Institute: University of Oxford, UK
Biography
Emilia's scientific interests involve building an understanding of genome and virus evolution, including the co-evolution of viruses and their hosts. She is also interested in zoonotic viral diseases, their epidemiology and immunology standing behind their success or failure during infection.
Key Publications
- Skirmuntt, E.C. and Katzourakis, A. 2019. The evolution of endogenous retroviral envelope genes in bats and their potential contribution to host biology. Virus research, 270, p.197645.
- Jebb, D., Huang, Z., Pippel, M., Hughes, G.M., Lavrichenko, K., Devanna, P., Winkler, S., Jermiin, L.S., Skirmuntt, E.C., Katzourakis, A. and Burkitt-Gray, L., 2020. Six reference-quality genomes reveal evolution of bat adaptations. Nature, 583(7817), pp.578-584.
- Skirmuntt E.C., Escalera-Zamudio M., Teeling E.C., Smith A., Katzourakis A. 2019. The potential role of endogenized viral elements in the evolution of bats as reservoirs for zoonotic viruses. Annual Review of Virology Vol. 7: September 2020
- Rzymski, P., Camargo, C.A., Fal, A., Flisiak, R., Gwenzi, W., Kelishadi, R., Leemans, A., Nieto, J.J., Ozen, A., Perc, M. and Poniedziałek, B., Skirmuntt E.C., et al. 2021. COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Vaccines, 9(11), p.1299.
- Gwenzi, W., Skirmuntt, E.C., Musvuugwa, T., Teta, C., Halabowski, D. and Rzymski, P., 2022. Grappling with (re)-emerging infectious zoonoses: Risk assessment, mitigation framework, and future directions. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, p.103350.
- Skirmuntt, E.C., Chelysheva, I., Drury, R.E., Hill, J., McLean, F. E., Fischer, R., Verheul, M.K., Gibani, M.M., Jin, C., Pollard, A. & O'Connor, D., 2023 [in review] Proteomics Reveals Correlates of Protection and Immune Mechanisms in Human Typhoid Vaccination and Infection
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