Matthew Bates BSc MSc

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Background

Matthew graduated from the University of Leeds in 1999 with a BSc in Biotechnology. He then taught A-level Chemistry and Biology in Ghana for two years with VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas). Moving back to the UK he graduated from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine with an MSc in Virology in 2003. He then worked at the Royal Free and University College Medical School, Haematology Deptartment, engineering oncolytic measles virus as a 'virotherapeutic'. In March 2005 he returned to the LSHTM and took up his current position as Research Assitant.

Teaching

Teaching Assistant for Bioinformatics and Genomics computer practicals (Molecular Virology MSc Module)

Research

Matthew's research is centered on paediatric betaherpesvirus infections and strain genotypes in Zambia. Can qualitative and quantitative detection of betaherpesvirus infections mark immunity in infants and how do genotypes present in this region compare globally? Are there associations between the genotypes and HIV status in infants and their mothers? What are the functional implications of variable genes for infection?

Selected publications

• Bates, M.; Monze, M.; Bima, H.; Kapambwe, M.; Clark, D.; Kasolo, F.C.; Gompels, U.A.; Predominant human herpesvirus 6 variant A infant infections in an HIV-1 endemic region of Sub-Saharan Africa. J Med Virol, 2009; 81(5):779-789
• Bates, M.; Monze, M.; Bima, H.; Kapambwe, M.; Kasolo, F.C.; Gompels, U.A.; CIGNIS study group, .; High human cytomegalovirus loads and diverse linked variable genotypes in both HIV-1 infected and exposed, but uninfected, children in Africa. Virology, 2008; 382(1):28-36
• Kasolo, F.C.; Spinks, J.; Bima, H.; Bates, M.; Gompels, U.A. Diverse genotypes of Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV) identified in infant blood infections in African childhood-KS and HIV/AIDS endemic region Journal of Medical Virology, 2007; 79(10):1555-1561

Full publications listing (since 2001)