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  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
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• Barnabas.King@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

I took up the role of Assistant Professor in Virology in April 2023. I am Teaching and Learning-focused with a remit to research and publish on areas of pedagogy relevant to the improvement of teaching and assessment in the School of Life Sciences.

My background is in virology, particularly molecular biology and cell culture:I completed 3 post-doctoral roles in virus research at the UoN for 8 years as a post-doc in School of Life Sciences and the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science.

Following that, I was the Safety and Facilities Coordinator for the Biodiscovery Institute (BDI) at the UoN for 3 years from May 2020 and helped facilitate the recovery of research activities from the pandemic lock-downs.

My PhD in Molecular Virology (University of Leeds - 2012) was titled, "Characterising the membrane topology and intra-membrane protein interactions of non-structural protein 2 (NS2) of hepatitis C virus (HCV)."

I have been a visiting researcher at the John Innis Centre, UK; the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala and the Universidade Federal de Uberl芒ndia, Brazil.

My career in viruses research began during my undergraduate degree and subsequent technician role in the virus research group in Newcastle University.

Expertise Summary

Molecular virology teaching

Laboratory safety management

Molecular biology

Mammalian cell culture

Teaching Summary

I am the Course Director for the MSc in Microbiology and Immunology and deliver teaching to modules on undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

I am an have completed the Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and have an Associate Teaching Program (ATP) qualification and am currently working towards my Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE).

I have a keen interest in curriculum design and ensuring that assessments clearly and directly align with the Graduate Attributes and Learning Objectives of the course(s).

Research Summary

My current research interests focus on the identification and characterisation of genetic diversity in pathogenic human viruses. Recent work in the lab has looked at:

• Genetic diversity and seasonal fluctuations in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV),
• Developing pseudotyped virus assays for mammalian alpha coronaviruses,
• The challenges, inequalities and solutions in preventing mother to child transmission (MTCT) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is under resources healthcare settings,
• Understanding viral factors involved in MTCT in HBV
• Generating infectious clones of genotype 3 hepatitis C virus (HCV) isolated from patients,
• Describing hepacivirus transmssion and infections in horses.

Recent Publications

• DUNCAN, J. D., PATHAK, M., KING, B. J., BAMBER, H., RADFORD, P., DEY, J., RICHARDSON, C., ASTBURY, S., MCCLURE, P., BALL, J. K., URBANOWICZ, R. A. and TARR, A. W., 2025. J Gen Virol. 106(6),
• ADEBOYEJO, K., KING, B. J., TSOLERIDIS, T., TARR, A. W., MCLAUCHLAN, J., IRVING, W. L., BALL, J. K. and MCCLURE, C. P., 2023. J Med Virol. 95(1), e28178
• ADEBOYEJO, K., GROSCHE, V. R., JOSE, D. P., FERREIRA, G. M., SHIMIZU, J. F., KING, B. J., TARR, A. W., SOARES, MMCN, BALL, J. K., MCCLURE, C. P. and JARDIM, A. C. G., 2022. Access Microbiol. 4(3), 000326
• SHAW, J., GOSAIN, R., KALITA, M. M., FOSTER, T. L., KANKANALA, J., MAHATO, D. R., ABAS, S., KING, B. J., SCOTT, C., BROWN, E., BENTHAM, M. J., WETHERILL, L., BLOY, A., SAMSON, A., HARRIS, M., MANKOURI, J., ROWLANDS, D. J., MACDONALD, A., TARR, A. W., FISCHER, W. B., FOSTER, R. and GRIFFIN, S., 2020. Elife. 9,

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Past Research

I have completed three post-doctoral position at the 糖心原创 (UoN), with the majority of my research career having focused on hepatitis C virus (HCV). However, I have worked a wide variety of RNA viruses, both positive and negative stranded, segmented and non-segmented.

Initially, I worked in the laboratory of Prof. Geoff Toms at Newcastle University as a research assistant developing a direct immunofluorescence antibody pool for the hospital diagnosis of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) as well as aspects of HCV particle composition.

Following that I completed a PhD at the University of Leeds characterising the membrane topology and intra-membrane protein interactions of non-structural protein 2 (NS2) of HCV. The HCV group, headed by Prof. Mark Harris, looked at many aspects of HCV replication, molecular biology and treatment.

My first post-doctoral position, with Prof. Janet Daly (School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, UoN), explored diagnostic procedures for West Nile virus (WNV), Schmallenberg virus (SBV) and equine Influenza virus (EIV).

My second and third post-doctoral positions with the Virus Research Group (School of Life Sciences, UoN) focused on various aspects of HCV and hepatitis B virus (HBV) biology, sequence variation and immune responses.

• DUNCAN, J. D., PATHAK, M., KING, B. J., BAMBER, H., RADFORD, P., DEY, J., RICHARDSON, C., ASTBURY, S., MCCLURE, P., BALL, J. K., URBANOWICZ, R. A. and TARR, A. W., 2025. J Gen Virol. 106(6),
• ADEBOYEJO, K., KING, B. J., TSOLERIDIS, T., TARR, A. W., MCLAUCHLAN, J., IRVING, W. L., BALL, J. K. and MCCLURE, C. P., 2023. J Med Virol. 95(1), e28178
• ADEBOYEJO, K., GROSCHE, V. R., JOSE, D. P., FERREIRA, G. M., SHIMIZU, J. F., KING, B. J., TARR, A. W., SOARES, MMCN, BALL, J. K., MCCLURE, C. P. and JARDIM, A. C. G., 2022. Access Microbiol. 4(3), 000326
• SHAW, J., GOSAIN, R., KALITA, M. M., FOSTER, T. L., KANKANALA, J., MAHATO, D. R., ABAS, S., KING, B. J., SCOTT, C., BROWN, E., BENTHAM, M. J., WETHERILL, L., BLOY, A., SAMSON, A., HARRIS, M., MANKOURI, J., ROWLANDS, D. J., MACDONALD, A., TARR, A. W., FISCHER, W. B., FOSTER, R. and GRIFFIN, S., 2020. Elife. 9,
• ASTBURY, S., COSTA NUNES SOARES, M. M., PEPRAH, E., KING, B., JARDIM, A. C. G., SHIMIZU, J. F., JALAL, P., SAEED, C. H., SABEER, F. T., IRVING, W. L., TARR, A. W. and MCCLURE, C. P., 2020. J Clin Virol. 129, 104483
• JALAL PJ, KING BJ, SAEED A, ADEDEJI Y, MASON CP, BALL JK, IRVING WL, MCCLURE CP and TARR AW, 2019. Virology. 530, 99-106
• JALAL PJ, URBANOWICZ RA, HORNCASTLE E, PATHAK M, GODDARD C, SAEED A, MASON CP, BALL JK, IRVING WL, MCCLURE CP, KING BJ and TARR AW, 2019. Journal of medical microbiology. 68(4), 642-648
• WRENSCH F, LIGAT G, HEYDMANN L, SCHUSTER C, ZEISEL MB, PESSAUX P, HABERSETZER F, KING BJ, TARR AW, BALL JK, WINKLER M, P脰HLMANN S, KECK ZY, FOUNG SKH and BAUMERT TF, 2019. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.). (In Press.)
• KING B, URBANOWICZ R, TARR AW, BALL JK and MCCLURE CP, 2018. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 1911, 93-104
• KING, BARNABAS and TARR, ALEXANDER, 2017. Future Virology. 12(10),
• MCCLURE, C. PATRICK, URBANOWICZ, RICHARD A., KING, BARNABAS J., CANO-CRESPO, SARA, TARR, ALEXANDER W. and BALL, JONATHAN K., 2016. JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY. 97, 2187-2193
• URBANOWICZ, RICHARD A., MCCLURE, C. PATRICK, KING, BARNABAS, MASON, CHRISTOPHER P., BALL, JONATHAN K. and TARR, ALEXANDER W., 2016. JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY. 97, 2265-2279
• TAWAR, R. G., HEYDMANN, L., BACH, C., SCHUTTRUMPF, J., CHAVAN, S., KING, B. J., MCCLURE, C. P., BALL, J. K., PESSAUX, P., HABERSETZER, F., BARTENSCHLAGER, R., ZEISEL, M. B. and BAUMERT, T. F., 2016. Hepatology. 64(5), 1495-1506
• DALY JM, KING B, TARLINTON RA, GOUGH KC, MADDISON BC and BLOWEY R, 2015. BMC veterinary research. 11, 56
• KING, BARNABAS, TEMPERTON, NIGEL J., GREHAN, KEITH, SCOTT, SIMON D., WRIGHT, EDWARD, TARR, ALEXANDER W. and DALY, JANET M., 2015. Future Virology. 11(1), 47-59
• KING B, O'SHEA BROWN T, TARLINTON R and DALY JM, 2015. Veterinary microbiology. 180(1-2), 36-40
• HOVER S, KING B, HALL B, LOUNDRAS EA, TAQI H, DALY J, DALLAS M, PEERS C, SCHNETTLER E, MCKIMMIE C, KOHL A, BARR JN and MANKOURI J, 2015. The Journal of biological chemistry. 291(7), 3411-22
• KING B and DALY J, 2014. Future microbiology. 9(2), 135-7
• MATHER, STUART, SCOTT, SIMON, TEMPERTON, NIGEL, WRIGHT, EDWARD, KING, BARNABAS and DALY, JANET, 2013. FUTURE VIROLOGY. 8(8), 745-755
• TEDCASTLE, A. B., FENWICK, F., INGRAM, R. E., KING, B. J., ROBINSON, M. J. and TOMS, G. L., 2012. J Med Virol. 84(7), 1061-70
• TEDBURY P, WELBOURN S, PAUSE A, KING B, GRIFFIN S and HARRIS M, 2011. The Journal of general virology. 92(Pt 4), 819-30
• NIELSEN SU, BASSENDINE MF, MARTIN C, LOWTHER D, PURCELL PJ, KING BJ, NEELY D and TOMS GL, 2008. The Journal of general virology. 89(Pt 10), 2507-17