Nicole Upfold

Nicole Upfold is a Researcher at the University of Glasgow, focusing on virology, structural biology, and environmental monitoring of enteric viruses. Her work spans computational modeling, experimental validation, and field surveillance.

• Research Themes: SARS-CoV-2 evolution, picornavirus/poxvirus structure and inhibition, environmental virology
• Methodologies: Digital pathology, machine learning, in silico modeling, molecular detection
• Geographic Focus: Africa (particularly South Africa) for enteric virus surveillance

Recent publications highlight her contributions to understanding viral structural stability (Viruses, 2020), neutralizing antibodies for TMEV (Virus Research, 2018), and environmental detection of emerging viruses like human bocavirus and Aichi virus in South African sewage and shellfish (2019-2020). She collaborates with multidisciplinary teams including Caroline Knox, Garry Luke, and Jason Mercer.