Richard A. Collins

Richard Anthony Collins (born 18 February, 1966) is a British scientist.

Life

Richard A Collins was born in Singapore, where his father was a member of the Royal Air Force. The family returned to the UK shortly after his birth. Collins underwent his secondary education in Grimsby, England before going on to study at the University of Dundee where he obtained a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Biochemistry degree in 1988 and a Master of Science degree in Analytical Biochemistry in 1990.

He obtained his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Edinburgh in 1994. He did post-doctoral research on natural products with anti-viral properties in the USA and Hong Kong. He has published numerous peer reviewed scientific articles on his work in the areas of HIV-1 inhibition, [cite journal
author=Collins RA, Ng TB, Fong WP, Wan CC, Yeung HW |title=A comparison of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 inhibition by partially purified aqueous extracts of Chinese medicinal herbs |journal=Life Sci. |volume=60 |issue=23 |pages=PL345–51 |year=1997 |pmid=9180371 |doi= |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0024320597002270] [cite journal |author=Collins RA, Ng TB |title=Polysaccharopeptide from Coriolus versicolor has potential for use against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection |journal=Life Sci. |volume=60 |issue=25 |pages=PL383–7 |year=1997 |pmid=9194694 |doi= |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0024320597002944] [cite journal
author=Au TK, Collins RA, Lam TL, Ng TB, Fong WP, Wan DC |title=The plant ribosome inactivating proteins luffin and saporin are potent inhibitors of HIV-1 integrase |journal=FEBS Lett. |volume=471 |issue=2-3 |pages=169–72 |year=2000 |month=Apr |pmid=10767416 |doi=10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01389-2 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0014-5793(00)01389-2] and novel nucleic acid based diagnostics for avian influenza, [cite journal
author=Collins RA, Ko LS, So KL, Ellis T, Lau LT, Yu AC |title=Detection of highly pathogenic and low pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5 (Eurasian lineage) using NASBA |journal=J. Virol. Methods |volume=103 |issue=2 |pages=213–25 |year=2002 |month=May |pmid=12008015 |doi=10.1016/S0166-0934(02)00034-4 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0166093402000344] [cite journal
author=Collins RA, Ko LS, Fung KY, "et al" |title=Rapid and sensitive detection of avian influenza virus subtype H7 using NASBA |journal=Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. |volume=300 |issue=2 |pages=507–15 |year=2003 |month=Jan |pmid=12504113 |doi=10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02896-6 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0006291X02028966] [cite journal
author=Shan S, Ko LS, Collins RA, "et al" |title=Comparison of nucleic acid-based detection of avian influenza H5N1 with virus isolation |journal=Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. |volume=302 |issue=2 |pages=377–83 |year=2003 |month=Mar |pmid=12604358 |doi=10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00165-7 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0006291X03001657] [cite journal
author=Collins RA, Ko LS, So KL, Ellis T, Lau LT, Yu AC |title=A NASBA method to detect high- and low-pathogenicity H5 avian influenza viruses |journal=Avian Dis. |volume=47 |issue=3 Suppl |pages=1069–74 |year=2003 |pmid=14575113 |doi= |url=] [cite journal
author=Lau LT, Banks J, Aherne R, "et al" |title=Nucleic acid sequence-based amplification methods to detect avian influenza virus |journal=Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. |volume=313 |issue=2 |pages=336–42 |year=2004 |month=Jan |pmid=14684165 |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.11.131 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0006291X0302521X] severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), [cite journal
author=Lau LT, Fung YW, Wong FP, "et al" |title=A real-time PCR for SARS-coronavirus incorporating target gene pre-amplification |journal=Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. |volume=312 |issue=4 |pages=1290–6 |year=2003 |month=Dec |pmid=14652014 |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.11.064 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0006291X03023982] and foot-and-mouth disease. [cite journal
author=Collins RA, Ko LS, Fung KY, Lau LT, Xing J, Yu AC |title=A method to detect major serotypes of foot-and-mouth disease virus |journal=Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. |volume=297 |issue=2 |pages=267–74 |year=2002 |month=Sep |pmid=12237113 |doi=10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02178-2 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0006291X02021782] [cite journal
author=Feng Q, Chen X, Ma O, "et al" |title=Serotype and VP1 gene sequence of a foot-and-mouth disease virus from Hong Kong (2002) |journal=Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. |volume=302 |issue=4 |pages=715–21 |year=2003 |month=Mar |pmid=12646228 |doi= |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0006291X0300250X] [cite journal
author=Chen X, Feng Q, Wu Z, "et al" |title=RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene sequence from foot-and-mouth disease virus in Hong Kong |journal=Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. |volume=308 |issue=4 |pages=899–905 |year=2003 |month=Sep |pmid=12927804 |doi=10.1016/S0006-291X(03)01511-0 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0006291X03015110]

Collins is a member of several professional scientific organisations, notably a Chartered Chemist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (CChem, FRSC), a Chartered Biologist and Fellow of the Institute of Biology (CBiol, FIBiol) and a Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science (FIBMS).

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