Research
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Latest papers
Complete Genome Sequencing and Comparative Phylogenomics of Nine African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) Isolates of the Virulent East African p72 Genotype IX without Viral Sequence Enrichment.
Viruses · 2024
Problems in the assembly and analysis of the kangaroopox virus-NSW isolate.
Scientific reports · 2024 · senior author
The first genotype II African swine fever virus isolated in Africa provides insight into the current Eurasian pandemic.
Scientific reports · 2021
Latest funding
- $150,000
Processes in the evolution of poxviruses
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
- $58,620
High Performance Liquid Chromatography system
NSERC · 2014 · Co-investigator
- $190,110
Laser scanning confocal microscope
NSERC · 2008 · Co-investigator
42 publications.
Complete Genome Sequencing and Comparative Phylogenomics of Nine African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) Isolates of the Virulent East African p72 Genotype IX without Viral Sequence Enrichment.
Domelevo Entfellner JB, Okoth EA, Onzere CK, Upton C, Njau EP, Höper D, Henson SP, Oyola SO, Bochere E, Machuka EM, Bishop RP
Problems in the assembly and analysis of the kangaroopox virus-NSW isolate.
Tu SL, Upton C
The first genotype II African swine fever virus isolated in Africa provides insight into the current Eurasian pandemic.
Njau EP, Domelevo Entfellner JB, Machuka EM, Bochere EN, Cleaveland S, Shirima GM, Kusiluka LJ, Upton C, Bishop RP, Pelle R, Okoth EA
Computational strategies to combat COVID-19: useful tools to accelerate SARS-CoV-2 and coronavirus research.
Hufsky F, Lamkiewicz K, Almeida A, Aouacheria A, Arighi C, Bateman A, Baumbach J, Beerenwinkel N, Brandt C, Cacciabue M, Chuguransky S, Drechsel O, Finn RD, Fritz A, Fuchs S, Hattab G, Hauschild AC, Heider D, Hoffmann M, Hölzer M, Hoops S, Kaderali L, Kalvari I, von Kleist M, Kmiecinski R, Kühnert D, Lasso G, Libin P, List M, Löchel HF, Martin MJ, Martin R, Matschinske J, McHardy AC, Mendes P, Mistry J, Navratil V, Nawrocki EP, O'Toole ÁN, Ontiveros-Palacios N, Petrov AI, Rangel-Pineros G, Redaschi N, Reimering S, Reinert K, Reyes A, Richardson L, Robertson DL, Sadegh S, Singer JB, Theys K, Upton C, Welzel M, Williams L, Marz M
Bioinformatics for Analysis of Poxvirus Genomes.
Tu SL, Upton C
Isolation and Characterization of Akhmeta Virus from Wild-Caught Rodents (Apodemus spp.) in Georgia.
Doty JB, Maghlakelidze G, Sikharulidze I, Tu SL, Morgan CN, Mauldin MR, Parkadze O, Kartskhia N, Turmanidze M, Matheny AM, Davidson W, Tang S, Gao J, Li Y, Upton C, Carroll DS, Emerson GL, Nakazawa Y
Base-By-Base Version 3: New Comparative Tools for Large Virus Genomes.
Tu SL, Staheli JP, McClay C, McLeod K, Rose TM, Upton C
Complete genome sequence of a novel sea otterpox virus.
Jacob JM, Subramaniam K, Tu SL, Nielsen O, Tuomi PA, Upton C, Waltzek TB
Bioinformatic Approaches for Comparative Analysis of Viruses.
Amgarten D, Upton C
The genomes of three North American orthopoxviruses.
Smithson C, Tang N, Sammons S, Frace M, Batra D, Li Y, Emerson GL, Carroll DS, Upton C
Processes in the evolution of poxviruses
Principal investigators: Upton, Chris
High Performance Liquid Chromatography system
Principal investigators: Ausio, Juan
Laser scanning confocal microscope
Principal investigators: Burke, Robert
Poxviruses: protein-protein interactions
Principal investigators: Upton, Chris
Poxvirus protein-DNA and protein-protein interactions
Principal investigators: Upton, Chris
Flourchem 8900 imager
Principal investigators: Ishiguro, Edward
Development of a canadian virus bioinformatics resource for herpes, baculo, adeno and poxviruses
Principal investigators: Upton, Chris
Establishment of UVic facility to determine macromolecular (protein-protein, protein-DNA, protein-RNA) interactions using analytical ultracentrifuge analysis and surface plasmon resonance
Principal investigators: Ausio, Juan
Keywords: Macromolecular interactions, proteins, nucleic acids, chromatin, protein structure-function relationship
Poxvirus virulence proteins
Principal investigators: Upton, Chris
Fast protein liquid chromatography system
Principal investigators: Ausio, Juan
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
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