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Martha Nelson

Martha Nelson

Graduate Student

Email: min106@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-6471

Fax: 814-865-9131

Office: 612 Mueller Laboratory

Research

I am interested in the evolutionary dynamics of the influenza virus. My current research focuses on the evolutionary forces that generate genetic diversity in populations of influenza A, including immune-driven selection, gene flow, and genomic reassortment.

Study systems

Influenza

Publications

Rambaut A, Pybus OG, Nelson MI Viboud C, Taubenberger JK & Holmes EC (2008) The genomic and epidemiological dynamics of human influenza A virus. Nature 8: 196-205

Nelson MI, Viboud C, Simonsen L, Bennett RT, Griesemer SB, St. George K, Taylor J, Spiro DJ, Sengamalay NA, Ghedin E, Taubenberger JK & Holmes EC (2008) Multiple reassortment events in the evolutionary history of H1N1 Influenza A Virus since 1918s. PLoS Pathogens

Nelson MI & Holmes EC (2007) The evolution of epidemic influenza. Nature Reviews Genetics 8: 196-205

Nelson MI, Simonsen L, Viboud C, Miller MA & Holmes EC (2007) Phylogenetic analysis reveals the global migration of seasonal influenza A viruses. PLoS Pathogens 3: e131

Nelson MI, Simonsen L, Viboud C, Miller MA, Taylor J, St. George K, Griesemer SB, Ghedin E, Sengamalay NA, Spiro DJ, Volkov I, Grenfell BT, Lipman DJ, Taubenberger JK & Holmes EC (2006) Stochastic processes are key determinants of short-term evolution in Influenza A Virus. PLoS Pathogens 2(11): e125