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Professor Robert Hirt

Professor of Evolutionary Parasitology

  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6963
  • Address: Biosciences Institute
    Faculty of Medical Sciences
    Catherine Cookson Building
    Framlington Place
    Â鶹´«Ã½
    Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne
    NE2 4HH, UK
Background

Qualifications

PhD - Molecular cell biology of epithelial cells, membrane trafficking of the pIgR, University of Lausanne

BSc - Biochemistry, Zoology, Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne

Previous Positions

Senior Lecturer, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Â鶹´«Ã½, (2007-2013)

Senior Lecturer, School of Biology, Â鶹´«Ã½, (2004-2007)

Senior Research Officer, Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London, (2000-2004)


Honours and Awards

Wellcome Trust University Award, equivalent to a Senior Lecturer position, at the Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London (2000-2005). Interrupted in May 2004 to move to Â鶹´«Ã½

Wellcome Trust Research Fellow (Career Development Fellowship) at the Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London (1996-2000)


Languages

French - mother tongue

German - basic conversation

Spanish - very basic conversation


Membership of societies

Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology

Microbiology Society (UK)

  • Member of the council (2021-23): Eukaryotic Division
  • Member of the council (2024-2025): Eukaryotic Division, Chair Elect

The Genetics Society (UK)

The Natural History Society of Northumbria


Past memberships:

British Society of Parasitology (UK)

  • Member of the BSP council (2018-22): Liaison with Learned Societies

Society for Mucosal Immunology


Editorial Roles for Research Journals

Journal of Medical Microbiology (Microbiology Society, UK) - Editor (One Health – Emerging, Zoonotic and Environmental Diseases) (IF: 3.1)

Systematic Biology (OUP) - Editorial Board Member (IF: 15.7)

Past roles:

Frontiers in Parasitology - Associate Editor (Molecular Cellular Parasitology) (IF: NA)

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology - Review Editor (Parasite and Host) (IF: 4.3)


Google Scholar and Web Of Science profiles

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Research

Research Interests

My lab used microbial parasites as model systems to study eukaryote cell and genome evolution. This work also led to new insights into the molecular basis of host-parasite and parasite-microbiota interactions. My research focus on the mucosal extracellular parasite Trichomonads and the intracellular parasites Microsporidia infecting human and/or animals. Topics include the role of lateral gene transfer and gene duplications in parasite genome evolution, surface and secreted proteins mediating host-parasite and parasite-microbiota interactions and mucosal microbiology. Studies of parasite-microbiota interactions at the digestive tract (gut and oral cavity), the urogenital tract and the respiratory tract also contributed at deciphering the molecular and cellular basis of parasite zoonotic infections.


Aims

• Provide a better understanding of eukaryote origins and diversification through comparative genomics and molecular phylogenetics

• Broaden comparative molecular and cellular studies of eukaryotes to provide a more comprehensive picture of their condition

• Contribute to deciphering the molecular and cellular basis of mucosal microbes interactions with their hosts, including the host microbiota, integrating both pathogens (microbial parasites) and mutualists (including bacteria)


My research contributed to the following research foci:

1) Comparative, Evolutionary and Functional Genomics

We used comparative genomics and transcriptomics to investigate (i) the contrasting roles of vertical and horizontal inheritance, (ii) the role of gene duplications in shaping eukaryotic genomes and (iii) the functional importance of specific genes central to host-parasite and parasite-microbiota interactions. These investigations focuses on gene families acquired through horizontal gene transfer and those encoding proteins orchestrating (a) membrane trafficking and (b) host-parasite and parasite-microbiota interactions. These investigations also lead to new insights into human-microbiota interactions contributing to both health or disease.

2) Molecular and cellular basis of Trichomonas species pathobiology

We investigated the molecular and cellular basis of Trichomonas-Bacteria and Trichomonas-Fungi interactions and their potential impact on their hosts. We employ comparative approaches across several species infecting different mucosal surfaces and hosts, including human and animal hosts. Models include Trichomonas vaginalis (the most common human cellular STI worldwide), Trichomonas tenax (a common obligate oral symbiont of humans and animals strongly associated with periodontitis) and Trichomonas gallinae (a common obligate symbiont of the upper digestive tracts of columbiformes, which can cause the disease canker). All three species can cause damaging inflammatory diseases in their hosts.

3) Microsporidia molecular and cellular pathobiology and genome / cellular reductive evolution

We investigated the interplay between the strict obligate intracellular pathogens Microsporidia and the host cellular responses with a main focus on mammalian epithelial cells. We are interested in how Microsporidia-host cell interactions are modulated by host autophagy and bacterial secondary metabolites common in the human gut and key for gut epithelial cells energy and metabolism. We use the model system Encephalitozoon cuniculi and Trachipleistophora hominis.

We also investigate the highly divergent genes/proteins, cellular machines and organelles that characterise Microsporidia. These represent fascinating cases of functional divergence often challenging our understanding of eukaryotes molecular cell biology.


Postgraduate Supervision

Supervision of MSc, MSci and MRes students (up to two per year)

Supervision of PhD students:

- Lenshina Mpeyako (Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, Â鶹´«Ã½ Uni, with Nick Jakubovics and Waldemar Vollmer) (2019-2024)

- Adam Hart (BBSRC-DTP, with Dave Bolam, Lis Lowe and Andrew Jackson Uni Liverpool) (2020-2024)

- Moudy Bin Saleh (PhD studentship-Saudi Government) (2022-2026)

- Israa Asker (PhD studentship-Egyptian Government) (2022-2026)


Post-doc funding

Saatioiden post-doc funding to Dr Heli Monttinen: 'The potential impact of virus-mediated gene transfer in eukaryotic evolution' (104'760 euros) (2016-2018)

Oskari Huttunen foundation post-doc funding to Dr Heli Monttinen: 'Lateral Gene Transfers from Bacteriophages to Eukaryotes' (40'000 euros) (2018-2019).

Hosting of Research Fellows

MSCA Fellowship to Dr Johan Panek: MicroMAM, 'The mammalian intracellular response to Microsporidia infection', (195'455 euros) (2019-2022).

MSCA Fellowship to Dr Sergey Melnikov: MicroMISTRANS, 'Error-prone protein synthesis in fungal pathogens Microsporidia: its scope and potential therapeutic targeting', (224'934 euros) (2020-2022).


Teaching

Overview

My teaching was led by my research on the comparative biology of microbial parasites and members of the mucosal microbiota and it aims at inspiring and stimulating students to participate in the process of fundamental research. It also illustrates how new biomedical knowledge can potentially be applied to reduce the impact of infectious diseases and chronic conditions involving host-microbe interactions. My teaching covers a broad range of topics around the molecular cell biology, genomics and evolution of microbial parasites and their bacteria and viral neighbours at mucosal surfaces. We also cover fundamentals of the host mucosal immune system required to protect us from pathogens and how members of the microbiota contribute to numerous aspects of mucosal homeostasis.


I contributed to undergraduate Teaching across all 3 stages at the School of Biomedical Sciences and Postgraduate teaching for both MSc and MRes courses.


I also taught outside Â鶹´«Ã½ (most recent only)

MSc course on Infection Diseases, University of Kent. I have contributed over two years to the "Advances in Parasitology" - Module BI855

MSc course on Comparative Genomics, ENS, Lyon, France. I have contributed over several years from 2014 to this course. One extended lecture and a Q&A session: http://biologie.ens-lyon.fr/masterbiosciences/presentation-des-ue/les-ue-europe/ue-comparative-genomics

MeBoP: Middle Eastern Biology of Parasitism, University of Bern, Switzerland. I have contributed to this course in 2022 and 2023. International Course for participants from the Middle East, North and Sub-Saharan Africa. One extended lecture on our work on Trichomonads and Microsporidia: https://www.mebop.org/

I have also contributed to EMBO-funded (and other funding sources) workshops on Computational Molecular Evolution. 

Publications

  • Articles

    • Panek J, Carriere E, Saleh MB, Sendra K, Kosta G, Korolchuk VI, Hirt RP. . mBio 2025, 16, e01049-25.
    • Ndeh DA, Nakjang S, Kwiatkowski KJ, Sawyers C, Koropatkin NM, Hirt RP, Bolam DN. . Nature Communications 2025, 16, 3485.
    • Mpeyako LA, Hart AJ, Bailey NP, Carlton JM, Henrissat B, Sullivan SA, Hirt RP. . Frontiers in Microbiology 2024, 15, 1437572.
    • Schierholz L, Brown CR, Helena-Bueno K, Uversky VN, Hirt RP, Barandun J, Melnikov SV. . Molecular Biology and Evolution 2024, 41(1), msad254.
    • Bailey NP, Hirt RP. . Parasitology 2023, 150(3), 248-261.
    • Barnett MJ, Pinheiro J, Keown JR, Biboy J, Gray J, Lucinescu I-W, Vollmer W, Hirt RP, Simoes-Barbosa A, Goldstone DC. . PLoS Pathogens 2023, 19(8), e1011563.
    • Al-Jourani O, Benedict ST, Ross J, Layton AJ, van der Peet P, Marando VM, Bailey NP, Heunis T, Manion J, Mensitieri F, Franklin A, Abellon-Ruiz J, Oram SL, Parsons L, Cartmell A, Wright GSA, Basle A, Trost M, Henrissat B, Munoz-Munoz J, Hirt RP, Kiessling LL, Lovering AL, Williams SJ, Lowe EC, Moynihan PJ. Identification of D-arabinan-degrading enzymes in mycobacteria. Nature communications 2023, 14(1), 2233-.
    • Bailey NP, Shao Y, Du S, Foster PG, Fettweis J, Hall N, Wang Z, Hirt RP. . Frontiers in Microbiology 2023, 14, 1242275.
    • Margarita V, Bailey N, Rappelli P, Diaz N, Dessi D, Fettweis JM, Hirt RP, Fiori PL. . mBio 2022, 13(3).
    • Sendra KM, Watson AK, Kozhevnikova E, Moore AL, Embley TM, Hirt RP. . PLoS Pathogens 2022, 18(12), e1011024.
    • Margarita V, Cao LC, Bailey NP, Ngoc THT, Ngo TMC, Nu PAT, Diaz N, Dessi D, Hirt RP, Fiori PL, Rappelli P. . Antibiotics 2022, 11(6), 812.
    • Nicholson D, Salamina M, Panek J, Helena-Bueno K, Brown CR, Hirt RP, Ranson NA, Melnikov SV. . Nature communications 2022, 13(1), 591.
    • Monttinen HAW, Bicep C, Williams TA, Hirt RP. . Microbial Genomics 2021, 7(9), 000649.
    • Bailey NP, Velo-Rego E, Hirt RP. . Parasitology 2021, 148(11), 1339-1344.
    • Salloum T, Moussa R, Rahy R, Al Deek J, Khalifeh I, El Hajj R, Hall N, Hirt RP, Tokajian S. . PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2020, 14(9), e0008684.
    • Lewis WH, Lind AE, Sendra KM, Onsbring H, Williams TA, Esteban GF, Hirt RP, Ettema TJG, Embley TM. . Molecular Biology and Evolution 2020, 37(2), 524-539.
    • Hirt RP. . Parasitology 2019, 146(9), 1109-1115.
    • Handrich MR, Garg SG, Sommerville EW, Hirt RP, Gould SB. . Parasites and Vectors 2019, 12, 406.
    • Major P, Sendra K, Dean P, Williams TA, Watson AK, Thwaites DT, Embley TM, Hirt RP. . eLife 2019, 8, e47037.
    • Dean P, Sendra KM, Williams TA, Watson AK, Major P, Nakjang S, Kozhevnikova E, Goldberg AV, Kunji ERS, Hirt RP, Embley TM. . Nature Communications 2018, 9, 1709.
    • Pinheiro J, Biboy J, Vollmer W, Hirt RP, Keown JR, Artuyants A, Black MM, Goldstone DC, Simoes-Barbosa A. . mBio 2018, 9(6), e01784-18.
    • Freibert SA, Goldberg AV, Hacker C, Molik S, Dean P, Williams TA, Nakjang S, Long SJ, Sendra K, Bill E, Heinz E, Hirt RP, Lucocq JM, Embley TM, Lill R. . Nature Communcations 2017, 8, 13932.
    • Margarita V, Rappelli P, Dessì D, Pintus G, Hirt RP, Fiori PL. . Frontiers in Microbiology 2016, 7, 953.
    • Williams TA, Nakjang S, Campbell SE, Freeman MA, Eydal M, Moore K, Hirt RP, Embley TM, Williams BA. . Molecular Biology and Evolution 2016, 33(8), 2002-2015.
    • Watson AK, Williams TA, Williams BAP, Moore KA, Hirt RP, Embley TM. . BMC Genomics 2015, 16, 983.
    • Dean P, Major P, Nakjang S, Hirt RP, Embley TM. . Frontiers in Plant Science 2014, 5, 153.
    • Heinz E, Hacker C, Dean P, Mifsud J, Goldberg AV, Williams TA, Nakjang S, Gregory A, Hirt RP, Lucocq JM, Kunji ER, Embley TM. . PLoS Pathogens 2014, 10(12), e1004547.
    • Nakjang S, Williams TA, Heinz E, Watson AK, Foster PG, Sendra KM, Heaps SE, Hirt RP, Embley T. . Genome Biology and Evolution 2013, 5(12), 2285-2303.
    • Alsmark C, Foster PG, Sicheritz-Ponten T, Nakjang S, Embley TM, Hirt RP. . Genome Biology 2013, 14(2), R19.
    • Heinz E, Williams TA, Nakjnag S, Noël CJ, Swan DC, Goldberg AV, Harris SR, Weinmaier T, Markert S, Becher D, Bernhardt J, Dagan T, Hacker C, Lucocq JM, Schweder T, Rattei T, Hall N, Hirt RP, Embley TM. . PLoS Pathogens 2012, 8(10), e1002979.
    • Flanagan K, Nakjang S, Hallinan J, Harwood C, Hirt RP, Pocock MR, Wipat A. . Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics 2012, 9(2), 12.
    • Collison M, Hirt RP, Wipat A, Nakjang S, Sanseau P, Brown JR. . Briefings in Bioinformatics 2012, 13(6), 751-768.
    • Nakjang S, Ndeh DA, Wipat A, Bolam DN, Hirt RP. . PLoS One 2012, 7(1), 1-18.
    • Kolluru B, Nakjang S, Hirt RP, Wipat A, Ananiadou S. . Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics 2011, 8(2), 184.
    • Hjort K, Goldberg AV, Tsaousis AD, Hirt RP, Embley TM. . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2010, 365(1541), 713-727.
    • Simoes-Barbosa A, Hirt RP, Johnson PJ. . PLoS Pathogens 2010, 6(7), e1000999.
    • Noel CJ, Diaz N, Sicheritz-Ponten T, Safarikova L, Tachezy J, Tang P, Fiori PL, Hirt RP. . BMC Genomics 2010, 11(1), 99.
    • Alsmark UC, Sicheritz-Ponten T, Foster PG, Hirt RP, Embley TM. . Methods in Molecular Biology 2009, 532, 489-500.
    • Cox CJ, Foster PG, Hirt RP, Harris SR, Embley TM. . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2008, 105(51), 20356-20361.
    • Smid O, Matuskova A, Harris SR, Kucera T, Novotny M, Horvathova L, Hrdy I, Kutejova E, Hirt RP, Embley TM, Janata J, Tachezy J. . PLoS Pathogens 2008, 4(12), e1000243.
    • Goldberg AV, Molik S, Tsaousis AD, Neumann K, Kuhnke G, Delbac F, Vivares CP, Hirt RP, Lill R, Embley TM. . Nature 2008, 452(7187), 624-628.
    • Tsaousis AD, Kunji ERS, Goldberg AV, Lucocq JM, Hirt RP, Embley TM. . Nature 2008, 453(7194), 553-556.
    • Dacks B, Liapounova NA, Hampl V, Hirt RP, Embley TM, Gedamu L. . Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 2007, 54(2), 38S-38S.
    • Carlton JM, Hirt RP, Silva JC, Delcher AL, Schatz M, Zhao Q, Wortman JR, Bidwell SL, Alsmark UCM, Besteiro S, Sicheritz-Ponten T, Noel CJ, Dacks JB, Foster PG, Simillion C, Van De Peer Y, Miranda-Saavedra D, Barton GJ, Westrop GD, Muller S, Dessi D, Fiori PL, Ren Q, Paulsen I, Zhang H, Bastida-Corcuera FD, Simoes-Barbosa A, Brown MT, Hayes RD, Mukherjee M, Okumura CY, Schneider R, Smith AJ, Vanacova S, Villalvazo M, Haas BJ, Pertea M, Feldblyum TV, Utterback TR, Shu C-L, Osoegawa K, De Jong PJ, Hrdy I, Horvathova L, Zubacova Z, Dolezal P, Malik S-B, Logsdon Jr JM, Henze K, Gupta A, Wang CC, Dunne RL, Upcroft JA, Upcroft P, White O, Salzberg SL, Tang P, Chiu C-H, Lee Y-S, Embley TM, Coombs GH, Mottram JC, Tachezy J, Fraser-Liggett CM, Johnson PJ. . Science 2007, 315(5809), 207-212.
    • Andersson JO, Sjogren AM, Horner DS, Murphy CA, Dyal PL, Svard SG, Logsdon Jr JM, Ragan MA, Hirt RP, Roger AJ. . BMC Genomics 2007, 8(51).
    • Andersson JO, Hirt RP, Foster PG, Roger AJ. . BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6(27), 18.
    • Lal K, Noel CJ, Field MC, Goulding D, Hirt RP. . Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 2006, 148(1), 99-102.
    • Loftus B, Anderson I, Davies R, Alsmark UCM, Samuelson J, Amedeo P, Roncaglia P, Berriman M, Hirt RP, Mann BJ, Nozaki T, Suh B, Pop M, Duchene M, Ackers J, Tannich E, Leippe M, Hofer M, Bruchhaus I, Willhoeft U, Bhattacharya A, Chillingworth T, Churcher C, Hance Z, Harris B, Harris D, Jagels K, Moule S, Mungall K, Ormond D, Squares R, Whitehead S, Quail MA, Rabbinowitsch E, Norbertczak H, Price C, Wang Z, Guillen N, Gilchrist C, Stroup SE, Bhattacharya S, Lohia A, Foster PG, Sicheritz-Ponten T, Weber C, Singh U, Mukherjee C, El-Sayed NM, Petri Jr WA, Clark CG, Embley TM, Barrell B, Fraser CM, Hall N. . Nature 2005, 433(7028), 865-868.
    • Lal K, Field MC, Carlton JM, Warwicker J, Hirt RP. . Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 2005, 143(2), 226-235.
    • Coombs GH, Westrop GD, Suchan P, Puzova G, Hirt RP, Embley TM, Mottram JC, Muller S. . Journal of Biological Chemistry 2004, 279(7), 5249-5256.
    • Hrdy I, Hirt RP, Dolezal P, Bardonova L, Foster PG, Tachezy J, Embley TM. . Nature 2004, 432(7017), 618-622.
    • Davidson CJ, Hirt RP, Lal K, Snell P, Elgar G, Tuddenham EG, McVey JH. . Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2003, 89(3), 420-428.
    • Richards TA, Hirt RP, Williams BA, Embley TM. . Protist 2003, 154(1), 17-32.
    • Hirt RP, Lal K, Pinxteren J, Warwicker J, Healy B, Coombs GH, Field MC, Embley TM. . Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 2003, 129(2), 179-189.
    • Baxter NJ, Hirt RP, Bodrossy L, Kovacs KL, Embley TM, Prosser JI, Murrell JC. . Archives of Microbiology 2002, 177(4), 279-289.
    • Hirt RP, Muller S, Embley TM, Coombs GH. . Trends in Parasitology 2002, 18(7), 302-308.
    • Hirt RP, Harriman N, Kajava AV, Embley TM. . Molecular Biochemistry and Parasitology 2002, 125(1-2), 195-199.
    • Hirt RP, Harriman N, Kajava AV, Embley TM. . Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 2002, 125(1-2), 195-199.
    • Williams BA, Hirt RP, Lucocq JM, Embley TM. . Nature 2002, 418(6900), 865-869.
    • Kamynina E, Debonneville C, Hirt RP, Staub O. . Kidney International 2001, 60(2), 466-471.
    • Hirt RP, Logsdon JM, Healy B, Dorey MW, Doolittle WF, Embley TM. . Proceedings Of the National Academy Of Sciences Of the United States Of America 1999, 96(2), 580-585.
    • Hirt RP, Logsdon Jr JM, Healy B, Dorey MW, Doolittle WF, Embley TM. . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1999, 96(2), 580-585.
    • Horner DS, Hirt RP, Embley TM. . Molecular Biology and Evolution 1999, 16(9), 1280-1291.
    • Embley TM, Hirt RP. . Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 1998, 8(6), 624-629.
    • van der Giezen M, Rechinger KB, Svendsen I, Durand R, Hirt RP, Fevre M, Embley TM, Prins RA. . Molecular Microbiology 1997, 23(1), 11-21.
    • Hirt RP, Healy B, Vossbrinck CR, Canning EU, Embley TM. . Current Biology 1997, 7(12), 995-998.
    • Horner DS, Hirt RP, Kilvington S, Lloyd D, Embley TM. . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 1996, 263(1373), 1053-1059.
    • Poulain-Godefroy O, Hirt RP, Fasel N, Kraehenbuhl JP. . Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 1995, 371A, 217-220.
    • Hirt RP, Dyal PL, Wilkinson M, Finlay BJ, Roberts DM, Embley TM. . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 1995, 4(1), 77-87.
    • Embley TM, Finlay BJ, Dyal PL, Hirt RP, Wilkinson M, Williams AG. . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 1995, 262(1363), 87-93.
    • Finlay BJ, Esteban G, Clarke KJ, Williams AG, Embley TM, Hirt RP. . FEMS Microbiology Letters 1994, 117(2), 157-61.
    • Hirt RP, Fasel N, Kraehenbuhl JP. . Methods in Cell Biology 1994, 43, Pt. A, 247-262.
    • Embley TM, Hirt RP, Williams DM. . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences 1994, 345(1311), 21-33.
    • Hirt RP, Hughes GJ, Frutiger S, Michetti P, Perregaux C, Poulain-Godefroy O, Jeanguenat N, Neutra MR, Kraehenbuhl JP. . Cell 1993, 74(2), 245-255.
    • Hirt RP, Poulain-Godefroy O, Billotte J, Kraehenbuhl JP, Fasel N. . Gene 1992, 111(2), 199-206.

  • Book Chapters

    • Hirt RP, de Miguel N, Nakjang S, Dessi D, Liu YC, Diaz N, Rappelli P, Acosta-Serrano A, Fiori PL, Mottram JC. . In: Rollinson, D., Hay, S.I, ed. Advances in Parasitology. London: Academic Press, 2011, pp.87-140.
    • Carlton JM, Malik SB, Sullivan SA, Sicheritz-Ponten T, Tang P, Hirt RP. . In: Clark, CG; Johnson, PJ; Adam, RD, ed. Anaerobic Parasitic Protozoa: Genomics and Molecular Biology. Portland, USA: Caister Academic Press, 2010, pp.45-80.
    • Williams BA, Hirt RP. . In: Schatten, H, ed. Germ Cell Protocols: Volume 1: Sperm and Oocyte Analysis. New York, USA: Humana Press, 2004, pp.151-172.
    • Horner DS, Hirt RP. . In: R. P. Hirt;D. S. Horner, ed. Organelles, Genomes and Eukaryote Phylogeny: An Evolutionary Synthesis in the Age of Genomics. Boca Raton, USA: CRC Press, 2004, pp.1-23.
    • Horner DS, Hirt RP, Embley TM. . In: G.H. Coombs; K. Vickermann; M.A. Sleigh; A. Warren, ed. Evolutionary relationships among protozoa. London: Chapmann & Hall - Kluwer Academy Publisher, 1998, pp.133-148.
    • Hirt RP, Wilkinson M, Embley TM. . In: G.H. Coombs; K. Vickermann; M.A. Sleigh; A. Warren, ed. Evolutionary relationships among protozoa. London: Chapmann & Hall - Kluwer Academy Publisher, 1998, pp.327-340.
    • Hughson EJ, Hirt RP. . In: A.J. Shaw, ed. Epithelial cell culture: a practical approach. Oxford: IRL Press-Oxford University Press, 1996, pp.37-66.
    • Kraehenbuhl JP, Michetti P, Hirt R, Perregaux C, Mekalanos J, Neutra MR. . In: P.J. Courtoy, ed. Endocytosis: from Cell Biology to Health, Disease and Therapy. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 1992, pp.363-366.
    • Michetti P, Hirt R, Weltzin R, Fasel N, Schaerer E, Neutra MR, Kraehenbuhl JP. . In: J. Mestecky et al, ed. Immunology of Milk and the Neonate. New York: Plenum Press, 1991, pp.183-185.

  • Edited Book

    • Hirt RP, Horner DS, ed. . Boca Raton, Florida, USA: CRC Press, 2004.

  • Letter

    • Wilkinson M, McInerney JO, Hirt RP, Foster PG, Embley TM. . Trends in Ecology and Evolution 2007, 22(3), 114-115.

  • Note

    • Simoes-Barbosa A, McRae KM, Waghorn TS, Dolezal P, Ralston KS, Bilic I, Hirt RP, Sullivan SA, Nozaki T. . Trends in Parasitology 2024, 40(11), 935-941.

  • Reviews

    • Salloum T, Tokajian S, Hirt RP. . Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 2021, 9, 702240.
    • Dean P, Hirt RP, Embley TM. . PLoS Pathogens 2016, 12(11), e1005870.
    • Hirt RP, Sherrard J. . Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases 2015, 28(1), 72-79.
    • Hirt RP, Alsmark C, Embley TM. . Current Opinion in Microbiology 2015, 23(1), 155–162.
    • Maritz JM, Land KM, Carlton JM, Hirt RP. . Trends in Parasitology 2014, 30(7), 333-341.
    • Hirt RP. . Sexually Transmitted Infections 2013, 89, 439-443.
    • Clark CG, Alsmark UCM, Tazreiter M, Saito-Nakano Y, Ali V, Marion S, Weber C, Mukherjee C, Bruchhaus I, Tannich E, Leippe M, Sicheritz-Ponten T, Foster PG, Samuelson J, Noel CJ, Hirt RP, Embley TM, Gilchrist CA, Mann BJ, Singh U, Ackers JP, Bhattacharya S, Bhattacharya A, Lohia A, Guillen N, Duchene M, Nozaki T, Hall N. . Advances in Parasitology 2007, 65, 51-190.
    • Hirt RP, Noel CJ, Sicheritz-Ponten T, Tachezy J, Fiori P-L. . Trends in Parasitology 2007, 23(11), 540-547.