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Grace McCormack

Contact Details;
Zoology, Ryan Institute, School of Natural Sciences, NUI Galway 
Phone: 353 (0)91 492321;   Fax: 353 (0)91 525005  Email: grace.mccormackatnuigalway.ie

   

History

April 2010-present: Head of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, NUIG.

Nov 2004-present: Senior Lecturer, Zoology Dept. NUIG, Galway, Ireland.

Oct 2001-Sept 2004: Lecturer, Biology Dept. NUI, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland.

Mar 2000- Oct. 2001: Postdoctoral Molecular Biologist, Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Virus Laboratory, Health Protection Agency, London, UK

Nov 1997- Mar 2000: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Zoology Dept., Natural History Museum, London, UK.

June 1998: PhD Zoology  University College Galway 
                                                                            

Publications

Moniz MBJ , Rindi F , Stephens K, Maggi E, Collins P, McCormack GP (In Press). Composition and temporal variation of the algal assemblage associated with the haplosclerid sponge Haliclona indistincta (Bowerbank). Aquatic Botany

Stephens KMM, Galvin J, Lawless A, McCormack GP. (2012).  Reproductive cycle and larval characteristics of Haliclona indistincta (Bowerbank, 1866)  (Class Demospongiae: Order Haplosclerida). Journal of the Marine Biological Association UK. Online version S0025315412001300.

Rae M, Folch H, Moniz MBJ, Wolff CW, McCormack GP, Rindi F and Johnson MP (2012). Marine Bioactivity in Irish Waters. Phytochemistry Reviews. doi:10.1007/s11101-012-9227-7

Bansode V, Travers SAA, Crampin AC, Ngwira B, French N, Glynn JR and McCormack GP. (2011).  Reverse Transcriptase drug resistance mutations in HIV-1 Subtype C infected patients on ART in Karonga District, Malawi. Aids Research & Therapy.8(38):1-5.

Seager I, Leeson M, Crampin AC, Mulawa D, French N, Glynn JR, Travers SAA, McCormack GP. (2011). HIV-1 mutational patterns in HIV-1 subtype C infected long-term survivors in Karonga District Malawi: further analysis and correction. AIDS Res Hum Retrov. http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/AID.2011.0168

RedmondNE, Raleigh J, van Soest RWM,Kelly M, Travers SAA, Bradshaw B, Vartia S, Stephens KM, McCormack GP. (2011). Molecular Systematics of the Order Haplosclerida (Phylum Porifera) Employing Ribosomal (28S rRNA) and Mitochondrial (mtCOI, NAD1) Gene Sequence Data. PLoS 1.6(9): e24344.

Kaluzhnaya OV, Itskovich VB, McCormack GP (2011). Phylogenetic diversity of bacteria associated with the endemic freshwater sponge Lubomirskia baicalensis. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. DOI: 10.1007/s11274-011-0654-1

Meehan CJ, Hedge JA, Robertson DL, McCormack GP, and Travers AA. (2010)  Emergence, Dominance, and Possible Decline of CXCR4 Chemokine Receptor Usage During the Course of HIV Infection. Journal of Medical Virology.82(12):2004-12.

Bansode V, DrebertZJ, Travers SAA, Banda E,Molesworth A, Crampin A, Ngwira B, French N, Glynn JR, McCormack GP.  (2010). Drug resistance mutations in drug naïve HIV-1 subtype C infected individuals from rural Malawi. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/aid.2010.0203

Redmond NE, McCormack GP. (2009). Ribosomal internal transcribed spacer regions are not suitable for intra- or inter- specific phylogeny reconstruction in haplosclerid sponges (Phylum Porifera, Class Demospongiae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association UK. (doi:10.1017/S0025315409000411).

Redmond NE, McCormack GP. (2008). Large expansion segments in 18S rDNA support a new sponge clade (Class Demospongiae, Order Haplosclerida).  Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 47:1090-1099.

Raleigh J, Redmond NE, Delahan E, Torpey S, van Soest RWM, Kelly M & McCormack GP. (2007) Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase 1 phylogeny supports alternative taxonomic scheme for the marine Haplosclerida. Journal of the Marine Biological Association UK. 87: 1577-1584.

Travers SAA, Tully DC, McCormack GP and Fares MA. (2007). A study of the coevolutionary patterns operating within the env gene of the HIV-1 group M subtypes. Molecular Biology & Evolution. 24(12):2787-2801.

Barry PJ &  McCormack GP. (2007). New species of Adontorhina Berry, 1947 (Bivalvia: Thyasiridae) from the Porcupine Bank, off the west coast of Ireland. Zootaxa, 1526: 37-49

Redmond NE, vanSoest RWM, Kelly M, Travers AA, McCormack GP. (2007). Reassessment of the classification of the Order Haplosclerida (Class Demospongiae, Phylum Porifera) using 18S rRNA gene sequence data. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 43:344-352.

O Halloran DM, Fitzpatrick DA, McCormack GP, McInerney JO and Burnell AM. (2006) The molecular phylogeny and functional significance of a nematode specific clade of heterotrimeric G-protein a subunit genes.  Journal of Molecular Evolution. In press

McCarthy AM, Gerkin S, McGrath D and McCormack GP. (2006). Monopseudocuma a new genus from the North East Atlantic and redescription of Pseudocuma gilsonii Baescu 1950 (Cumacea;Pseudocumatidae). Zootaxa, 1203:39-56.

Carr MJ, McCormack GP, Mutton KJ, Crowley B. (2006). Unique BK virus non-coding control region (NCCR) variants in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients with and without hemorrhagic cystitis. Journal of Medical Virology. 78(4):485-93.

McCormack GP, Glynn JR, Clewley JP, Crampin AC, Redmond NN, Keane TM, Travers SAA, Sibande F, Mulawa D, Fine PEM. (2006). Emergence of a three codon deletion in gag p17 in HIV subtype C long-term survivors, and general population spread. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses 22(2):195-201

Carr M,  McCormack GP and Crowley B (2005).  Human metapneumovirus-associated respiratory tract infections in the Republic of Ireland during the influenza season of 2003-2004. Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Deseases. 11: 366-371.

Travers SAA, OConnell MJ, McCormack GP, McInerney JO. (2005). Evidence for heterogeneous selective pressures in the evolution of the env gene in different HIV-1 subtypes. Journal of Virology. 79(3):1836-1841.

Lacey KMJ, McCormack GP, Powell, R and Keegan BF.  (2005). Phylogenetic relationships within the Class Holothuroidea, inferred from 18S rRNA gene data.  Marine Biology. 147: 1149-1154

Keane TM, Naughton TJ, Travers SAA, McInerney, JO, McCormack GP. (2005) DPRml: distributed phylogeny reconstruction by maximum likelihood. Bioinformatics. 21(7): 969-974.

Travers SA, Clewley JP, Glynn JR, Fine PEM, Crampin AC, Sibande F, Mulawa D, McInerney JO, McCormack GP. (2004). Timing and reconstruction of the most recent common ancestor of the subtype C clade of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1. Journal of Virology. 78(19): 10501-10506.

Erpenbeck D, McCormack GP, Breeuwer JAJ and van Soest RWM. (2004) Order level differences in the demosponge LSU structure -New insights in an old taxon. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 32(1): 388-95.

Webster LMI, Thomas RH, McCormack GP. (2004). Molecular systematics of Acarus siro s. lat., a complex of stored food pests. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 32: 817-822.

Carr MJ, McCormack GP and Crowley B (2004). Heterogeneity in the Irish Varicella–Zoster Virus Population. Journal of Medical Virology 73(1): 131-6.

McCormack GP, G. J., Sibande F, Mulawa D, Fine PEM, Clewley JP. (2003). Highly divergent HIV-1 group M sequences in Karonga District, Malawi in the early 1980s. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses 19(5): 441-445.

McCormack GP, Glynn. JR, Crampin AC, Sibande F, Mulawa D, Bliss L, Broadbent P, Abarca K, Pönnighaus JM, Fine PEM, Clewley JP (2002). Early evolution of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype C epidemic in rural Malawi. Journal of Virology 76(24): 12890-12899.

McCormack GP, Clewley J. (2002). The application of molecular phylogenetics to the analysis of viral genome diversity and evolution. Reviews in Medical Virology 12: 221-238.

McCormack GP, Erpenbeck D, Van Soest R. (2002). Major discrepancy between phylogenetic hypotheses based on molecular and morphological criteria within the Order Haplosclerida (Phylum Porifera: Class Demospongiae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 40: 237-240.

McCormack GP, Kelly M. (2002). New indications of the phylogenetic affinity of Spongosorites suberitoides, Diaz et al., 1993 (Porifera, Demospongiae) as revealed by 28S ribosomal DNA. Journal of Natural History 36:1009-1021.

Nolan DV, Martin SAM, Kelly Y, Glennon K, Palmer R, Smith T, McCormack GP, Powell R (2000). Development of microsatellite PCR typing methodology for the sea louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Kroyer). Aquaculture Research 31: 815-822.

McCormack GP, Powell R, Keegan BF (2000). Comparative analysis of two populations of the brittle star Amphiura filiformis (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) with different life history strategies using RAPD markers. Marine Biotechnology 2: 100-106.

McCormack GP, Keegan BF, McInerney JO, Powell R (2000). Spectral analysis of echinoderm small sub-unit ribosomal RNA gene sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 15(2): 327-329.

McCormack GP, McInerney JO, Powell, RP, Keegan BFK (1995). Comparison of DNA extraction techniques from amphiurid species (Ophiuroidea:Echinodermata) suitable for polymerase chain reaction. In; Echinoderm Research, London, U.K., A.A. Balkema.



 

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