Professor Mark Fielder
Professor of Medical Microbiology Kingston University
- London England
His work explores the nature of viruses, antimicrobial resistance, and public perceptions of vaccines and antibiotics.
Areas of Expertise
Biography
Internationally, Mark has worked in the USA (with the EcoHealth Alliance) and in China (where he has looked at the high-profile issue of outbreaks of disease - including coronaviruses - spreading from wildlife into humans). Mark’s early career was as a biomedical scientist in the NHS. He has been President of the Society of Applied Microbiology and an advisor to the US Clinical Laboratory of Sciences Institute (and its veterinary antimicrobial susceptibility testing panel).
Media Mentions
The reason why you should clean your phone everyday, as confirmed cases of coronavirus increase
Wales Online online
2020-03-05
Professor Mark Fielder, a microbiologist at Kingston University, said: "I would suggest at the moment wiping your phone over with an alcohol wipe, and perhaps don’t share your phone around."
Coronavirus: How does COVID-19 attack the human body?
Sky News online
2020-03-04
Although just around two months old, experts are slowly discovering more about COVID-19, which appears to be attacking two specific sets of cells in the lungs, according to Professor Mark Fielder - a medical microbiologist at Kingston University.
Coronavirus could become a seasonal infection like the flu that returns EVERY year and never goes away, scientists warn
Daily Mail online
2020-03-02
Professor Mark Fielder, a biologist at Kingston University in London, said scientists have recently pinpointed the types of cells the virus appears to attack.
What you need to know now about the coronavirus: New method of diagnosing illness
CBC online
2020-02-13
Mark Fielder, a professor of medical microbiology at London's Kingston University, said the new clinically confirmed cases are now added to those previously identified only through nucleic acid-based lab tests.
Coronavirus breakthrough: scientists grow virus in laboratory
Science Focus online
2020-01-29
“It’s a serious situation,” says Prof Mark Fielder, a medical microbiologist at Kingston University. “We’re approaching it with caution but I don’t think alarm. Not alarm yet because what we need to remember is that most of the cases – in fact all of the cases, as things stand – have come from people with direct links to Wuhan or other local cities where the virus is present.
Multimedia Appearances
Social
Accomplishments
Invited to Join the Federation of European Microbiological Societies Council as one of the UK representatives
2015
Elected as Honorary General Secretary for the Society for Applied Microbiology
2015
Elected as President of the Society for Applied Microbiology
2020
Education
King’s College London, University of London
B.Sc.
Microbiology
1992
King’s College, University of London
Ph.D.
Immunology and Microbiology
1995
Affiliations
- Member, Society for Applied Microbiology Overseas Development Committee
- Member, School of Life Science Genetic Modification Committee
- Member, Society for Applied Microbiology Grants Awards and Steering board
- Member, Independent Scientific Group for RUMA
Articles
Nipah virus ecology and infection dynamics in its bat reservoir, Pteropus medius, in Bangladesh
International Journal of Infectious Diseases2016
Nipah virus (NiV) is an emerging zoonotic virus that causes seasonal outbreaks of encephalitis in Bangladesh with> 75% mortality. Little is known about NiV dynamics in Pteropus medius, the putative bat reservoir in Bangladesh.
Synthetic scale-up of a novel fluorescent probe and its biological evaluation for surface detection of Staphylococcus aureus
Molecular and Cellular Probes2017
This paper reports on the LGX fluorometric test for enzymatic MRSA/MSSA detection. It highlights the reasons rhodamines have been overlooked and also strategies to improve the synthesis of rhodamine-peptide conjugates.
Human-animal interactions and bat coronavirus spillover potential among rural residents in Southern China
Biosafety and Health2019
Human interaction with animals has been implicated as a primary risk factor for several high impact zoonoses, including many bat-origin viral diseases. However the animal-to-human spillover events that lead to emerging diseases are rarely observed or clinically examined, and the link between specific interactions and spillover risk is poorly understood.
Willingness of the UK public to volunteer for testing in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic
SSRN2020
The World Health Organization declared the rapid spread of COVID-19 around the world to be a global public health emergency.
Nipah virus dynamics in bats and implications for spillover to humans
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences2020
Nipah virus (NiV) is an emerging bat-borne zoonotic virus that causes near-annual outbreaks of fatal encephalitis in South Asia—one of the most populous regions on Earth.
