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Education/Academic qualification
Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Doctor in Philosophy, “Modelling Human Prion Replication in Cell-free Systems”, University of Edinburgh
Nov 2010 → Oct 2014
Award Date: 1 Oct 2015
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The Phenotypic Spectrum of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Cortical Subtype
Baiardi, S., Vargiu, C. M., Appleby, B. S., Barria, M., Bentivenga, G. M., Calì, I., Carlà, B., Cohen, M., Giese, A., Herms, J., Kortelainen, A.-M., Ladogana, A., Mammana, A., Ritchie, D., Windl, O., Capellari, S. & Parchi, P., 22 Dec 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Annals of Neurology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Infectious prions in brains and muscles of domestic pigs experimentally challenged with the BSE, scrapie, and CWD agents
Bravo-Risi, F., Brydon, F., Chong, A., Spicker, K., Greenlee, J. J., Telling, G., Soto, C., Pritzkow, S., Barria, M. A. & Morales, R., 18 Aug 2025, In: mBio. 16, 9, p. e0180025Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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PRNP E146G mutation inherited prion disease: distinctive clinical, pathological and fluid biomarker features
Coysh, T., Jaunmuktane, Z., Hosszu, L. L. P., Majbour, N., Zhang, F., Campbell, T., Darwent, L., Matus, M. B., Chan, E., Holm-Mercer, L., Mok, T. H., Wadsworth, J. D. F., Bieschke, J., Nithi, K., Brandner, S., Smith, C., Esiri, M., Collinge, J. & Mead, S., 29 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Neurology. 272, 4, p. 299Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Detection of Chronic Wasting Disease Prions in Raw, Processed, and Cooked Elk Meat, Texas, USA
Benavente, R., Brydon, F., Bravo-Risi, F., Soto, P., Reed, J. H., Lockwood, M., Telling, G., Barria, M. A. & Morales, R., 1 Feb 2025, In: Emerging Infectious Diseases. 31, 2, p. 363-367 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interpretable deep learning survival predictions in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Tam, J., Centola, J., Kurucu, H., Watson, N., MacKenzie, J., Green, A., Summers, D., Barria, M., Seth, S., Smith, C. & Pal, S., 16 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Neurology. 272, 1, p. 62Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TCWDE: Tackling chronic wasting disease in Europe
Houston, F. (Principal Investigator), Thomas, C. (Researcher), Salamat, K. (Researcher), Benestad, S. L. (Collaborator), Gavier-Widen, D. (Collaborator), Espinosa, J.-C. (Collaborator), Andreoletti, O. (Collaborator), Fast, C. (Collaborator), Barria Matus, M. (Collaborator) & Béringue, V. (Collaborator)
1/04/21 → …
Project: Research
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Using hsPMCA to analyse cerebrospinal fluid samples from patients with an unconfirmed diagnosis of sporadic CJD to search for possible missed cases of variant CJD
Barria Matus, M. (Principal Investigator), Barria Matus, M. (Principal Investigator) & Peden, A. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/23 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
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Assessing the replication properties of prion protein aggregates found in archived formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded appendix tissue collected from the asymptomatic population by the highly sensitive in vitro prion amplification assay
Barria Matus, M. (Principal Investigator) & Green, A. (Co-investigator)
14/01/22 → 13/01/23
Project: Research
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Assessing the replication properties of prion protein aggregates found in archived formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded appendix tissue collected from the asymptomatic population by the highly sensitive in vitro prion amplification assay
Barria Matus, M. (Principal Investigator) & Green, A. (Co-investigator)
Creuzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation (CJD Foundation)
14/01/22 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
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21-ICRAD: Tackling chronic wasting disease in Europe
Houston, F. (Principal Investigator) & Barria Matus, M. (Co-investigator)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
31/03/21 → 30/03/24
Project: Research