Gaener Rodger

Senior Research Fellow with Co-Directorial Responsibilities University of the Highlands and Islands  Tel:  01463-255900 Email:  gaener.rodger@uhi.ac.uk

BIOGRAPHY

Gaener is currently on maternity leave.

Gaener joined the Centre for Rural Health in September 2009 as a Senior Research Fellow to build an expertise in Rural Health Economics Research. In 2011, Gaener took over as the Head of the Centre for Rural Health for the University of the Highlands and Islands partner.  Gaener previously worked for a number of years as a postdoctoral researcher in the field of Virology/ Human Disease. More recently, Gaener has gained expertise in rural economic development supporting the Life Science sector and Business R&D activities across the Highlands & Islands region.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Research Fellow with Co-Directorial Responsibilities, Centre for Rural Health, University of the Highlands and Islands (2011 - present) 

Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Rural Health, UHI Millennium Institute (2009- 2011) building a team and expertise in Rural Health Economics Research within the Centre for Rural Health.

Senior Development Manager, Business Research & Development, Highlands & Islands Enterprise (2007–2009)    
  
Development Manager, Research & Commercialisation, Highlands & Islands Enterprise (2005–2007)

Research Assistant, Institute of Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow (2004 –2005) investigating the safety of retroviruses in human gene therapy trials and transplantation studies.
     
Research Assistant/ Confocal Microscopy Manager, University of Glasgow (2003–2004) investigating the Herpesvirus ICP27 zinc finger protein as a potential drug target.

Confocal Microscopy Manager/ Research Assistant, University of Glasgow (2002–2003) investigating the cell biology of Bunyamwera Virus infection.

Research Associate, Imperial College (2000 – 2001) investigating the cell biology of Vaccinia Virus infection in vitro.   

Research Associate, University of Oxford (1998 – 2000) investigating the cell biology of Vaccinia Virus infection in vitro. 

EDUCATION

PUBLICATIONS

(a)   Refereed papers in primary journals

Gemma C. Carter, Gaener Rodger, Brendan J. Murphy, Mansun Law, Oliver Krauss, Michael Hollinshead & Geoffrey L. Smith. Vaccinia virus cores are transported on microtubules. J Gen Virol. 2003 Sep 84: 2443-58.

Rodger G and Smith GL. Replacing the SCR domains of vaccinia virus protein B5R with EGFP causes a reduction in plaque size and actin tail formation but enveloped virions are still transported to the cell surface. J Gen Virol. 2002 Feb 83: 323-332.

van Eijl H, Hollinshead M, Rodger G, Zhang W H and Smith GL. The vaccinia virus F12L protein is associated with intracellular enveloped virus particles and is required for their egress to the cell surface. J Gen Virol. 2002 Jan 83: 195-207.

Hollinshead M, Rodger G, van Eijl H, Law M, Hollinshead R, Vaux DJT and Smith GL. Vaccinia virus utilizes microtubules for movement to the cell surface. J Cell Biol. 2001 Jul 23; 154(2): 389-402

Rodger G, Boname J, Bell S and Minson T. Assembly and organization of glycoproteins B, C, D, and H in herpes simplex virus type 1 particles lacking individual glycoproteins: No evidence for the formation of a complex of these molecules. J Virol. 2001 Jan; 75(2):710-6.

Babic N, Rodger G, Arthur J, Minson AC. A study of primary neuronal infection by mutants of herpes simplex virus type 1 lacking dispensable and non-dispensable glycoproteins. J Gen Virol. 1999 Sep 80: 2403-9.

(b)    Abstracts

 Technologies to support Older people at home: maximising Personal and Social interaction – TOPS. Gaener Rodger, Dave Godden, Lorna Philip, Patricia Schofield, Fiona Williams, Vicki Hanson, Paul McNamee, John Farrington, Patrick Oliver, Peter Wright, Judith Masthoff, Alasdair Mort. Scottish Pain Research Community launch. Dundee, UK (2010).

Transport of intracellular enveloped vaccinia virus. G Rodger, M Hollinshead, H van Eijl, M Law, R Hollinshead, O Krauss, GL Smith. Cell Biology of Virus Infection Workshop, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany (2001).

Transport of intracellular enveloped vaccinia virus. G Rodger, M Hollinshead, H van Eijl, M Law, R Hollinshead, GL Smith. Society of General Microbiology meeting, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK (2001).

Use of an EGFP expressing vaccinia virus in the elucidation of the mechanism of IEV transport. G Rodger, O Krauss, M Hollinshead, R Hollinshead, GL Smith. European Union programme meeting, Torremolinos, Spain (2000).

Analysis of the virion glycoprotein composition in glycoprotein deficient mutants of HSV type 1. G Rodger, S Renfrey, AC Minson. Abstract 293; 22nd International Herpesvirus Workshop, University of California, San Diego, California, USA (1997).

Chemical crosslinking of HSV-1 virion glycoproteins. G Rodger, AC Minson. Herpesvirus workshop, Society of General Microbiology meeting, Warwick, UK (1996).

(c)    Invited talks

Rural health services research. European Invitational Rural Health Forum, Majorca (2010).

Insights into vaccinia virus morphogenesis. Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (2002).

Transport of intracellular enveloped vaccinia virus. Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright, UK (2001).

Transport of intracellular enveloped vaccinia virus. Wright-Fleming Institute, Imperial College, London, UK (2001).