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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 470 4696
Email
jemma.geoghegan@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor
Department
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Qualifications
BSc Hons, PhD
Research summary
Viral evolutionary biology

Research

I am an evolutionary biologist and virologist with a strong research focus on emerging infectious disease. My research focuses on determining the fundamental patterns and processes of viral evolution, ecology and emergence.

My research involves using metagenomics to reveal the diversity, structure and evolution of the virosphere; examining the evolution of major viral infections; and developing new analytical and computational approaches to analyse aspects of the virus evolution.

Publications

Waller, S. J., Egan, E., Crow, S., Charsley, A., Lokman, P. M., Williams, E. K., … Geoghegan, J. L. (2024). Host and geography impact virus diversity in New Zealand’s longfin and shortfin eels. Archives of Virology, 169, 85. doi: 10.1007/s00705-024-06019-1 Journal - Research Article

Waller, S. J., Tortosa, P., Thurley, T., O'Donnell, C. F. J., Jackson, R., Dennis, G., Grimwood, R., … Geoghegan, J. L. (2024). Virome analysis of New Zealand's bats reveals cross-species viral transmission among the Coronaviridae. Virus Evolution, 10(1), veae008. doi: 10.1093/ve/veae008 Journal - Research Article

Huang, Q. S., Turner, N., Wood, T., Anglemyer, A., McIntyre, P., Aminisani, N., Dowell, T., … Geoghegan, J., … Jelley, L., … Baker, M. G., Kvalsvig, A., … Webby, R. J. (2024). Impact of the COVID-19 related border restrictions on influenza and other common respiratory viral infections in New Zealand. Influenza & Other Respiratory Viruses, 18, e13247. doi: 10.1111/irv.13247 Journal - Research Article

Geoghegan, J. (2023, August). The role of host ecology in shaping the virome. Verbal presentation at the 33rd Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Miller, A., Baker, C., Brosnahan, C., Dowle, E., Gemmell, N., Geoghegan, J., … Pande, A. (2023). Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples help to investigate potential wildlife disease. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium & Workshops. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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