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Dr Steve Bird
I initially came to Aberdeen in 1992 to do my degree where I obtained a BSc
with first class honours in cell and immunobiology degree at the Zoology Department,
University of Aberdeen in 1997. I then stayed on to do a PhD, supervised by
Prof. Chris Secombes, which I completed in 2002 entitled 'Molecular Evolution
of Interleukin-1 Beta'. Following a postdoc position in fish cytokine discovery funded by Novartis, I am currently working within SFIRC as a RCUK independent research
fellow.
My current research interests include:
- Determination of the Th2 cytokine locus and Th subpopulations in fish.
- The evolution of IL-1 family cytokine genes in vertebrates.
Publications
- Bird, S., Zou, J., Secombes, C.J. (2006). Advances in fish cytokine biology give clues to the evolution of a complex network. Current Pharmaceutical Design 12: 3051-3069.
- Kono, T., Zou, J., Bird, S., Savan, R., Sakai, M. & Secombes, C.J. (2006). Identification and expression analysis of lymphotoxin-beta like homologues in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. Molecular Immunol. 43: 1390-1401.
- Bird, S., Zou, J., Kono, T., Sakai, M., Dijkstra, H. & Secombes, C.J. (2005). Characterisation and expression analysis of an interleukin 2 (IL-2) and IL-21 homologue in the Japanese pufferfish, Fugu rubripes discovered by synteny. Immunogenetics 56: 909-923.
- Bird, S., Zou, J., Savan, R., Kono, T., Sakai, M., Woo, J. & Secombes, C.J. (2005). Characterisation and expresssion analysis of an interleukin 6 homologue in the Japanese pufferfish, Fugu rubripes. Dev. Comp. Immunol. 29: 775-789.
- Bird S., Zou, J., Wang, T., Munday, B., Cunningham, C., Secombes, C. J. (2002)
Evolution of interleukin-1 beta. Cytokine & Growth Factor Rev. 13: 483-502
- Bird, S., Wang, T., Zou, J., Cunningham, C., Secombes, C. J. (2002) The First
Cytokine Sequence Within Cartilaginous Fish: IL-1beta in the Small Spotted
Catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula). J. Immunol. 168: 3329-40
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