Rhagolwg
About
I am a molecular parasitologist broadly interested in all aspects of host-pathogen interactions and co-evolution. I have a particular interest in how chronoparasitology – the study of circadian rhythms of hosts and parasites – can be used to improve our understanding of disease dynamics in captive and wild animal populations. In addition, I am interested in how next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies can be used in the study of biotic and abiotic factors influencing species-specific differences in responses to shared pathogens.
Anthropogenic induced changes to wild species (e.g. climate change, habitat destruction/fragmentation, introduction of invasive species) and domesticated species (e.g. increased intensity of farming, farming in new geographic regions, global transportation) populations are leading to alterations of host exposure risks to both native and novel pathogens. Consequently, the dynamics of host-pathogen interactions are currently changing at unprecedented rates in both natural and domestic animal populations. Therefore, studying how host immunity, their microbiomes and parasites, and environment interact, is crucial to our understanding of altered pathogen transmission dynamics and its consequences on host species fitness. I believe in this flourishing era of high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics, we are uniquely poised to tackle such questions at a new level of detail.
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Education
- 2012 PhD. Evolutionary genetics of the maintenance of mixed-mating systems. Aberystwyth University, UK.
- 2009 BSc. (Hons) Zoology (1st). Aberystwyth University, UK.
Career
- 2019 – Lecturer of Biological Sciences. Bangor University, UK.
- 2018 – 2021 BBSRC Future Leader Fellow, Cardiff & Bangor University, UK. FUTUREFISH: The role of circadian rhythms, immunity and infection in enhancing aquaculture
- 2015 – 2018 NRN-LCEE Ser Cymru Fellow, Cardiff University, UK. AquaWales: Minimising the impacts of intensive aquaculture in the face of climate change.
- 2012 – 2015 NSF Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cornell University, USA. Functional genomics of amphibian chytridiomycosis resistance.
Gwybodaeth Cyswllt
- Name
- Dr Amy Ellison
- Position
- Lecturer in Biological Sciences
- a.ellison@bangor.ac.uk
- Phone
- +44(0)1248 388437
- Location
- School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK
Diddordebau Ymchwil
Chronobiology & Fish Health
Circadian rhythms are ubiquitous; from bacteria to plants and animals, all organisms exhibit daily behavioural, physiological, metabolic, and even microbiome cycles. This rhythmicity is regulated by pivotal sets of “clock genes” and in mammals, clock gene expression cycles drive daily variations in immune functions and disease susceptibility. Conversely, immune responses are recognized to alter clock gene expression. Stress responses (in particular altered glucocorticoid levels) can impact clock gene expression and, consequently, innate and adaptive immune responses. In humans, there is increasing recognition of the impact of circadian disruption (e.g. shift-work, jet-lag) on disease susceptibility and the potential to increase drug efficacy using time-of-day targeted treatments/vaccinations (“chronotherapy”). Temporal coordination of biological processes is not limited to free-living organisms; parasites also exhibit circadian rhythms in traits such as egg-laying or larval emergence. However, the extent to which these rhythms are entrained by host cues and/or the abiotic environment is poorly understood. Intriguingly, host-parasite circadian mismatch appears to be detrimental to parasite fitness. Therefore, the integration of chronobiology into current animal health and disease research frameworks is essential for advancing holobiont approaches to health.
In aquaculture, the world’s fastest-growing food sector, infectious disease is the principal barrier to economic and ecological sustainability. Disease outbreaks result in ~US$6 billion loss per year globally and account for annual losses up to 16.5% in the UK. Antibiotic-supplemented feeds are increasingly relied upon to mitigate disease despite concerns for their contribution to emerging antimicrobial resistance in aquatic environments. Intensive indoor aquaculture is heralded as the future of sustainable fish farming, in which the fish’s environment (e.g. light, temperature, feeding) and reproduction is finely tuned to maximise growth and productivity, without impacting natural ecosystems via waste, chemical treatments and escapes. Manipulated photoperiods – particularly extended day length for diurnal species – are currently promoted to improve juvenile rearing quality in many fish species. In the extreme, constant light is used to maximize somatic growth and delay maturation. Despite an increasing awareness of the intricate interaction between circadian gene expression and immune functions in mammals, how this corresponds to current disease issues in captive fish populations is unknown. However, our preliminary data suggests parasitic infections alter fish daily behaviour patterns and dysregulate clock gene expression. Moreover, while time-of-day targeted treatments of disease and cancer in humans appear to have exciting potential, this has yet to be translated to animal health practice and, more fundamentally, the molecular control of circadian rhythmicity in parasites remains relatively unknown. My group is addressing these key knowledge gaps; investigating how light and feeding regimes, and circadian rhythms of fish, their parasites and microbiota, interact to impact on health and disease susceptibility. This work is funded by the BBSRC and Cefas Seafood Innovation Fund, and supported by a KESS2 studentship to Simon Baumgartner.
Light pollution & aquatic animal health
For marine intertidal organisms, circadian and circalunar clocks orchestrate development, orientation, reproduction, migration and other key life events. Skyglow – artificial light scattered in the atmosphere and reflected back to ground over kilometres – now covers 22% of the world’s coastal regions, the ecological impacts of which are largely unknown. Skyglow can interfere with the detectability of lunar light cycles and thus hinder the ability of organisms to temporally organise essential biological events, and orientate themselves in space. Therefore, it is critical the disruptive effects of light pollution on biological clocks are quantified and integrated with measures of individual and population fitness to predict future consequences of artificial light on coastal ecosystems. At Bangor, in collaboration with Aberystwyth and Plymouth Universities, we use a combination of experimental, observational and remote sensing approaches to measure the impacts of artificial light on the chronobiology of intertidal macro-invertebrates from gene expression, to individual phenotypic and population level effects. This work is currently funded by a NERC Envision studentship to Leo Burke.
Amphibian microbiomes & disease resistance
The emergence of the disease chytridiomycosis caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has been implicated in dramatic global amphibian declines. Although many species have undergone catastrophic declines and/or extinctions, others appear to be unaffected or persist at reduced frequencies after Bd outbreaks. In my first postdoctoral research position (Zamudio Lab, Cornell University), I investigated how the transcriptomic responses of amphibians to Bd differed among species and under different environmental conditions, in order to build a greater understanding of this emerging wildlife disease threat. In addition, I developed techniques to generate the first transcriptomic profiles of Bd in-host, revealing key defense and host exploitation mechanisms.
In 2022, I am delighted to be returning to research on this fascinating host-pathogen system. In collaboration with US teams, we will be investigating the amphibian skin immune-microbiome interface, employing combinations of microbial ecology, comparative immunology, meta-transcriptomics and proteomic methods to simultaneously evaluate the relative contribution of the microbiome and immune system to chytridiomycosis resistance.
Cyfleoedd Project Ôl-radd
Cyhoeddiadau
2024
- CyhoeddwydArtificial light and cloud cover interact to disrupt celestial migrations at night
Burke, L., Davies, T. W., Wilcockson, D., Jenkins, S. & Ellison, A., Medi 2024, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 943, 173790.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydBacillus indicus and Bacillus subtilis as alternative health and colouration promoters to synthetic astaxanthin in cyprinid aquaculture species.
Baumgärtner, S., Creer, S., Jones, C., James, J. & Ellison, A., 15 Ion 2024, Yn: Aquaculture. 578, 740016.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydEnvironmental DNA reveals ecologically relevant spatial and temporal variation in fish assemblages between estuaries and seasons
Gibson, T., Baillie, C., Collins, R. A., Wangensteen, O. S., Corrigan, L., Ellison, A., Heddell-Cowie, M., Westoby, H., Byatt, B., Lawson-Handley, L., Soto, A. Z., Creer, S., Genner, M. J. & Mariani, S., 1 Awst 2024, Yn: Ecological Indicators. 165, 112215.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydOne Health: Circadian Medicine Benefits Both Non-human Animals and Humans Alike
Farag, H., Murphy, B., Templeman, J., Hanlon, C., Joshua, J., Koch, T., Niel, L., Shoveller, A., Bedecarrats, G., Ellison, A., Wilcockson, D. & Martino, T., 20 Chwef 2024, Yn: Journal of Biological Rhythms. 39, 3, t. 237-269 33 t.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl adolygu › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydPhylosymbiosis shapes skin bacterial communities and pathogen-protective function in Appalachian salamanders
Osborne, O., Jiménez, R., Byrne, A., Gratwicke, B., Ellison, A. & Muletz-Wolz, C., 11 Meh 2024, Yn: The ISME Journal. 18, 1
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydRestless nights when sick: ectoparasite infections alter rest-activity cycles of diurnal fish hosts
Arapi, E., Reynolds, M., Ellison, A. & Cable, J., Maw 2024, Yn: Parasitology. 151, 3, t. 251-259 9 t.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2023
- CyhoeddwydEnvironmental DNA metabarcoding for fish diversity assessment in a macrotidal estuary: A comparison with established fish survey methods
Gibson, T., Carvalho, G., Ellison, A., Gargiulo, E., Hatton-Ellis, T., Handley, L. L., Mariani, S., Collins, R. A., Sellers, G., Distaso, M., Zampieri, C. & Creer, S., 1 Tach 2023, Yn: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 294, 108522.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydGenetic assimilation of ancestral plasticity during parallel adaptation to Zinc contamination in Silene uniflora
Wood, D., Holmberg, J., Osborne, O., Helmstetter, A. J., Dunning, L. T., Ellison, A., Smith, R. J., Lighten, J. & Papadopulos, A. S. T., Maw 2023, Yn: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 7, 3, t. 414-423 10 t.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydThe presence of territorial damselfish predicts choosy client species richness at cleaning stations
Dunkley, K., Whittey, K. E., Ellison, A., Perkins, S. E., Cable, J. & Herbert-Read, J., 28 Maw 2023, Yn: Behavioral Ecology. 34, 2, t. 269-277 9 t.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2022
- CyhoeddwydDaily patterns in parasite processes: diel variation in fish louse transcriptomes
Hunt, R., Cable, J. & Ellison, A., Gorff 2022, Yn: International Journal for Parasitology. 52, 8, t. 509-518 10 t.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydMoving towards improved surveillance and earlier diagnosis of aquatic pathogens: from traditional methods to emerging technologies
MacAulay, S., Ellison, A., Kille, P. & Cable, J., Medi 2022, Yn: Reviews in Aquaculture. 14, 4, t. 1813-1829 17 t.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl adolygu › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydThe supplementation of a prebiotic improves the microbial community in the gut and the skin of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Baumgärtner, S., James, J. & Ellison, A., 1 Awst 2022, Yn: Aquaculture Reports. 25, 101204.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2021
- CyhoeddwydCircadian dynamics of the teleost skin immune-microbiome interface
Ellison, A., Wilcockson, D. & Cable, J., 16 Tach 2021, Yn: Microbiome. 9, 1, 18 t., 222.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydDepletion of MHC supertype during domestication can compromise immunocompetence
Smallbone, W., Ellison, A., Poulton, S., van Oosterhout, C. & Cable, J., Chwef 2021, Yn: Molecular Ecology. 30, 3, t. 736-746
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydMarine artificial light at night: An empirical and technical guide
Tidau, S., Smyth, T., McKee, D., Wiedenmann, J., D'Angelo, C., Wilcockson, D., Ellison, A., Grimmer, A., Jenkins, S., Widdicombe, S., de Moura Queiros, A., Talbot, E., Wright, A. & Davies, T., Medi 2021, Yn: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12, 9, t. 1588-1601
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydSaprolegnia parasitica zoospore activity and host survival indicates isolate variation in host preference
Matthews, E., Ellison, A. & Cable, J., Ebr 2021, Yn: Fungal Biology. 125, 4, t. 260-268
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydShining a light on parasite behaviour: daily patterns of Argulus fish lice
Hunt, R., Cable, J. & Ellison, A., 1 Meh 2021, Yn: Parasitology. 148, 7, t. 850-856 7 t.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2020
- CyhoeddwydComparative transcriptomics reveal conserved impacts of rearing density on immune response of two important aquaculture species
Ellison, A., Uren Webster, T. M., Rodriguez-Barreto, D., Garcia de Leaniz, C., Consuegra, S., Orozco-terWengel, P. & Cable, J., Medi 2020, Yn: Fish and Shellfish Immunology. 104, t. 192-201
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydCost of a deprived environment – increased intraspecific aggression and susceptibility to pathogen infections
Masud, N., Ellison, A., Pope, E. & Cable, J., 22 Hyd 2020, Yn: Journal of Experimental Biology. 223, 20
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydCrayfish plague affects juvenile survival and adult behaviour of invasive signal crayfish
Thomas, J. R., Robinson, C., Mrugała, A., Ellison, A., Matthews, E., Griffiths, S., Consuegra, S. & Cable, J., Mai 2020, Yn: Parasitology. 147, 6, t. 706-714
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydGene expression varies within and between enzootic and epizootic lineages of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in the Americas
McDonald, C. A., Ellison, A., Toledo, L. F., James, T. Y. & Zamudio, K. R., Ion 2020, Yn: Fungal Biology. 124, 1, t. 34-43
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydInsights into aphid prey consumption by ladybirds: Optimising field sampling methods and primer design for High Throughput Sequencing
Ammann, L., Moorhouse-Gann, R., Bertrand, C., Mestre, L., Cuff, J., Perez Hidalgo, N., Ellison, A., Herzog, F., Entling, M., Albrecht, M. & Symondson, W. O. C., 1 Gorff 2020, Yn: PLoS ONE. 15, 7, e0235054.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydRNA-Seq analysis of the guppy immune response against Gyrodactylus bullatarudis infection
Konczal, M., Ellison, A., Phillips, K., Radwan, J., Mohammed, R., Cable, J. & Chadzinska, M., Rhag 2020, Yn: Parasite Immunology. 42, 12, e12782.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydTemperature-mediated shifts in salamander transcriptomic responses to the amphibian-killing fungus
Ellison, A., Zamudio, K. R., Lips, K. R. & Muletz-Wolz, C., 31 Ion 2020, Yn: Molecular Ecology. 29, 2, t. 325-343 19 t.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2019
- CyhoeddwydA neglected fish stressor: mechanical disturbance during transportation impacts susceptibility to disease in a globally important ornamental fish
Masud, N., Ellison, A. & Cable, J., Ebr 2019, Yn: Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 134, t. 25-32
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydLong-term cleaning patterns of the sharknose goby (Elacatinus evelynae)
Dunkley, K., Ellison, A., Mohammed, R. S., van Oosterhout, C., Whittey, K. E., Perkins, S. E. & Cable, J., 1 Ebr 2019, Yn: Coral Reefs. 38, 2, t. 321-330
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2018
- CyhoeddwydTranscriptomic response to parasite infection in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) depends on rearing density
Ellison, A. R., Uren Webster, T. M., Rey, O., Garcia de Leaniz, C., Consuegra, S., Orozco-terWengel, P. & Cable, J., 1 Hyd 2018, Yn: BMC Genomics. 19, 723.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2017
- CyhoeddwydChytrid fungus infection in zebrafish demonstrates that the pathogen can parasitize non-amphibian vertebrate hosts
Liew, N., Moya, M. J. M., Wierzbicki, C. J., Hollinshead, M., Dillon, M. J., Thornton, C. R., Ellison, A., Cable, J., Fisher, M. C. & Mostowy, S., 20 Ebr 2017, Yn: Nature Communications. 8, 15048.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydFirst in vivo Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis transcriptomes reveal mechanisms of host exploitation, host-specific gene expression, and expressed genotype shifts
Ellison, A. R., DiRenzo, G. V., McDonald, C. A., Lips, K. R. & Zamudio, K. R., 1 Ion 2017, Yn: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 7, 1, t. 269-278
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydGlobal change, parasite transmission and disease control: lessons from ecology
Cable, J., Barber, I., Boag, B., Ellison, A. R., Morgan, E. R., Murray, K., Pascoe, E. L., Sait, S. M., Wilson, A. J. & Booth, M., 13 Maw 2017, Yn: Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 372, 1719, 20160088.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydHost allometry influences the evolution of parasite host-generalism: theory and meta-analysis
Walker, J. G., Hurford, A., Cable, J., Ellison, A. R., Price, S. J. & Cressler, C. E., 5 Mai 2017, Yn: Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 372, 1719
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2015
- CyhoeddwydEpigenetic regulation of sex ratios may explain natural variation in self-fertilization rates
Ellison, A., Rodriguez Lopez, C. M., Moran, P., Breen, J., Swain, M., Megias, M., Hegarty, M., Wilkinson, M., Pawluk, R. & Consuegra, S., 22 Tach 2015, Yn: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 282, 1819, 20151900.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydMore than Skin Deep: Functional Genomic Basis for Resistance to Amphibian Chytridiomycosis
Ellison, A. R., Tunstall, T., DiRenzo, G. V., Hughey, M. C., Rebollar, E. A., Belden, L. K., Harris, R. N., Ibanez, R., Lips, K. R. & Zamudio, K. R., Ion 2015, Yn: Genome Biology and Evolution. 7, 1, t. 286-298
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2014
- CyhoeddwydConservation and divergence in the frog immunome: pyrosequencing and de novo assembly of immune tissue transcriptomes
Savage, A. E., Kiemnec-Tyburczy, K. M., Ellison, A. R., Fleischer, R. C. & Zamudio, K. R., 1 Meh 2014, Yn: Gene. 542, 2, t. 98-108
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydFighting a Losing Battle: Vigorous Immune Response Countered by Pathogen Suppression of Host Defenses in the Chytridiomycosis-Susceptible Frog Atelopus zeteki
Ellison, A. R., Savage, A. E., DiRenzo, G. V., Langhammer, P., Lips, K. R. & Zamudio, K. R., 1 Gorff 2014, Yn: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 4, 7, t. 1275-1289
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2013
- CyhoeddwydBalancing selection and the maintenance of MHC supertype variation in a selfing vertebrate
Consuegra, S., Ellison, A., Allainguillaume, J., Pachebat, J., Peat, K. M. & Wright, P., 7 Maw 2013, Yn: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 280, 1754
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Golygyddiad › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydChoosy males could help explain androdioecy in a selfing fish
Ellison, A., Jones, J., Inchley, C. & Consuegra, S., 1 Meh 2013, Yn: American Naturalist. 181, 6
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydInbred and furious: negative association between aggression and genetic diversity in highly inbred fish
Ellison, A., Garcia de Leaniz, C. & Consuegra, S., Ebr 2013, Yn: Molecular Ecology. 22, 8, t. 2292-2300
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2012
- CyhoeddwydEnvironmental diel variation, parasite loads, and local population structuring of a mixed‐mating mangrove fish
Ellison, A., Wright, P., Taylor, D. S., Cooper, C., Regan, K., Currie, S. & Consuegra, S., 19 Meh 2012, Yn: Ecology and Evolution. 2, 7
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydMaintaining functional major histocompatibility complex diversity under inbreeding: the case of a selfing vertebrate
Ellison, A., Allainguillaume, J., Girdwood, S., Pachebat, J., Peat, K. M., Wright, P. & Consuegra, S., 17 Hyd 2012, Yn: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 279, 1749, t. 5004-5013
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2011
- CyhoeddwydBest of both worlds? Association between outcrossing and parasite loads in a selfing fish
Ellison, A., Cable, J. & Consuegra, S., Hyd 2011, Yn: Evolution. 65, 10, t. 3021-3026
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
Gweithgareddau
2023
- BU-IIA Funded Project: Assessing the bidirectional risk of human-primate interactions in a rural tourist hotspot in Zanzibar
This proposal outlines how the research expertise of members of the ZRCP and our track-record of working with the Zanzibar red colobus will be leveraged to deliver impact in the form of a policy briefing paper for the Zanzibari government, and how that activity in turn will be the focus of a programme of public engagement initiatives in North Wales and beyond. Translating research into policy on the topic of wildlife-human interactions will be impactful beyond the Zanzibari context given the significant increase in anthropogenic encroachment on the habitat of primates and other wildlife around the world and the growing need to find solutions for co-existence.
Funding awarded through the Bangor University Innovation and Impact Award (Research Wales Innovation Funding). Value = £34,990
1 Awst 2023 – 31 Gorff 2024
Gweithgaredd: Arall (Cyfrannwr)
2022
- BU-IIA Funded Project: One Health Wales – Building an integrated public and environmental health surveillance system for Wales
This is a transformative impact-led project that aims to capitalise on the strength and depth of expertise at BU across a range of disciplines (e.g. psychology, life sciences, engineering, health science). The project aims to engage with stakeholders to develop the evidence base needed to secure funding to allow the establishment of a One Health Wales Institute. At the same time we will collect evidence on on-going COVID-19 activities in readiness for submission as an Impact Case Study for the next REF submission. The project will map and bring together expertise from across the colleges to address the One Health agenda. It also provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the talent that exists at BU with external stakeholders. BU is perfectly placed to adopt a One Health way of thinking. If the project achieves its key goal to establish the One Health Wales Institute it should have considerable legacy in terms of raising awareness of BU, external grant capture, increased recruitment and impact generation.
Funding awarded through the Bangor University Innovation and Impact Award (Research Wales Innovation Funding). Value = £42,270
1 Ebr 2022 – 31 Maw 2023
Gweithgaredd: Arall (Cyfrannwr)
Projectau
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The role of photoperiod in immune development and health in salmon aquaculture
01/09/2024 – 15/09/2026 (Wrthi'n gweithredu)
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01/09/2023 – 15/09/2026 (Wrthi'n gweithredu)
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01/07/2023 – 29/08/2024 (Wedi gorffen)
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The amphibian skin microbiome-immune interface and its impact on disease outcomes
01/03/2022 – 31/03/2025 (Wrthi'n gweithredu)
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CHRONOFEED: Harnessing chronobiology for precision aquaculture nutrition & health.
01/12/2020 – 01/08/2022 (Wedi gorffen)
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KESS II Phd with Pontur Research Ltd BUK2E007
01/03/2020 – 31/03/2024 (Wedi gorffen)
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FUTUREFISH: The role of circadian rhythms, immunity and infection in enhancing aquaculture
01/04/2019 – 01/08/2022 (Wedi gorffen)