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Andrew Read
Study systems include
Malaria
Entomopathogenic fungi
Marek's disease of chickens
Selected publications
Read, A.F., Day, T., & Huijben, S. (2011) The evolution of drug resistance and the curious orthodoxy of aggressive chemotherapy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA. doi/10.1073/pnas.1100299108
Read, A.F., Lynch, P.A. & Thomas, M.B. (2009) How to build an evolution-proof insecticide for malaria control. PLoS Biology. 7 (4). e1000058.
Read AF & Mackinnon MJ (2008) Pathogen evolution in a vaccinated world. pp. 139-152 in Stearns SC & Koella J, Evolution in Health and Disease, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press
Raberg L, Sim D & Read AF (2007) Disentangling genetic variation for resistance and tolerance to infectious diseases in animals. Science 318: 812-814
Wargo AR, Huijben S, de Roode JC, Shepard J & Read AF (2007) Competitive release and facilitation of drug resistant parasites following therapeutic chemotherapy in a rodent malaria model. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 104: 19914-19919
Blanford S, Chan BHK, Jenkins N, Sim D, Turner RJ, Read AF & Thomas MB (2005) Fungal pathogen reduces potential for malaria transmission. Science 308: 1638-1641
Director, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
Alumni Professor in the Biological Sciences, and Professor of Entomology
Eberly College of Science Distinguished Senior Scholar
Email: andrew.read@psu.edu
Phone: 814-867-2396
Office: W-126 Millennium Science Complex
Research interests
My research focuses on the ecology and evolutionary genetics of infectious disease, including:
- Can we make evolution-proof drugs, vaccines and insecticides?
- Will vaccination and chemotherapy prompt the evolution of more virulent pathogens?
- Can entomopathogenic fungi be used to produce a cheap organic pesticide for sustainable malaria control?
Details on this research and other research interests.
You can here me talk about some of what we are interested in here