Research Interests

Molecular phylogenetics & population genetics of marine invertebrates with particular interest in sponges and echinoderms; taxonomy, classification and evolution in general; biodiscovery & biotechnology using Irish marine resources; molecular evolution of viruses.

 

     

Peer Reviewed Journals

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 Of The United Kingdom, . [Details]

Redmond, NE, 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 . [Details]

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 and Therapy, 8 (38):1-5. [Details]

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, 27 :1955-1959. [DOI] [Details]

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 Research And Human Retroviruses, http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/AID.2011.0168 . [Details]

Bansode V, Drebert ZJ, 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 Res Hum Retrov, . [Details]

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):2004-2012. [DOI] [Details]

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, 89 :1251-1256. [DOI] [Details]

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. [DOI] [Details]

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

Travers SAA, Tully DC, McCormackGP 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):2-787. [DOI] [Details]

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. [DOI] [Details]

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. [DOI] [Details]

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):485-493. [DOI] [Details]

McCormack, GP,Glynn, JR,Clewley, JP,Crampin, AC,Travers, SAA,Redmond, N,Keane, TM,Sibande, F,Mulawa, D,Fine, PEM (2006) 'Emergence of a three codon deletion in gag p17 in HIV type 1 subtype C long-term survivors, and general population spread'. Aids Research And Human Retroviruses, 22 :195-201. [Details]

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. [Details]

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. [Details]

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. [Details]

Carr M, McCormack GP, Crowley B (2005) 'Human metapneumovirus-associated respiratory tract infections in the Republic of ireland during the influenze season of 2003-2004'. CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION, 11 :366-371. [DOI] [Details]

Keane TM, Naughton TJ, Travers SAA, McInerney, JO, McCormack GP (2005) 'DPRml: Distributed Phylogeny Reconstruction by Maximum Likelihood'. BIOINFORMATICS, 21 (7):969-974. [Details]

Lacey KML, 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. [DOI] [Details]

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. [Details]

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):388-395. [Details]

Carr MJ, McCormack GP and Crowley B (2004) 'Heterogeneity in the Irish Varicella-Zoster Virus Population'. Journal of Medical Virology, 73 (1):131-136. [Details]

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. [Details]

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. [Details]

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. [Details]

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. [Details]

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. [Details]

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. [Details]

McCormack GP, Keegan BF, McInerney JO, Powell (2000) 'Re: Spectral analysis of echinoderm small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequence data'. Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution, 15 (2):327-329. [Details]

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. [Details]

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. [Details]

 

Conference Publications

MCCORMACK, G et al. (1995) Comparison of DNA extraction techniques from amphiurid species (Ophiuroidea:Echinodermata) suitable for polymerase chain reaction ECHINODERM RESEARCH 1995 , pp.43-49 [Details]

                             

Catalog

Kavannagh F, Lawless A, Lawton C, MacLoughlin E, Quinn A, McCormack GP, Arthur W (2011) The Zoology and Marine Biology Museum. Catalog [Details]