Tao Wang

Design, synthesis and screening of a drug discovery library based on an Eremophila-derived serrulatane scaffold

Chen Zhang, Kah Yean Lum, Aya C Taki, Robin B Gasser, Joseph J Byrne, Tao Wang, Mark AT Blaskovich, Emery T Register, Luis J Montaner, Ian Tietjen, Rohan A Davis

Journal article  |  2021  |  PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Chemical studies of the aerial parts of the Australian desert plant Eremophila microtheca afforded the targeted and known diterpen..

High-Throughput Phenotypic Assay to Screen for Anthelmintic Activity on Haemonchus contortus

Aya C Taki, Joseph J Byrne, Tao Wang, Brad E Sleebs, Nghi Nguyen, Ross S Hall, Pasi K Korhonen, Bill CH Chang, Paul Jackson, Abdul Jabbar, Robin B Gasser

Journal article  |  2021  |  PHARMACEUTICALS

Parasitic worms cause very significant diseases in animals and humans worldwide, and their control is critical to enhance health, ..

Prospects of Using High-Throughput Proteomics to Underpin the Discovery of Animal Host-Nematode Interactions

Tao Wang, Robin B Gasser

Journal article  |  2021  |  PATHOGENS

Parasitic nematodes impose a significant public health burden, and cause major economic losses to agriculture worldwide. Due to th..

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..

High-quality reference genome for Clonorchis sinensis

Neil D Young, Andreas J Stroehlein, Liina Kinkar, Tao Wang, Woon-Mok Sohn, Bill CH Chang, Parwinder Kaur, David Weisz, Olga Dudchenko, Erez Lieberman Aiden, Pasi K Korhonen, Robin B Gasser

Journal article  |  2021  |  GENOMICS

The Chinese liver fluke, Clonorchis sinensis, causes the disease clonorchiasis, affecting ~35 million people in regions of China, ..

Cryptosporidium of birds in pet markets in Wuhan city, Hubei, China

Cong Liao, Tao Wang, Anson V Koehler, Min Hu, Robin B Gasser

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

Helminth lipidomics: Technical aspects and future prospects

Tao Wang, Shuai Nie, Gavin E Reid, Robin B Gasser

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

Enterocytozoon bieneusi of animals-With an 'Australian twist'.

Yan Zhang, Anson V Koehler, Tao Wang, Robin B Gasser

Book Chapter  |  2021  |  Advances in Parasitology

Enterocytozoon bieneusi is a microsporidian microorganism that causes intestinal disease in animals including humans. E. bieneusi ..

Quantitative lipidomic analysis of Ascaris suum

Tao Wang, Shuai Nie, Guangxu Ma, Johnny Vlaminck, Peter Geldhof, Nicholas A Williamson, Gavin E Reid, Robin B Gasser

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

Ascaris is a soil-transmitted nematode that causes ascariasis, a neglected tropical disease affecting predominantly children and a..

Toward integrative 'omics of the barber's pole worm and related parasitic nematodes

Guangxu Ma, Robin B Gasser, Tao Wang, Pasi K Korhonen, Neil D Young

Journal article  |  2020  |  INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Advances in nucleic acid sequencing, mass spectrometry and computational biology have facilitated the identification, annotation a..