Professor Neil Hall is head of the Earlham Institute, a life science research centre in Norwich, England, and director of the Hall Group, which aims to understand why some infectious agents are more damaging than others.
Neil Hall | |
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| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Liverpool |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Genetics |
| Institutions | Earlham Institute |
Early life and education
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Neil Hall studied at Colonel Frank Seely School in Calverton, Nottinghamshire. He is dyslexic and at school was drawn to science as it was an area in which he felt he could excel. He was fascinated by genetics and inheritance.[1] He has a B.S. in genetics and a PhD in molecular biology from the University of Liverpool.[2]
Career
editHall was a professor at the University of Liverpool from 2007 to 2016. From April 2016 he has been head of the Earlham Institute where he leads the Hall Group, which aims to understand why some infectious agents are more damaging than others.[3][4][1][5]
In May 2020, he proposed weekly testing for COVID-19 to cover the whole of Norwich.[6]
Selected publications
edit- "Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum", Nature, 419 (6906), 498-511 (joint)
- "The genome of the African trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei", Science, 309 (5733), 416-422 (joint)
- "The genome of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum", Nature, 435 (7038), 43-57 (joint)
- "Genomic sequence of the pathogenic and allergenic filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus", Nature, 438 (7071), 1151 (joint)
- "Accurate determination of microbial diversity from 454 pyrosequencing data", Nature Methods, 6 (9), 639-641 (joint)
References
edit- ^ a b Smith, Stevie (27 November 2019). "The genetic codebreaker unravelling the answers". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ Evonne P. Y. Tang; Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies (2006). Path to Effective Recovering of DNA from Formalin-Fixed Biological Samples in Natural History Collections: Workshop Summary. Washington D.C.: National Academies Press. p. 43. ISBN 0-309-10293-6.
- ^ Shukman, David (31 May 2020). "The mystery of 'silent spreaders'". BBC News. Archived from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ "Neil Hall". Earlham Institute. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ "Spotlight on: Neil Hall Group - targeting pathogens". Earlham Institute. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ Jane Dalton (13 May 2020). "Scientists want to test all Norwich residents for coronavirus every week". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
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