental allergy. (4)
Review activity for Communications biology. (2)
Review activity for Computational biology and chemistry (3)
Review activity for Developmental & comparative immunology. (1)
Review activity for Ecology and evolution. (2)
Review activity for Evolutionary applications. (2)
Review activity for Experimental & applied acarology. (11)
Review activity for Experimental & applied acarology. (34)
Review activity for Experimental parasitology (7)
Review activity for Expert review of proteomics. (2)
Review activity for F1000Research. (2)
Review activity for Folia Parasitologica. (1)
Review activity for Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology. (7)
Review activity for Frontiers in physiology. (4)
Review activity for Frontiers in veterinary science. (2)
Review activity for Frontiers in zoology. (2)
Review activity for Gene. (1)
Review activity for Gene. (2)
Review activity for Genes. (3)
Review activity for GigaScience. (7)
Review activity for Heliyon. (1)
Review activity for Hereditas. (1)
Review activity for Infection, genetics and evolution. (1)
Review activity for Insect biochemistry and molecular biology. (1)
Review activity for Insect biochemistry and molecular biology. (8)
Review activity for Insect science. (3)
Review activity for Insects. (3)
Review activity for International journal for parasitology, drugs and drug resistance. (1)
Review activity for International journal for parasitology. (6)
Review activity for International journal for parasitology. (15)
Review activity for International journal of acarology. (23)
Review activity for International journal of biological macromolecules. (1)
Review activity for International journal of biological macromolecules. (1)
Review activity for International journal of environmental research and public health (2)
Review activity for Journal of economic entomology. (1)
Review activity for Journal of medical entomology. (6)
Review activity for Journal of parasitic diseases. (4)
Review activity for Journal of parasitic diseases. (12)
Review activity for Journal of proteomics. (2)
Review activity for Journal of the South African Veterinary Association. (5)
Review activity for Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine. (1)
Review activity for JoVE. (1)
Review activity for Letters in applied microbiology (1)
Review activity for Medical and veterinary entomology. (3)
Review activity for MemĂ³rias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. (1)
Review activity for Microbiology spectrum. (1)
Review activity for Microorganisms. (1)
Review activity for Molecular & cellular proteomics. (1)
Review activity for Molecular biology and evolution. (2)
Review activity for Molecular ecology resources. (3)
Review activity for Molecular phylogenetics and evolution. (1)
Review activity for Nature communications (2)
Review activity for npj vaccines. (2)
Review activity for Onderstepoort journal of veterinary research. (6)
Review activity for One health outlook. (2)
Review activity for Pakistan journal of zoology. (4)
Review activity for Palaeoworld. (1)
Review activity for Parasite epidemiology and control. (4)
Review activity for Parasite immunology. (1)
Review activity for Parasite. (4)
Review activity for Parasites & vectors. (56)
Review activity for Parasitology international. (1)
Review activity for Parasitology research. (3)
Review activity for Parasitology research. (13)
Review activity for Parasitology. (17)
Review activity for Pathogens. (7)
Review activity for PeerJ. (1)
Review activity for Persian journal of acarology (1)
Review activity for Physiological entomology. (2)
Review activity for PLoS neglected tropical diseases (4)
Review activity for PloS one. (19)
Review activity for PLOS pathogens : (2)
Review activity for Preventive veterinary medicine. (3)
Review activity for Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia VeterinĂ¡ria. (2)
Review activity for Scientific reports. (14)
Review activity for Scientifica. (1)
Review activity for Sustainability. (1)
Review activity for Systematic and applied acarology. (1)
Review activity for Systematic parasitology. (1)
Review activity for Systematic parasitology. (1)
Review activity for The FASEB journal : (1)
Review activity for The journal of parasitology. (7)
Review activity for Ticks and tick-borne diseases. (65)
Review activity for Toxicon. (1)
Review activity for Toxicon. (4)
Review activity for Toxins. (3)
Review activity for Transboundary and emerging diseases. (7)
Review activity for Trends in parasitology. (5)
Review activity for Tropical animal health and production. (2)
Review activity for Tropical animal health and production. (6)
Review activity for Tropical biomedicine. (2)
Review activity for Vaccine (1)
Review activity for Veterinary medicine and science. (1)
Review activity for Veterinary parasitology. (21)
Review activity for Veterinary parasitology. (10)
Review activity for Wetchasan Sattawaphaet. (1)
Review activity for ZooKeys. (2)