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Jerzy Behnke

Professor of Experimental Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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  • workRoom B114 -Lab B136 and B145 - Biology Building
    University Park
    Nottingham
    NG7 2RD
    UK
  • work0115 95 13208
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Biography

BSc. In Zoology, University of Southampton 1967-1970, PhD in Parasitology, University of London, Bedford College 1970-1974, Lecturer in Zoology at the University of Nottingham, September 1976-August 1987, Senior Lecturer in Zoology at the University of Nottingham September 1987- August, 1994, Reader in Experimental Parasitology at the University of Nottingham, September 1994, December 2000, Professor of Experimental Parasitology at the University of Nottingham, January 2001 - to present

Research Summary

The mechanisms and genetic regulation of immune responses to infection with intestinal nematode parasites in rodents, domestic animals and Man. Current projects include mapping the genes that control… read more

Recent Publications

Current Research

The mechanisms and genetic regulation of immune responses to infection with intestinal nematode parasites in rodents, domestic animals and Man. Current projects include mapping the genes that control resistance to H.bakeri in mice and resistance to Haemonchus contortus in West African Dwarf goats (based in Nigeria) and laboratory studies on intestinal immune responses to human hookworms in laboratory model systems.

Immune evasion strategies of nematodes causing chronic infections (e.g. Heligmosomoides bakeri, human hookworms, Protospirura muricola) The structure of helminth and protozoan component communities in wild rodents, and interactions and associations between species. Current projects include field studies in the Mazury region of Poland, in the wadis of the mountains in the Sinai peninsula of Egypt and in urban environments in Qatar.

The effect of parasitic infections on life history strategies of rodent hosts, including relationships with stress and sex hormones, and social status.

Chemotherapy of GI nematodes, especially in respect of differential sensitivity of hookworms to ivermectin, field evaluation of the relative efficacy of available anthelmintics and possible development of resistance by hookworms to anthelmintics.

Epidemiology of human GI nematodes, including interactions and associations between species, predisposition to infection and immunological correlates of infection.

The biology of wing feather mites. Current work is based on undergraduate student projects during our annual field course in Portugal.

School of Biology

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