11 Facts About Wendy Barclay

Wendy Barclay is currently head of Department of Infectious Disease and chair in Influenza Virology at Imperial College London.

Wendy Barclay leads a team of scientists studying the influenza virus and its physiology and morphology to discover novel vaccines.

At the start of her research career, Wendy Barclay worked with both rhinoviruses and various types of small RNA viruses.

Wendy Barclay has worked intensively with Influenza A and Influenza B viruses for at least a decade.

Wendy Barclay has published many articles detailing the importance of understanding how influenza viruses interact with their hosts, understanding their genomic makeup, and understanding how different strains of the two viruses interact with host cells differently.

Wendy Barclay has described some of the mechanisms of flu resistance to drugs.

Wendy Barclay has been working on understanding and discovering more information about the relationship between pathogenesis and the influenza virus since her publication in 2006.

Wendy Barclay is trying to learn more about host range restrictions for the influenza virus, and its transmission between humans and animals as well as transmission between animal species.

Wendy Barclay is interested in studying influenza virus mutations, which allow scientists to create new vaccines against possible influenza pandemics.

Wendy Barclay is particularly keen on understanding the resistance mechanisms of antiviral compounds, and characterisation of novel cell substrates and attenuated virus backbones for influenza vaccines.

Wendy Barclay was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to virology.