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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 
                                                                            

Research Group; Molecular Evolution & Systematics Laboratory

Teaching 2011/2012;

2nd Year Zoology;              Animal origins and evolution
                                           Basal Animals
                                           Echinoderms and Hemichordates (Ambulacraria)
                                           Molecular Biology for Zoologists
3rd Year Genetics;             Phylogenetics
3rd Year Marine Science;  Molecular Ecology 
4th year Zoology;               Animal Evolution

Recent Publications

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. (in press).

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. 63(1):87-94.

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.


 

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