Contact information
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Oliver Pybus
Professor of Evolution & Infectious Disease
Research Interests
My research aims to explain the evolutionary dynamics of pathogens, particularly viral infections of humans, including HIV/AIDS, the hepatitis C virus, and Influenza. I hope to understand how evolutionary and ecological processes - which occur on the same timescale for many pathogens - combine and interact in natural populations.
Additional Information: I am Editor-in-Chief of the journal Virus Evolution, published by Oxford University Press. I am also one of the Department of Zoology's Athena Swan Champions.
Recent publications
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Genetic diversity, recombination and cross-species transmission of a waterbird gammacoronavirus in the wild.
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François S. et al, (2023), J Gen Virol, 104
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Genomic assessment of invasion dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1.
Journal article
Tsui JL-H. et al, (2023), Science, 381, 336 - 343
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Dispersal patterns and influence of air travel during the global expansion of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern.
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Tegally H. et al, (2023), Cell, 186, 3277 - 3290.e16
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The evolutionary history of hepaciviruses.
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Li YQ. et al, (2023), bioRxiv
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Identification of evolutionary trajectories shared across human betacoronaviruses.
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Escalera-Zamudio M. et al, (2023), Genome Biol Evol