David Robertson (virologist)

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David L. Robertson is a research professor, head of bioinformatics and MRC Investigator at the University of Glasgow's Centre for Virus Research.[1]

He earned a BSc from the University of Edinburgh in 1991.[1] He completed a Ph.D. in genetics at the University of Nottingham (1993-1996) after moving with his supervisor's research group from Trinity College Dublin (1992-1993).[1] Subsequently, he was a research associate at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a research fellow at the CNRS, and a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow at the University of Oxford.[2][1] In 2002 he became a lecturer and principal investigator at the University of Manchester.[2] In 2017, he moved to University of Glasgow and became head of the Centre for Virus Research’s bioinformatics research programme.[3] His research focus has been on computational approaches to the study of viruses, molecular evolution, and the analysis of viral diseases such as HIV, COVID-19, and others.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "University of Glasgow - Schools - School of Infection & Immunity - Staff A-Z - Professor David Robertson".
  2. ^ a b "David Robertson | ICTV". ictv.global. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
  3. ^ "Our People - David L. Robertson". CVR Bioinformatics. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
  4. ^ "Professor David Robertson | COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium". COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium | UK-Wide Genomic Sequencing. 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2022-09-14.