Member of Staff ; Dr. Grace McCormack

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Martin Ryan Institute, NUI, Galway
Phone: 353 (0)91 492321  
Fax: 353 (0)91 525005
Email: grace.mccormacknuigalway.ie

2nd Zoology; Intro to Animal diversity notes from 1st year

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.

Head; Molecular Evolution & Systematics Laboratory

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Publications

Raleigh J, Redmond NE, Delahan E, Torpey S, van Soest RWM, Kelly M & McCormack GP. (In Press) Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase 1 phylogeny supports alternative taxonomic scheme for the marine Haplosclerida. JMBA

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.

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

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.

Carr MJ, McCormack GP and Crowley B (2005). Human metapneumovirus-associated respiratory tract infections in the Republic of Ireland during the influenza season of 2003-2004. Clin Microbiol. Infect.Dis. 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.

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, Glynn. JR., 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 sealouse , Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Kroyer). Aquaculture Research 31: 815-822.

McCormack GP, Powell R, Keegan BFK. (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 BFK, 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, R, 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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