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Professor Bill Paxton PhD DIC

Professor Clinical Infection, Microbiology & Immunology

    Research

    Research Interest 1

    The main research focus of the lab is the better understanding of the viral and host factors associated with HIV-1 transmission and disease progression. The emphasis being on stuyding the genotypic as well as phenotypic properties of the gp120 envelope protein asscoiated with both of the above. More recently we have studied HIV-1 in the context of co-infection with other pathogens, including TB, Helminthic parasites, HPV and HCV.

    Research Grants

    Bench Fees for Gufran Yousef A Al Ahmad (201694848)

    ROYAL EMBASSY OF SAUDI ARABIA CULTURAL BUREAU IN LONDON (UK)

    February 2023 - September 2024

    To develop pseudovirus models for home and personal care application

    UNILEVER PLC (UK)

    July 2021 - February 2023

    CCP - UK

    MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

    March 2020 - September 2022

    Bench fees for Ashteeaq Talal D Aljehane (201458186)

    ROYAL EMBASSY OF SAUDI ARABIA CULTURAL BUREAU IN LONDON (UK)

    October 2021 - September 2022

    To research the development of pseudovirus models for use in laboratory models

    UNILEVER PLC (UK)

    September 2022 - August 2026

    Accelerating Research & Development for Advanced Therapies (ARDAT)

    BAYER AG (GERMANY), EUROPEAN COMMISSION

    November 2020 - October 2025

    The exposure of urban rodents to the human COVID-19 virus and the potential for viral recombination

    NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

    April 2020 - September 2021

    Research Support Fees for Abdullateef Abdullah Alshehri

    ROYAL EMBASSY OF SAUDI ARABIA CULTURAL BUREAU IN LONDON (UK)

    February 2020 - January 2023

    Research Support Fees for Miss Wejdan Oudah M Albawi

    ROYAL EMBASSY OF SAUDI ARABIA CULTURAL BUREAU IN LONDON (UK)

    April 2019 - October 2023

    European HIV Vaccine Alliance (EHVA): a EU platform for the discovery and evaluation of novel prophylactic and therapeutic vaccine candidates.

    EUROPEAN COMMISSION

    January 2016 - December 2023

    Pathogen Co-infection: HIV-1, Tuberculosis, Malaria and hepatitis C virus (PATHCO)

    EUROPEAN COMMISSION

    October 2013 - October 2017