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Martin Antonio

Martin Antonio is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Martin Antonio rather than just read about it. In short: Martin Antonio is a Ghanaian biologist who is Principal Investigator at the Medical Research Council Unit (The Gambia) at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is Director of the World Health Organization Centre for New Vaccines Surveillance and leads the West and Central Africa Regional Reference Laboratory for Invasive Bacterial Diseases.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Martin Antonio is a Ghanaian biologist who is Principal Investigator at the Medical Research Council Unit (The Gambia) at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is Director of the World Health Organization Centre for New Vaccines Surveillance and leads the West and Central Africa Regional Reference Laboratory for Invasive Bacterial Diseases.

Early life and education Antonio is from Ghana. He moved to Queen Mary University of London for his doctoral research, where he studied Staphylococcus aureus. He moved to the University of Birmingham as a research fellow in 2001.

Research and career Antonio joined the Medical Research Council (the Gambia, MRCG) in 2005, where he set up the molecular biology research group. His research develops molecular diagnostics for tropical infections. He has led several multi-national research projects to better understand the causes and prevalence of pneumonia and diarrhoea. His research group developed large disease surveillance platforms across Africa, and became the World Health Organization Reference Laboratory for Pneumococcal Disease. In 2016, Antonio started working with the WHO on an outbreak of meningitis in Ghana. He leveraged the Medical Research Council (the Gambia) to identify the causative pathogens. In 2020 he was elected Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences.

Selected publications Catherine Satzke; Paul Turner; Anni Virolainen-Julkunen; et al. (1 December 2013). "Standard method for detecting upper respiratory carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae: updated recommendations from the World Health Organization Pneumococcal Carriage Working Group". Vaccine. 32 (1): 165–179. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.08.062. ISSN 0264-410X. PMID 24331112. Wikidata Q38170603. F. Gibson; J. Walsh; P. Mburu; et al. (2 March 1995). "A type VII myosin encoded by the mouse deafness gene shaker-1". Nature. 374 (6517): 62–64. doi:10.1038/374062a0. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 7870172. Wikidata Q28512902. Bouke C de Jong; Martin Antonio; Sebastien Gagneux (28 September 2010). "Mycobacterium africanum--review of an important cause of human tuberculosis in West Africa". PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 4 (9): e744. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000744. ISSN 1935-2735. PMC 2946903. PMID 20927191. Wikidata Q21144526.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Martin Antonio

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Martin Antonio claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Martin Antonio before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Martin Antonio ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Martin Antonio

In research: Martin Antonio appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Martin Antonio in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Martin Antonio is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 20th-century biologists, 21st-century Ghanaian biologists, Academics of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Martin Antonio outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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