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Vicki Barclay

Location: 513 Mueller Laboratory
Telephone: +1 814-863-9330
Email: Vicki Barclay
Internet: CIDD

C.V.

Degrees:

Wellcome Trust Four Year PhD: Studies evaluating the possible evolution of malaria parasites in response to blood-stage vaccination , University of Edinburgh (2005-2008)

MSc in Life Sciences with distinction , University of Edinburgh (2004-2005)

First Class Honours MSci Microbiology (with work placement at Pfizer 2002-2003) University of Glasgow, (1999-2004)

Prizes:

Senior honours Microbiology class prize (2003-2004)

Society for General Microbiology junior honours prize (2002-2003)

Research interests

Projects:

(1) Laboratory experimental evolution investigating whether a blood-stage malaria vaccine may select for more virulent parasite variants.

(2) Inter-disciplinary collaboration investigating whether cell phones are a feasible way of collecting and distributing messages related to adoption of new malaria vector-control practices and new low-phosphorous legumes in Mozambique?

Publications

Barclay, V.C., Sim, D., Metcalf, C.J.E., Nell, L., Bell, A. S. and A. F. Read (soon to be submitted) A blood-stage malaria vaccine selects for more virulent parasite strains in a rodent-malaria system.

Barclay, V.C., Smith, R.A., Cantona, D., Thomas, M.B., Read, A.F (soon to be submitted) The resistance paradox in malaria control: Is user resistance a barrier to solving insecticide resistance? The Lancet

Mideo, N., Barclay, V.C., Chan, B.H.K., Savill, N.J., Read, A.F., & Day, T. (2008). Understanding and predicting strain-specific patterns of pathogenesis in the rodent malaria, Plasmodium chabaudi. American Naturalist. 172: E214-E238. PDF

Barclay, V.C., Chan, B.H.K., Anders, R.F., & Read, A.F. (2008). Mixed allele malaria vaccines: host protection and within-host selection. Vaccine. 26: 6099-6107. PDF

Barclay, V.C., Råberg, L., Chan, B.H.K., Brown, S., Gray, D. & Read, A.F. (2008). CD4+ T cells do not mediate within-host competition between genetically diverse malaria parasite. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 275: 1171-1179. PDF

Miscellaneous

Hobbies

Running, road and mountain biking, swimming, triathalons