Dr Derek Gatherer
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Currently active projects:
- Tempo & mode in the evolution of RNA viruses. PhD student Hanouf Alhamdan funded by the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Corpus linguistic analysis of discourse surrounding vaccine hesitancy, with Prof Elena Semino (Lancaster) and others. Funded by the Economic & Social Research Council: grant ref. ES/V000926/1
- International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses: Herpesvirales working group.
Research Interests
- Vaccine hesitancy (esp. 19th century)
- RNA virus evolution
- BioFutures
- Taxonomy of Herpesvirales
- Societal response to the English Sweat (15th-16th century)
External Roles
- Fellow, Centre for Social Futures (formerly ISF)
- Herpesvirales Working Group, International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
Current Teaching
- BIOL243 Medical Microbiology
- BIOL275 Bioinformatics
- BIOL313 Proteins: Structure, Function & Evolution (convener)
- BIOL387 Biosciences Research Project (deputy convener)
- BIOL445 Bioinformatics (convener)
Research Grants
Economic & Social Research Council: Corpus linguistic analysis of discourse surrounding vaccine hesitancy (ES/V000926/1) 2021-2024 - post-project writing phase
Global Impact Fund, Friends of 糖心Vlog in America: Sequencing of 4 isolates of Crithidia parasite 2024-2025
01/10/2024 → 30/09/2025
Research
01/03/2021 → 30/06/2024
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Prize (including medals and awards)
Prize (including medals and awards)
- DSI - Health
- Institute for Social Futures Fellow
- ISF Fellows 2019/20
- Microbes, Pathogens and Immunity