Richard Mayne
Senior Scientist
Senior Scientist
Richard is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Blood and Transplant Unit Genomics to Enhance Microbiology Screening (BTRU-GEMS) project, funded by NIHR. His role involves analysing next generation sequencing (NGS) data to identify and classify pathogens in blood and transplant products.
Originally trained as an histologist, Richard is a state-registered Biomedical Scientist, but retrained via PhD in Computer Science, for which he studied computational biology. He has over four years of experience in postdoctoral research but has also held roles as a University Lecturer and a Principal Data Scientist in industry.
His current interests include application of bioinformatics to metagenomic screening, taxonomy of viruses and development of novel teaching and learning technologies.
Recent publications
Bioinformatic identification of lentivirus transfer plasmid contamination causing false-positive HIV NAT results in a high-throughput molecular screening laboratory.
Journal article
Secret S. et al, (2026), Microbiol Spectr
Changes to virus taxonomy, the international code of virus classification and nomenclature, and the ICTV statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2025).
Journal article
Simmonds P. et al, (2025), Arch Virol, 171
Taxonomic expansion and reorganization of Flaviviridae.
Journal article
Simmonds P. et al, (2025), Nat Microbiol, 10, 3026 - 3037
Virus taxonomy proposal summaries: a searchable and citable resource to disseminate virus taxonomy advances.
Journal article
Mayne R. et al, (2025), J Gen Virol, 106
Next-Generation Sequencing Methods for Sensitive Hepatitis B Viral Genome Analysis: A European Study
Preprint
Fu MX. et al, (2025)