Education
Ph.D. in Molecular Virology, Imperial College, London
Current position
Post-doctoral Researcher, The Kennedy Institute for Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K
Publications
Refereed publications
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Laidlaw, S. M., Robey, R., Davies, M., Giotis, E. S., Ross, C., Buttigieg, K., Goodbourn, S. and Skinner, M. A. (2013). Genetic screen of a mutant poxvirus library identifies an ankyrin repeat protein involved in blocking induction of avian type I interferon. J Virol 87(9): 5041-5052.
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Buttigieg, K., Laidlaw, S. M., Ross, C., Davies, M., Goodbourn, S. and Skinner, M. A. (2013). Genetic screen of a library of chimeric poxviruses identifies an ankyrin repeat protein involved in resistance to the avian type I interferon response. J Virol 87(9): 5028-5040.
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Skinner, M. and Laidlaw, S. (2009). Advances in fowlpox vaccination. CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources 4(054): 1-10.
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Jarmin, S. A., Manvell, R., Gough, R. E., Laidlaw, S. M. and Skinner, M. A. (2006). Retention of 1.2 kbp of 'novel' genomic sequence in two European field isolates and some vaccine strains of Fowlpox virus extends open reading frame fpv241. J Gen Virol 87(Pt 12): 3545-3549.
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Imoukhuede, E. B., Berthoud, T., Milligan, P., Bojang, K., Ismaili, J., Keating, S., Nwakanma, D., Keita, S., Njie, F., Sowe, M., Todryk, S., Laidlaw, S. M., Skinner, M. A., Lang, T., Gilbert, S., Greenwood, B. M. and Hill, A. V. (2006). Safety and immunogenicity of the malaria candidate vaccines FP9 CS and MVA CS in adult Gambian men. Vaccine 24(42-43): 6526-6533.
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Jarmin, S., Manvell, R., Gough, R. E., Laidlaw, S. M. and Skinner, M. A. (2006). Avipoxvirus phylogenetics: identification of a PCR length polymorphism that discriminates between the two major clades. J Gen Virol 87(Pt 8): 2191-2201.
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Webster, D. P., Dunachie, S., Vuola, J. M., Berthoud, T., Keating, S., Laidlaw, S. M., McConkey, S. J., Poulton, I., Andrews, L., Andersen, R. F., Bejon, P., Butcher, G., Sinden, R., Skinner, M. A., Gilbert, S. C. and Hill, A. V. (2005). Enhanced T cell-mediated protection against malaria in human challenges by using the recombinant poxviruses FP9 and modified vaccinia virus Ankara. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102(13): 4836-4841.
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Skinner, M. A., Laidlaw, S. M., Eldaghayes, I., Kaiser, P. and Cottingham, M. G. (2005). Fowlpox virus as a recombinant vaccine vector for use in mammals and poultry. Expert Rev Vaccines 4(1): 63-76.
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Webster, D. P., Dunachie, S., McConkey, S., Poulton, I., Moore, A. C., Walther, M., Laidlaw, S. M., Peto, T., Skinner, M. A., Gilbert, S. C. and Hill, A. V. (2006). Safety of recombinant fowlpox strain FP9 and modified vaccinia virus Ankara vaccines against liver-stage P. falciparum malaria in non-immune volunteers. Vaccine 24(15): 3026-3034.
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Jeshtadi, A., Henriquet, G., Laidlaw, S. M., Hot, D., Zhang, Y. and Skinner, M. A. (2005). In vitro expression and analysis of secreted fowlpox virus CC chemokine-like proteins Fpv060, Fpv061, Fpv116 and Fpv121. Arch Virol 150(9): 1745-1762.
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Anderson, R. J., Hannan, C. M., Gilbert, S. C., Laidlaw, S. M., Sheu, E. G., Korten, S., Sinden, R., Butcher, G. A., Skinner, M. A. and Hill, A. V. (2004). Enhanced CD8+ T cell immune responses and protection elicited against Plasmodium berghei malaria by prime boost immunization regimens using a novel attenuated fowlpox virus. J Immunol 172(5): 3094-3100.
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Laidlaw, S. M. and Skinner, M. A. (2004). Comparison of the genome sequence of FP9, an attenuated, tissue culture-adapted European strain of Fowlpox virus, with those of virulent American and European viruses. J Gen Virol 85(Pt 2): 305-322.
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Boulanger, D., Green, P., Jones, B., Henriquet, G., Hunt, L. G., Laidlaw, S. M., Monaghan, P. and Skinner, M. A. (2002). Identification and characterization of three immunodominant structural proteins of fowlpox virus. J Virol 76(19): 9844-9855.
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Vazquez Blomquist, D., Green, P., Laidlaw, S. M., Skinner, M. A., Borrow, P. and Duarte, C. A. (2002). Induction of a strong HIV-specific CD8+ T cell response in mice using a fowlpox virus vector expressing an HIV-1 multi-CTL-epitope polypeptide. Viral Immunol 15(2): 337-356.
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Laidlaw, S. M., Anwar, M. A., Thomas, W., Green, P., Shaw, K. and Skinner, M. A. (1998). Fowlpox virus encodes nonessential homologs of cellular alpha-SNAP, PC-1, and an orphan human homolog of a secreted nematode protein. J Virol 72(8): 6742-6751.
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Mitchell, I. J., Lawson, S., Moser, B., Laidlaw, S. M., Cooper, A. J., Walkinshaw, G. and Waters, C. M. (1994). Glutamate-induced apoptosis results in a loss of striatal neurons in the parkinsonian rat. Neuroscience 63(1): 1-5.
Non-refereed publications
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Michael, A. Skinner and Stephen M. Laidlaw (2012). Recombinant Avipoxviruses. In: Morrow, J., Schmidt, C., Sheikh, N. and Davies, H. (eds). Vaccinology: Principles and Practice’ Eds. Wiley-Blackwell.
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Skinner, M. A., Boulanger, D. and Laidlaw, S. M. (2000). Avipoxviruses. In: Tidona, C. A. and Darai, G. (eds). The Springer Index of Viruses. Springer.
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Skinner, M. A. and Laidlaw, S. M. (1999). Investigation of DNA Virus Genome Structure. In: Series, J. C. and Hames, B. D. (eds). DNA Viruses: a Practical Approach’ (Practical Approach Series, 214). Oxford University Press, 15-46.