Our Research
In a world undergoing major environmental and ecological change, it is vital to understand processes underpinning biological organisation across time and space.
To address a range of pure and applied research threads at micro- and macro-scales, we are unified in using state-of-the-art molecular methods to study a broad range of areas, from the individual to community level and across multiple biomes.
The focus of our research includes:
- rapid adaptation
- high-throughput biodiversity ecological assessment
- chronobiology
- environmental microbiology
- microbiomes and virology
- life history strategies
- evolutionary and developmental biology
- phylogenetic reconstruction
- parasite-host/trophic dynamics
- speciation and population genetics.
Excellent facilities and cutting-edge research techniques
Researchers have shared access to recently refurbished laboratory and research spaces including:
- ancient/eDNA clean rooms
- liquid handlers
- a confocal microscopy suite
- controlled-temperature rooms
- glasshouses and Henfaes Farm
- marine and freshwater aquaria
- small mammal housing
- insect and venomous and non-venomous reptile rooms.
Supported access to the Supercomputing Wales high-throughput distributed computer network facilitates the necessary data analyses for downstream biological synthesis.
The techniques we use in our research includes:
- comparative genomics
- metagenomics
- transcriptomics
- metatranscriptomics
- proteomics and metabolomics
- the analysis of contemporary and ancient DNA (e/aDNA)
- genetic manipulation of plant and animal models, including marker-assisted breeding to address global food security.
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See MoreOur researchers
Find out more about our researchers and see their publications by clicking on their profile below.
- Dr Jo Alexander
- Dr Axel Barlow
- Dr Henk Braig
- Prof Gary Carvalho
- Dr Aaron Comeault
- Prof Simon Creer
- Dr Amy Ellison
- Prof Peter Golyshin
- Dr Olga Golyshina
- Prof Rob Griffiths
- Dr Ellie Jameson
- Dr Kirsty MacLeod
- Dr Anita Malhotra
- Dr Rosemary Moorhouse Gann
- Dr John Mulley
- Dr Darren Parker
- Dr Alexander Papadopulos
- Dr Katherine Steele
- Dr Alex Sutton
- Prof George Turner
- Prof Simon Webster
- Dr Isabelle Winder
- Prof Wolfgang Wuster
Featured projects
Find out about current evolution, development and molecular biology projects by reading our project pages:
Evolution, development and molecular biology projects
Our projects have global reach, using the diverse expertise of Bangor staff, research students, and collaborators.
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