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Dom Wooding is a Research Assistant currently working in Professor Christine Goffinet's team within the Tropical Disease Biology department. His research focuses on virus-host interactions, with a particular interest in emerging infectious diseases. Current projects include work on Oropouche virus, Chikungunya virus and Mpox virus.
Research interests
Dom's research focuses mainly on virus-host interactions in a number of different emerging infectious diseases. Projects include:
DEFENDER - an EU funded project which is a collaboration between 12 partner sites. Our arm of the study is investigating Chikungunya virus (CHIKV)-host interactions by high-throughput screening of genes using fluorescence microscopy as a readout.
Deciphering modes of inhibition of Oropouche virus (OROV) entry using a lentiviral pseudotype-based system to test the capability of neutralising and blocking agents to inhibit OROV entry.
Investigating the role of peripheral immune cells in mpox virus pathogenesis.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Syndromic Diagnostics for Travelers’ Diarrhea Near-Patient Field-Expedient Testing in Resource-Limited Settings
Toriro, R., Williams, C. T., Wooding, D. L., Edwards, T., O’Shea, M. K., Fletcher, T. E., Beeching, N. J., Burns, D. S. & Woolley, S. D., 17 Feb 2026, In: Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 13, 3, ofag076.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparison of the analytical and clinical sensitivities of 34 rapid antigen tests with prevalent SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK
Byrne, R., Owen, R. S., Aljayyoussi, G., Greenland-Bews, C., Konstantina, K., Somasundaran, A., Wooding, D., Williams, C. T., LSTM Diagnostics Group, Falcon Steering Group, de Vos, M., Body, R., Adams, E., Escadafal, C., Edwards, T. & Cubas Atienzar, A., 7 Oct 2025, In: Microbiology spectrum. 13, 10, e0074925.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Diagnostic Accuracy of 3 Mpox Lateral Flow Assays for Antigen Detection, Democratic Republic of the Congo and United Kingdom
ISARIC 4, C Investigators, Ishara-Nshombo, E., Somasundaran, A., Romero-Ramirez, A., Kontogianni, K., Mukadi-Bamuleka, D., Mukoka-Ntumba, M., Muhindo-Milonde, E., Mirimo-Nguee, H., Parkes, J., Hussain, Y., Gould, S., Williams, C. T., Wooding, D., Nkeramahame, J., Watson, M., Hardwick, H. E., Semple, M. G. & Baillie, J. K. & 6 others, , 2 May 2025, In: Emerging Infectious Diseases. 31, 6, p. 1140-1148 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of Xpert® Mpox and STANDARD™ M10 MPX/OPX for the detection of monkeypox virus
Romero Ramirez, A., Somasundaran, A., Kontogianni, N., Parkes, J., Hussain, Y., Gould, S., Williams, C., Wooding, D., Body, R., Hardwick, H. E., Baillie, J. K., Dunning, J., Semple, M. G., Fletcher, T., Edwards, T., Emperador, D. & Cubas-Atienzar, A. I., 14 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Infection. 90, 2, p. 106413 106413.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Optimization of SARS-CoV-2 culture from clinical samples for clinical trial applications
Wooding, D., Buist, K., Romero Ramirez, A., Savage, H., Watkins, R., Bengey, D., Greenland-Bews, C., Thompson, C., Kontogianni, N., Body, R., Hayward, G., Byrne, R., Gould, S., Myerscough, C., Atkinson, B., Shaw, V., Greenhalf, B., Adams, E., Cubas-Atienzar, A. & Khoo, S. & 2 others, , 16 Oct 2024, In: mSphere. 9, 11Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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