Massimo Palmarini
Professor
Department of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom
Biography
Massimo Palmarini is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation
Research Interest
Our laboratory studies the biology and pathogenesis of livestock diseases induced by emerging arboviruses such as Bluetongue virus (BTV) and Schmallenberg virus (SBV). Approximately 30 percent of all infectious diseases that emerged between 1990 and 2000 were caused by arthropod-borne viruses (arbovirus). This is probably the result of a combination of factors including a dramatic increase in travelling and commercial exchanges, climate and ecological changes and increased livestock production. In addition, changes in trading and commercial policies have created optimal conditions for the movement of infected vertebrate hosts and invertebrate vectors over wide geographical areas.
Publications
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Gouzil, J. et al. (2017) The nonstructural protein NSs of Schmallenberg virus is targeted to the nucleolus and induces nucleolar disorganization. Journal of Virology, 91(1), e01263-16.
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Murakami, S., Takenaka-Uema, A., Kobayashi, T., Kato, K., Shimojima, M., Palmarini, M. and Horimoto, T. (2017) Heparan sulfate proteoglycan is an important attachment factor for cell entry of Akabane and Schmallenberg viruses. Journal of Virology,
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Varela, M. et al. (2017) Sensitivity to BST-2 restriction correlates with orthobunyavirus host range. Virology, 509, pp. 121-130.
