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Alex Perkins

Imperial College London

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Ecology· 2 Molecular Biology· 1

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Approach:statistical model· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1

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Alexander James Phillips· 1 shared Amir Siraj· 1 shared Andrew Tatem· 1 shared Anthony Thomas· 1 shared Aubin FleissiD· 1 shared Ben Phillips· 1 shared Carl Boettiger· 1 shared Corrine Warren Ruktanonchai· 1 shared

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2016-2020 · peak 2/yr

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CONTAIN: An open-source shipping container laboratory optimisedfor automated COVID-19 diagnostics

Kenneth T. Walker, Matthew Donora, Anthony Thomas, Alexander James Phillips, Krishma Ramgoolam, Kjara S Pilch, Phil Oberacker, Tomasz Piotr Jurkowski, Rares Marius Gosman, Aubin Fleiss, Alex Perkins, Neil MacKenzie, Mark A. Zuckerman, Davide Danovi, Helene Steiner, Thomas Meany

The paper introduces CONTAIN, an automated RT-qPCR COVID-19 testing system based on a shipping container, achieving 2400 tests/day using open-source robotics and validated with synthetic and patient samples.

bioRxiv · May 20, 2020 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Model-based projections of Zika virus infections in childbearing women in the Americas

Alex Perkins, Amir Siraj, Corrine Warren Ruktanonchai, Moritz Kraemer, Andrew Tatem

The paper projects Zika virus infections in childbearing women and all demographics in the Americas using spatially resolved data, estimating 1.1 million infections in women and 64.2 million total infections.

Nature Microbiology · Jul 25, 2016Peer-reviewedEcology

After the games are over: life-history trade-offs drive dispersal attenuation following range expansion

Alex Perkins, Carl Boettiger, Ben Phillips

The paper models how dispersal propensity decreases after range expansion due to life-history trade-offs, showing that trade-offs are necessary for this attenuation.

bioRxiv · Feb 17, 2016Ecology