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Dr Paul McVeigh

School of Biological Sciences
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Dr Paul McVeigh

School of Biological Sciences

The McVeigh lab is interested in the biology of parasitic worms known as trematodes, or "flukes". These parasites are responsible for human diseases of global health importance, such as schistosomiasis, and animal diseases of local veterinary importance, e.g. liver fluke. We use computational methods alongside wet lab molecular biology to try to better understand these fascinating organisms, and to develop new options for diagnostics and control of the diseases that they cause.

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  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk

Research Interests

Projects available on:

  • Molecular Diagnostics: Polyomic approaches to helminth biomarker discovery
  • Host-parasite interactions: The roles of extracellular nucleic acids in host-parasite interaction
  • Schistosomiasis: Functional genomics approaches to study of snail-schistosome interactions, and development of innovative new approaches to vector control

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • Meetings Secretary, British Society for Parasitology
  • Editorial Board Member, Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology (Elsevier)
  • Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing)
  • STEMNET ambassador

Research students

PhD Title

Functions and diagnostic applications of liver fluke microRNAs

Name  Caoimhe Herron 
Years of study 2020-2023
Country  NI
   
PhD Title

Can many biomarkers make light work of liver fluke diagnostics?

Name  Christopher Wray
Years of study 2020-2024
Country  NI

 


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