Robin Gasser

Dipylidium caninum draft genome - a new resource for comparative genomic and genetic explorations of flatworms.

Guo-Hua Liu, Pasi K Korhonen, Neil D Young, Jiang Lu, Tao Wang, Yi-Tian Fu, Anson V Koehler, Andreas Hofmann, Bill CH Chang, Shuai Wang, Nan Li, Chu-Yu Lin, Hui Zhang, Lingzi Xiangli, Lin Lin, Wei-Min Liu, Nan Li, Hua-Wei Li, Robin B Gasser, Xing-Quan Zhu

Journal article  |  2021  |  Genomics

Here, we present a draft genome of the tapeworm Dipylidium caninum (family Dipylidiidae) and compare it with other cestode genomes..

SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ali Rostami, Mahdi Sepidarkish, Mariska MG Leeflang, Seyed Mohammad Riahi, Malihe Nourollahpour Shiadeh, Sahar Esfandyari, Ali H Mokdad, Peter J Hotez, Robin B Gasser

Journal article  |  2021  |  Clinical Microbiology and Infection

OBJECTIVES: COVID-19 has been arguably the most important public health concern worldwide in 2020, and efforts are now escalating ..

Phytochemical Profiling and Biological Activity of the Australian Carnivorous Plant, Drosera magna.

Edward Owen Norman, Hayden Tuohey, David Pizzi, Milane Saidah, Rachael Bell, Robert Brkljača, Jonathan M White, Robin B Gasser, Aya C Taki, Sylvia Urban

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Natural Products

Phytochemical profiling was undertaken on the crude extracts of Drosera magna to determine the nature of the chemical constituents..

Nanopore Sequencing Resolves Elusive Long Tandem-Repeat Regions in Mitochondrial Genomes

Liina Kinkar, Robin B Gasser, Bonnie L Webster, David Rollinson, D Timothy J Littlewood, Bill CH Chang, Andreas J Stroehlein, Pasi K Korhonen, Neil D Young

Journal article  |  2021  |  International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Long non-coding, tandem-repetitive regions in mitochondrial (mt) genomes of many metazoans have been notoriously difficult to char..

Molecular diagnosis of scabies using a novel probe-based polymerase chain reaction assay targeting high-copy number repetitive sequences in the Sarcoptes scabiei genome

Lena Chng, Deborah C Holt, Matt Field, Joshua R Francis, Dev Tilakaratne, Milou H Dekkers, Greg Robinson, Kate Mounsey, Rebecca Pavlos, Asha C Bowen, Katja Fischer, Anthony T Papenfuss, Robin B Gasser, Pasi K Korhonen, Bart J Currie, James S McCarthy, Cielo Pasay, Michael Marks, Richard Stewart Bradbury, Michael Marks, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

BACKGROUND: The suboptimal sensitivity and specificity of available diagnostic methods for scabies hampers clinical management, tr..

1-Methyl-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide Derivatives Exhibit Unexpected Acute Mammalian Toxicity

Sarah Preston, Jose Garcia-Bustos, Liam G Hall, Sheree D Martin, Thuy G Le, Abhijit Kundu, Atanu Ghoshal, Nghi H Nguyen, Yaqing Jiao, Banfeng Ruan, Lian Xue, Fei Huang, Bill CH Chang, Sean L McGee, Timothy NC Wells, Michael J Palmer, Abdul Jabbar, Robin B Gasser, Jonathan B Baell

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

A series of 1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamides were synthesized as potent inhibitors of the parasitic nematode of sheep, Haemonch..

OGEE v3: Online GEne Essentiality database with increased coverage of organisms and human cell lines

Sanathoi Gurumayum, Puzi Jiang, Xiaowen Hao, Tulio L Campos, Neil D Young, Pasi K Korhonen, Robin B Gasser, Peer Bork, Xing-Ming Zhao, Li-jie He, Wei-Hua Chen

Journal article  |  2021  |  Nucleic Acids Research

OGEE is an Online GEne Essentiality database. Gene essentiality is not a static and binary property, rather a context-dependent an..

Advances in the discovery and development of anthelmintics by harnessing natural product scaffolds.

HMP Dilrukshi Herath, Aya C Taki, Brad E Sleebs, Andreas Hofmann, Nghi Nguyen, Sarah Preston, Rohan A Davis, Abdul Jabbar, Robin B Gasser

Journal article  |  2021  |  Advances in parasitology

Widespread resistance to currently-used anthelmintics represents a major obstacle to controlling parasitic nematodes of livestock ..

Mitochondrial genome of Bulinus truncatus (Gastropoda: Lymnaeoidea): Implications for snail systematics and schistosome epidemiology

Neil D Young, Liina Kinkar, Andreas J Stroehlein, Pasi K Korhonen, J Russell Stothard, David Rollinson, Robin B Gasser

Journal article  |  2021  |  Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases

Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing and Informatics as an Effective Tool to Establish the Composition of Bovine Piroplasm Populations in Endemic Regions.

Abdul Ghafar, Anson V Koehler, Ross S Hall, Charles G Gauci, Robin B Gasser, Abdul Jabbar

Journal article  |  2021  |  Microorganisms

Protists of the genera Babesia and Theileria (piroplasms) cause some of the most prevalent and debilitating diseases for bovines w..