Brambell 503

School of Natural Sciences

Bangor University

Bangor  LL57 2 UW

Wales

United Kingdom

44-1248-38 2354

h.braig@bangor.ac.uk

genomics of mites and lice, dsRNA viruses, forensic acarology, molecular parasitology, predatory publishing

2022

• PublishedAncient human genomes and environmental DNA from the cement attaching 2,000 year old head lice nits
  Pedersen, M. W., Antunes, C., Cahsan, B. D., Moreno-Mayer, J. V., Sikora, M., Vinner, L., Mann, D., Klimov, P., Black, S., Michieli, C. T., Braig, H. R. & Perotti, M. A., 3 Feb 2022, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39, 2
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• PublishedA transitional fossil mite (Astigmata: Levantoglyphidae fam. n.) from the early Cretaceous suggests gradual evolution of phoresy-related metamorphosis
  Klimov, P. B., Vorontsov, D. D., Azar, D., Sidorchuk, E. A., Braig, H. R., Khaustov, A. A. & Tolstikov, A. V., 23 Jul 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 15113.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• UnpublishedSpiders and car mirrors: Investigating UK spider species and their associations with the anthropogenic micro-habitat presented by modern car wing mirrors
  Chapman, M. & Braig, H. R. (ed.), 16 Apr 2018, (Unpublished) p. 1-28. 28 p.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2016

• PublishedThe ghost sex-life of the paedogenetic beetle Micromalthus debilis
  Perotti, M. A., Young, D. K. & Braig, H., Jun 2016, In: Scientific Reports. 6, 27364.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

• PublishedSpecific Detection and Localization of Microsporidian Parasites in Invertebrate Hosts by Using In Situ Hybridization
  Dubuffet, A., Smith, J. E., Solter, L., Perotti, M. A., Braig, H. R. & Dunn, A. M., 1 Jan 2013, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79, 1, p. 385-388
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Diversity and Evolution of Wolbachia Ankyrin Repeat Domain Genes
  Siozios, S., Ioannidis, P., Klasson, L., Andersson, S. G., Braig, H. R. & Bourtzis, K., 4 Feb 2013, In: PLoS ONE. 8, 2, p. e55390
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

• PublishedDetection and Identification of Species-Specific Bacteria Associated with Synanthropic Mites
  Hubert, J., Kopecký, J., Perotti, M. A., Nesvorná, M., Braig, H. R., Ságová-Marečková, M., Macovei, M. & Zurek, L., 1 May 2012, In: Microbial Ecology. 63, 4, p. 919-928
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMites Parasitic on Australasian and African Spiders Found in the Pet Trade; a Redescription of Ljunghia pulleinei Womersley
  Masan, P., Simpson, C., Perotti, M. A. & Braig, H., 13 Jun 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 6, p. e39019
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedNaturally occurring culturable aerobic gut flora of adult Phlebotomus papatasi, vector of Leishmania major in the Old World
  Mukhopadhyay, J., Braig, H. R., Rowton, E. D. & Ghosh, K., 22 May 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 5, p. e35748
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2010

• PublishedGenome sequences of the human body louse and its primary endosymbiont provide insights into the permanent parasitic lifestyle.
  Kirkness, E. F., Hass, B. J., Sun, W., Braig, H. R., Perotti, M. A., Clark, J. M., Lee, S. H., Robertson, H. M., Kennedy, R. C., Elhaik, E., Gerlach, D., Kriventseva, E. V., Elsik, C. G., Graur, D., Hill, C. A., Veenstra, J. A., Walenz, B., Tubio, J. M., Ribeiro, J. M., Rozas, J., Johnston, J. S., Reese, J. T., Popadic, A., Tojo, M., Raoult, D., Reed, D. L., Tomoyasu, Y., Krause, E., Mittapalli, O., Margam, V. M., Li, H. M., Meyer, J. M., Johnson, R. M., Romero-Severson, J., VanZee, J. P., Alvarez-Ponce, D., Vieira, F. G., Aguade, M., Guirao-Rico, S., Anzola, J. M., Yoon, K. S., Strycharz, J. P., Unger, M. F., Christley, S., Lobo, N. F., Seufferheld, M. J., Wang, N., Dasch, G. A., Struchiner, C. J., Madey, G., Hannick, L. I., Bidwell, S., Joardar, V., Caler, E., Shao, R., Barker, S. C., Cameron, S., Bruggner, R. V., Regier, A., Johnson, J., Viswanathan, L., Utterback, T. R., Sutton, G. G., Lawson, D., Waterhouse, R. M., Venter, J. C., Strausberg, R. L., Berenbaum, M. R., Collins, F. H., Zdobnov, E. M. & Pittendrigh, B. R., 6 Jul 2010, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 107, 27, p. 12168-12173
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

• PublishedAcarology in crimino-legal investigations: the human acarofauna during life and death.
  Perotti, M. A., Braig, H. R., Byrd, J. H. (ed.) & Castner, J. L. (ed.), 1 Jan 2009, Forensic Entomology: the Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations. 2nd ed.. 2009 ed. Taylor and Francis, p. 637-649
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedCarcases and mites.
  Braig, H. R. & Perotti, M. A., 1 Oct 2009, In: Experimental and Applied Acarology. 49, 1-2, p. 45-84
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedForensic acarology: an introduction.
  Perotti, M. A., Goff, M. L., Baker, A. S., Turner, B. D. & Braig, H. R., 1 Oct 2009, In: Experimental and Applied Acarology. 49, 1-2, p. 3-13
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMolecular Characterization of Gregarines from Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) and Description of Psychodiella n. g. (Apicomplexa: Gregarinida)
  Votypka, J., Lantova, L., Ghosh, K., Braig, H. R. & Volf, P., 1 Nov 2009, In: Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 56, 6, p. 583-588
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMutational Meltdown in Primary Endosymbionts: Selection Limits Muller's Ratchet.
  Allen, J. M., Light, J. E., Perotti, M. A., Braig, H. R. & Reed, D. L., 23 Mar 2009, In: PLoS ONE. 4, 3, p. e4969
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPhoretic mites associated with animal and human decomposition.
  Perotti, M. A. & Braig, H. R., 1 Oct 2009, In: Experimental and Applied Acarology. 49, 1-2, p. 85-124
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe mosaic genome structure of the Wolbachia wRi strain infecting Drosophila simulans.
  Klasson, L., Westberg, J., Sapountzis, P., Naslund, K., Lutnaes, Y., Darby, A. C., Veneti, Z., Chen, L., Braig, H. R., Garrett, R., Bourtzis, K. & Andersson, S. G., 7 Apr 2009, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 106, 14, p. 5725-5730
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2008

• PublishedCharacterization and transcriptional analysis of two gene clusters for type IV secretion machinery in Wolbachia of Armadillidium vulgare.
  Felix, C., Pichon, S., Braquart-Varnier, C., Braig, H. R., Chen, L., Garrett, R. A., Martin, G. & Greve, P., 1 Jul 2008, In: Research in Microbiology. 159, 6, p. 481-485
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEndosymbionts of lice.
  Perotti, M. A., Kirkness, E. F., Reed, D. L., Braig, H. R., Bourtzis, K. (ed.) & Miller, T. A. (ed.), 1 Jan 2008, Insect Symbiosis 3. 2008 ed. Taylor and Francis, p. 205-220
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedGenetic polymorphism in the visceralizing gene sequence of Leishmania Tropica isolated from the soldiers returning from Iraq.
  Ghosh, K., Mendez, J., Braig, H. R. & Weina, P. J., 1 Dec 2008, p. 925.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedSymbiotic Rickettsia.
  Braig, H. R., Turner, B. D., Perotti, M. A., Bourtzis, K. (ed.) & Miller, T. A. (ed.), 1 Jan 2008, Insect Symbiosis 3. 2008 ed. Taylor and Francis, p. 221-252
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedThe Endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis Induces the Expression of Host Antioxidant Proteins in an Aedes albopictus Cell Line.
  Brennan, L. J., Keddie, B. A., Braig, H. R. & Harris, H. L., 7 May 2008, In: PLoS ONE. 3, 5, p. e2083
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2007

• PublishedComparative proteomic analysis reveals differential expression of Hsp25 following the directed differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells.
  Wakeman, J., Mcfarlane, R. J., Battersby, A., Jones, R. D., Lilley, K. S., McFarlane, R. J., Braig, H. R., Allen, N. D. & Wakeman, J. A., 1 Feb 2007, In: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research. 1773, 2, p. 147-156
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEvolutionary relationships of "Candidatus Riesia spp.," endosymbiotic Enterobacteriaceae living within hematophagous primate lice
  Allen, J. M., Reed, D. L., Perotti, M. A. & Braig, H. R., 1 Mar 2007, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73, 5, p. 1659-1664
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedHost-symbiont interactions of the primary endosymbiont of human head and body lice.
  Perotti, M. A., Allen, J. M., Reed, D. L. & Braig, H. R., 1 Aug 2007, In: Faseb Journal. 21, 4, p. 1058-1066
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2006

• PublishedRickettsia as obligate and mycetomic bacteria.
  Perotti, M. A., Clarke, H. K., Turner, B. D. & Braig, H. R., 1 Nov 2006, In: Faseb Journal. 20, 13, p. 2372-2374
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2005

• PublishedA functional dosage compensation complex required for male killing in Drosophila.
  Veneti, Z., Bentley, J. K., Koana, T., Braig, H. R. & Hurst, G. D., 4 Mar 2005, In: Science. 307, 5714, p. 1461-1463
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEndosymbionts of Acari.
  Perotti, M. A. & Braig, H. R., 1 Jan 2005, In: Phytophaga. 14, p. 457-474
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2004

• PublishedSperm chromatin decondensation and Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila sintulans.
  Harris, H. L. & Braig, H. R., 15 Jul 2004, In: Development Biology. 271, 2, p. 569
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe sex ratio distortion in the human head louse is conserved over time
  Perotti, M. A., Catala, S. S., Ormeno, A. D., Zelazowska, M., Bilinski, S. M. & Braig, H. R., 12 May 2004, In: BMC Genetics. 5, p. Article 10
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2003

• PublishedCytoplasmic incompatibility.
  Bourtzis, K., Braig, H. R., Karr, T. & Miller, T. A. (ed.), 1 Jan 2003, Insect Symbiosis. 2003 ed. CRC Press, p. 217-246
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedEvolutionary trends in feminization and intersexuality in woodlice (Crustacea, Isopoda) infected with Wolbachia pipientis (alpha-Proteobacteria)
  Vandekerckhove, T. T., Watteyne, S., Bonne, W., Vanacker, D., Devaere, S., Rumes, B., Maelfait, J. P., Gillis, M., Swings, J. G., Braig, H. R. & Mertens, J., 1 Jan 2003, In: Belgian Journal of Zoology. 133, 1, p. 61-69
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIsolation of Enterobacter sakazakii from midgut of Stomoxys calcitrans.
  Hamilton, J. V., Lehane, M. J. & Braig, H. R., 1 Jan 2003, In: Emerging Infectious Diseases. 9, 10, p. 1355-1356
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMicroorganisms and parthenogenesis.
  Koivisto, R. K. & Braig, H. R., 1 May 2003, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 79, 1, p. 43-58
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSperm chromatin remodelling and Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila
  Harris, H. L. & Braig, H. R., 1 Jun 2003, In: Biochemistry and Cell Biology-biochimie Et Biologie Cellulaire. 81, 3, p. 229-240
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedWolbachia infections of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci
  Nirgianaki, A., Banks, G. K., Frohlich, D. R., Veneti, Z., Braig, H. R., Miller, T. A., Bedford, I. D., Markham, P. G., Savakis, C. & Bourtzis, K., 1 Aug 2003, In: Current Microbiology. 47, 2, p. 93-101
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2002

• PublishedCellular mechanisms of Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila simulans
  Harris, H. L., Banks, G. K. & Braig, H. R., 1 Nov 2002, In: Molecular Biology of the Cell. 13, p. 373A-
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMicroorganism-induced parthenogenesis.
  Braig, H. R., Turner, B. D., Normark, B. B., Stouthamer, R., Adiyodi, K. G. (ed.), Adiyodi, R. G. (ed.) & Hughes, R. N. (ed.), 1 Jan 2002, Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates: Volume XI. 2002 ed. John Wiley and Sons, p. 1-62
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedThe spread of genetic constructs in natural insect populations.
  Braig, H. R., Yan, G., Letourneau, D. K. (ed.) & Burrows, B. E. (ed.), 1 Jan 2002, Genetically Engineered Organisms: Assessing Environmental and Human Health Effects. 2002 ed. CRC Press, p. 251-314
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2001

• PublishedSperm nuclear basic proteins in Drosophila simulans undergoing Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility.
  Harris, H. & Braig, H. R., 1 Jul 2001, In: Development Biology. 235, 1, p. 212
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedWolbachia infections of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera : Psychodidae)
  Ono, M., Braig, H. R., Munstermann, L. E., Ferro, C. & O'Neill, S. L., 1 Mar 2001, In: Journal of Medical Entomology. 38, 2, p. 237-241
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2000

• PublishedIdentification of cutaneous Leishmaniasis vectors, Phlebotomus papatasi and P-duboscqi using random amplified polymorphic DNA
  Mukhopadhyay, J., Ghosh, K. & Braig, H. R., 2 Oct 2000, In: Acta Tropica. 76, 3, p. 277-283
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• New methods for trace evidence in forensic acarology workshop

  01/04/2016 – 31/10/2017 (Finished)

• Unravelling early human migration in South America using Darwin's Fuegian lice

  01/04/2016 – 28/02/2023 (Finished)

• The Evolution Of Parasitic Sex Ratio Dis

  30/09/2007 – 22/02/2013 (Finished)

• Lev-Trust, Mites As High Resolution

  01/02/2006 – 31/08/2014 (Finished)

• Esf - Phd 04/07 - Robin Brooks

  04/10/2004 – 31/10/2007 (Finished)