Publications of academic staff 2012

Publication types

Journal papers
Books and books chapters
Conference abstracts

Journal publications

Claudia Barros

Bossing T., Barros C.S., Fischer B., Russell S., Shepherd D. (2012) Disruption of microtubule integrity initiates mitosis during CNS repair. Dev Cell. Aug 14;23(2):433-40.

Charles Bishop

Newman, S.H., Hill, N.J., Spragens, K.A., Janies, D., Voronkin, I.O., Prosser, D.J., Yan, B.P., Lei, F.M., Batbayar, N., Natsagdorj, T., Bishop, C.M., Butler, P.J., Wikelski, M., Balachandran, S., Mundkur, T., Douglas, D.C. and Takekawa, J.Y. (2012). Eco-Virological approach for assessing the role of wild birds in the spread of avian influenza H5N1 along the Central Asian Flyway. PLoS ONE 7:1-12.

Torsten Bossing

Bossing T., Barros C.S., Fischer B., Russell S., Shepherd D. (2012) Disruption of microtubule integrity initiates mitosis during CNS repair. Dev Cell. Aug 14;23(2):433-40.

Henk Braig

Mašán, P., Simpson, C., Perotti, M.A., and Braig, H.R. (2012) Mites parasitic on Australasian and African spiders found in the pet trade; a redescription of Ljunghia pulleinei Womersley. PLoS ONE 7:e39019

Mukhopadhyay, J., Braig, H.R., Rowton, E.D., and Ghosh, K. (2012) Naturally occurring culturable aerobic gut flora of adult Phlebotomus papatasi, vector of Leishmania major in the Old World. PLoS ONE 7:e35748

Hubert, J.Kopecky J., Perotti M.A., Nesvorna M., Braig H.R., Sagova-Mareckova M., Macovei L., and Zudek L. (2012) Detection and identification of species-specific bacteria associated with synanthropic mites. Microbial Ecology 63:919-928

Mark de Bruyn

Barlow, A., Grail. W., de Bruyn, M. and Wüster, W. (2012) Anonymous nuclear markers for the African adders (Serpentes: Viperidae: Bitis). Conservation Genetics Resources 4:967-969

Limborg, T., Helyar, S.J., de Bruyn, M. et al. (2012) Environmental selection on transcriptome-derived SNPs in a high gene flow marine fish, the Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus). Molecular Ecology 21:3686-3703

Mat Jaafar, T.N.A., Taylor, M.I., Nor, S.A.M., de Bruyn, M. and Carvalho GR (2012) 1DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity within commercially exploited Indo-Malay Carangidae. PLoS One 7(11):e49623

Gary Carvalho

Fonseca, VG, Nichols, B, Lallias, D, Quince, C, Carvalho, GR, Power, DM & Creer, S (2012) Sample richness and genetic diversity as drivers of chimera formation in nSSU metagenetic analyses. Nucleic Acids Research, 2012, 1–9 doi:10.1093/nar/gks002
Pascoal S, Carvalho G, Creer S, Rock J, Kawaii K, et al. (2012) Plastic and Heritable Components of Phenotypic Variation in Nucella lapillus: An Assessment Using Reciprocal Transplant and Common Garden Experiments. PLoS ONE 7(1): e30289. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030289

Moore, ABM, McCarthy, ID, Carvalho, GR & Pierce, R (2012) Species, sex and male maturity composition of previously unreported elasmobranch landings in Kuwait, Qatar and Abu Dhabi Emirate. J Fish Biol. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03210.x

Filipe O. Costa1, Monica Landi1, Rogelia Martins, Maria H. Costa, Maria E. Costa, Miguel Carneiro, Maria J. Alves, Dirk Steinke, Gary R. Carvalho (2012) A Ranking System for Reference Libraries of DNA Barcodes: Application to Marine Fish Species from Portugal. PLoS ONE 7(4): e35858. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035858

Nielsen, E., Cariani, A, Mac Aoidh, E, Maes, G, Milano, I, Ogden, R, Taylor, M, Hemmer-Hansen, J, Babbucci, M, Bargelloni, L., Bekkevold, D, Diopere, E, Grenfell, L, Helyar, S, Limborg, MT, Martinsohn, JT, McEwing, R, Panitz, F, Partarnello, T, Tinti, F, Van Houdt, J, Volckaert, F, Waples, R, FishPopTrace Consortium & Carvalho, GR (2012). Gene-associated markers provide tools for tackling illegal fishing and false eco-certification. Nature Communications, | 3:851 | DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1845.

Limborg, M, Helyar, SJ, De Bruyn, M, mTaylor, M, Nielsen, E, Ogden, R, Carvalho, GR, FPT Consortium & Bekkevold, D (2012) Environmental selection on transcriptome-derived SNPs in a high gene flow marine fish, the Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus). Molecular Ecology, 21, 3686-3703.

Mat Jaafar, TM, Taylor, MI, , Nor, SAM, , Bruyn, M & Carvalho, GR (2012) DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity within commercially exploited Indo-Malay Carangidae (Teleosteii: Perciformes). PLoS ONE 7(11): e49623. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049623

Young, EF, Rock, , Meredith, MP, Belchier, M, Murphy, EJ & Carvalho, GR (2012) Physical and behavioural influences on larval fish retention: contrasting patterns in two Antarctic fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 465: 201–215

Helyar, S, Limborg, NT, Bekkevold, D, Babbucci, M, van Houdt, J, Maes, GE, Bargelloni, L, Nielsen, RO, Taylor, MI, Ogden, R, Cariani, A, Carvalho, GR.FishPopTrace Consortium, Panitz, F (2012) SNP discovery using next generation transcriptomic sequencing in Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus). PLoS ONE 7(8): e42089. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042089

Thomas Caspari

Janes S, Schmidt U, Ashour Garrido K, Ney N, Concilio S, Zekri M and Caspari T. (2012) Heat induction of a novel Rad9 variant from a cryptic translation initiation site reduces mitotic commitment. J Cell Sci. 125: 4487-97.

Lin SJ, Wardlaw CP, Morishita T, Miyabe I, Chahwan C, Caspari T, Schmidt U, Carr AM and Garcia V. (2012) The Rad4(TopBP1) ATR-activation domain functions in G1/S phase in a chromatin-dependent manner. PLoS Genet. 8: e1002801.

Simon Creer

Pascoal S., Carvalho G.R., Creer, S., Mendo S. and Hughes R. (2012). Plastic and heritable variataion in shell thickness of the intertidal gastropod Nucella lapillus associated with risks of crab predation and wave action, and sexual maturation. PLoS One http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052134

Matzen da Silva, J., dos Santos, A. Cunha, M.R., Costa, F.O., Creer, S. and Carvalho, G.R. (2012). Investigating the molecular systematic relationships amongst selected Plesionika (Decapoda: Pandalidae) from the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. Marine Ecology, in press.

Creer, S. and Sinniger, F. (2012). Cosmopolitanism of microbial eukaryotes in the global deep seas. Molecular Ecology. 21: 1033-1035.

Bik, H., Porazinska, D.L., Creer, S., Caporaso, J.G., Knight, R. and Thomas, W.K. (2012). Sequencing our way towards understanding global eukaryotic biodiversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. http:/dx.doi.org/10.1016/).tree.2011.11.010

Pascoal, S., Carvalho, G., Creer, S., Rock, J., Kawaii, K., Mendo, S., Hughes, R. (2012). Plastic and heritable components of phenotypic variation in Nucella lapillus: an assessment using reciprocal transplant and common garden experiments. PLoS One 7(1): e30289. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030289

Fonseca V.G., Nichols, B., Lallias, D., Quince, C., Carvalho G.R., Power, D.M. and Creer, S. (2012). Sample richness and genetic diversity as drivers of chimera formation in nSSU metagenetic analyses. Nucleic Acids Research: doi: 10.1093/nar/gks002

Nathalie Fenner

Freeman, C., Fenner, N., and Shirsat, A. (2012) Peatland geoengineering: an alternative approach to terrestrial C sequestration. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society A. 370: 4404-4421

Kim, S-Y., Freeman, C., Fenner, N., and Kang, H. (2012) Functional & structural responses of bacterial & methanogen communities to 3-year warming incubation in different depths of peat mire. Applied Soil Ecology 57: 23– 30

Chris Freeman

Evans, CD.; Jones, T G.; Burden, A; Ostle NJ, Freeman C (2012) Acidity controls on dissolved organic carbon mobility in organic soils Global Change Biology 18: 3317-3331

Gough R, Holliman PJ, Willis N, Jones TG, Freeman C (2012) Influence of habitat on the quantity and composition of leachable carbon in the O2 horizon: Potential implications for potable water treatment. Lake and Reservoir Management 28 (4), 282-292

Freeman, C; Fenner, N; Shirsat, AH. (2012) Peatland geoengineering: an alternative approach to terrestrial carbon sequestration Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A. 370: 4404-4421

Kim, S-Y; Freeman, C; Fenner, N; Kang H (2012) Functional and structural responses of bacterial and methanogen communities to 3-year warming incubation in different depths of peat mire. Applied Soil Ecology 57: 23-30

Ridgwell, A; Freeman, C; Lampitt, R (2012) Geoengineering: taking control of our planet's climate? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 370: 4163-4165

Peter Golyshin

Berestovskaya JJ, Kotsyurbenko OR, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Doronina NV, Golyshin PN, Vasilyeva LV. (2012) Methylorosula polaris gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, facultatively methylotrophic psychrotolerant bacterium from tundra wetland soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. (Pt 3):638-646.

Glanville H., Rousk J., Golyshin P., and Jones D.L. (2012) Mineralization of low molecular weight carbon substrates in soil solution under laboratory and field conditions Soil Biology and Biochemistry 48:88-95.

Gertler C., Näther D.J., Cappello S., Gerdts G., Quilliam R.S., Yakimov M.M. and Golyshin P.N. (2012). Composition and dynamics of biostimulated indigenous oil-degrading microbial consortia from the Irish, North and Mediterranean Seas: a mesocosm study. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 81(3):520-536.

Ferrer M., Werner J., Chernikova T.N., Bargiela R., Fernández L., La Cono V., Waldmann J., Teeling H., Golyshina O.V., Glöckner F.O., Yakimov M.M. and Golyshin P.N. The MAMBA Scientific Consortium. (2012). Unveiling microbial life in the new deep-sea hypersaline Lake Thetis. Part II: a metagenomic study. Environmental Microbiology 14(1):268-281.

Gwyther C.L., Jones D.L., Golyshin P.N., Edwards-Jones G., and Williams A.P. (2012). Fate of pathogens in a simulated bioreduction system for livestock carcasses. Waste Management 32(5):933-938.

Lemak S., Tchigvintsev A., Petit P., Flick R., Singer AU, Brown G, Evdokimova E., Egorova O., Gonzalez C., Chernikova T.N., Yakimov M.M., Kube M, Reinhardt R., Golyshin P.N., Savchenko A., and Yakunin A.F. (2012) Structure and activity of the cold-active and anion-activated carboxyl esterase OLEI01171 from the oil-degrading marine bacterium Oleispira antarctica. Biochemical Journal 445(2):193-203.

Ferrer M., Ghazi A., Beloqui A., Vieites J.M., López-Cortés N., Marín-Navarro J., Nechitaylo T.Y., Guazzaroni M.-E., Polaina J., Waliczek A., Chernikova T.N., Reva O.N., Golyshina O.V. and Golyshin P.N. (2012) Functional metagenomics unveils a multifunctional glycosyl hydrolase from the family 43 catalysing the breakdown of plant polymers in the calf rumen PLoS One 7(6):e38134.

Smedile F., Messina E., La Cono V., Tsoy O., Monticelli L.S., Borghini M., Giuliano L., Golyshin P.N., Mushegian A., Yakimov M.M.. (2012) Metagenomic analysis of hadopelagic microbial assemblages thriving at the deepest part of Mediterranean Sea, Matapan-Vavilov Deep. Environmental Microbiology doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02827.x.

Del Pozo M.V., Fernández-Arrojo L., Gil-Martínez J., Montesinos A., Chernikova T..N., Nechitaylo T.Y., Waliszek A., Tortajada M., Rojas A., Huws S.A., Golyshina O.V., Newbold C.J., Polaina J., Ferrer M. and Golyshin P.N. (2012) Microbial b-glucosidases from cow rumen metagenome enhance the saccharification of lignocellulose in combination with commercial cellulase cocktail. Biotechnology for Biofuels 5 (1): 73.

Glanville H.G., Hill P.W., Maccarone L.D., Golyshin P.N., Murphy D.V., Jones D.L. (2012). Temperature and water controls on vegetation emergence, microbial dynamics, and soil carbon and nitrogen fluxes in a high Arctic tundra ecosystem. Functional Ecology DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02056.x

Alcaide M., Messina E., Richter M., Bargiela R., Peplies J., Huws S.A., Newbold C.J., Golyshin P.N., Simón M.A., López G., Yakimov M.M., Ferrer M. (2012) Gene sets for utilizationof primary and secondary nutrition supplies in the distal gut of endangerediberian lynx. PLoS One.;7(12):e51521.

Barrie Johnson

Dopson, M. and Johnson, D.B. (2012) Biodiversity, metabolism and applications of acidophilic sulfur- metabolizing micro-organisms. Environmental Microbiology 14: 2620-2631. DOI:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02749.x

Ňancucheo, I., Hedrich, S. and Johnson, D.B. (2012). New (micro-)biological strategies that enable the selective recovery and recycling of metals from acid mine drainage and mine process waters. Mineralogical Magazine 76:2683-2692.

Johnson, D.B. (2012) Reductive dissolution of minerals and selective recovery of metals using acidophilic iron- and sulfate-reducing acidophiles. Hydrometallurgy 127-128:172-177.

Johnson, D.B. (2012) Geomicrobiology of extremely acidic subsurface environments. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 81:2-12. DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01293.x

Ňancucheo, I. and Johnson, D.B. (2012) Acidophilic algae isolated from mine-impacted environments and their roles in sustaining heterotrophic acidophiles. Frontiers in Extreme Microbiology 3, article 235 (do: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00325).

Johnson, D.B., Kanao, T. and Hedrich, S. (2012). Redox transformations of iron at extremely low pH: fundamental and applied aspects. Frontiers in Microbiology 3, article 96 (DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00096)

Hedrich, S. and Johnson, D.B. (2012) A modular continuous flow reactor system for the selective bio-oxidation and precipitation of iron in mine-impacted waters. Bioresource Technology 106:44-49.

Ňancucheo, I. and Johnson, D.B. (2012) Selective removal of transition metals from acidic mine waters by novel consortia of acidophilic sulfidogenic bacteria. Microbial Biotechnology 5:34-44.

Kermer, R., Hedrich, S., Taubert, M, Baumann, S., Schlömann, M., Johnson, D.B., von Bergen, M. and Seifert, J. (2012) Elucidation of carbon transfer in a mixed culture of Acidiphilium cryptum and Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans using protein-based stable isotope probing. Journal of Integrated OMICS 2:37-45 (DOI: 10.5584/jiomics.v2il.85)

Rocchetti, L., Beolchini, F., Hallberg, K.B., Johnson, D.B. and Dell'Anno, A. (2012) Effects of prokaryotic diversity changes on hydrocarbon degradation rates and metal partitioning during bioremediation of contaminated anoxic marine sediments. Marine Pollution Bulletins. 64:1688-1698 (doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.05.038)

Michael Knapp

Knapp, M.; Horsburgh, A.; Prost, S.; Stanton, J.; Buckley, H.; Walter, R.; Matisoo-Smith, E. (2012) Complete mitochondrial genomes from the earliest New Zealanders. ProceedingsoftheNationalAcademyofSciencesoftheU.S.A.109, 18350-18354.

Knapp, M.; Clarke, A.; Horsburgh, K.A.; Matisoo-Smith, E. (2012) Setting the stage – Building and working in an ancient DNA laboratory. AnnalsofAnatomy 194, 3-6.

James McDonald

McDonald, J.E., Rooks, D.J. and McCarthy A.J. (2012) Methods for the isolation of cellulose degrading microorganisms. Methods in Enzymology. 510: 375-394.

Rooks, D.J., McDonald, J.E. and McCarthy A.J. (2012) Metagenomic approaches to the discovery of cellulases. Methods in Enzymology. 510: 349-374.

de Menezes, A.B., McDonald, J.E., Allison, H.E. and McCarthy, A.J. (2012) The importance of Micromonospora spp. as colonisers of cellulose in a freshwater lake demonstrated by RT-qPCR of 16S rRNA. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78(9): 3495-3499.

McDonald, J.E., Houghton, J., Rooks, D.J., Allison, H.E., and McCarthy, A.J. (2012) The Molecular Ecology of Cellulose-Degrading Microbial Communities in Municipal Waste Landfill Site: Evidence for a role of Fibrobacters. Environmental Microbiology. 14(4): 1077-1087.

Ransom-Jones, E., Jones, D.L., McCarthy, A.J. and McDonald J.E. (2012) The Fibrobacteres: an important Phylum of cellulose-degrading bacteria. Microbial Ecology 63(2): 271-281.

Ramsay McFarlane

Wakeman, J.A., Hmadcha, A., Soria, B., McFarlane, R.J. (2012) The immortal strand hypothesis: still non-randomly segregating opinions. Biomol. Concepts 3: 203-211.

Feichtinger, J., Aldeailej, I., Anderson, R., Almutairi, M., Almatrafi, A., Alsiwiehri, N., Griffiths, K., Stuart, N., Wakeman, J.A., Larcombe, L., McFarlane, R.J. (2012) Meta-analysis of clinical data using human meiotic genes identifies a novel cohort of highly restricted marker genes. Oncotarget 3: 843-853

Feichtinger, J.A., McFarlane, R.J., Larcombe, L.D. (2012) CancerMA: a web-based tool for automatic meta-analysis of public cancer microarray data. Database doi: 10.1093/database/bas055.

Anil Shirsat

G. Merkouropoulos and A.H. Shirsat (2012) Histochemical map of the ectopic expression of the /Arabidopsis atExt1 /extensin gene in transgenic tobacco.
Genetics and Molecular Research 11 (3): 1830-1840 (2012)

C. Freeman, N. Fenner and A.H. Shirsat (2012) – Peatland geoengineering: an alternative approach to terrestrial carbon sequestration. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (A) 370, p4404-4421.

Roger Thorpe

Thorpe, R.S., Surget-Groba, and Y. Johansson, H. (2012) Quantitative traits and mode of speciation in Martinique anoles. Molecular Ecology. 21:5299–5308.

Surget-Groba, Y, H Johansson, RS. Thorpe. (2012) Synergy between Allopatry and Ecology in Population Differentiation and Speciation. International Journal of Ecology. Volume 2012, Article ID 273413, 10 pages. doi:10.1155/2012/27341

Deri Tomos

Brittain, SR,Cox, AG, Tomos, AD, Paterson, Siripinyanond, A, McLeod, CW (2012) Chemical speciation studies on DU contaminated soils using flow field flow
fractionation linked to inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
(FlFFF-ICP-MS). Journal of Environmental Monitoring 14 782-790

George Turner

Genner, M.J. and Turner, G.F. (2012) Ancient hybridisation and phenotypic novelty within Lake Malawi's cichlid fish radiation. Molecular Biology and Evolution 29:195-206.

Jane Wakeman

J Feichtinger, I Aldeailej, R Knight, M Almutairi, A Almatrafi, N Alsiwiehri, K Griffiths, N Stuart, JA Wakeman, L Larcombe, RJ McFarlane (2012) Analysis of human meiotic genes identifies a novel, clinically relevant sub-group of the cancer testis gene family, the meiCT genes (submitted).

Wakeman JA, Hmadcha A, Soria B, McFarlane RJ. (2012) The immortal strand hypothesis: still non-randomly segregating opinions. Biomolecular Concepts (3: 230-211).

Sarkar D, Shields B, Davies ML, Müller J, Wakeman JA. (2012) Brachyury confers cancer stem cell characteristics on colorectal cancer cells. Int J Cancer. Jan 15;130(2):328-37

Simon Webster

Webster, S.G., Keller, R. and Dircksen, H. (2012) The CHH-superfamily of multifunctional peptide hormones controlling crustacean metabolism, osmoregulation, moulting and reproduction. General and Comparative Endocrinology 175:217-233

Nia Whiteley

McGaw, I. J., and Whiteley, NM. (2012). Effects of acclimation and acute temperature change on specific dynamic action and gastric processing in the green shore crab, Carcinus maenas. J Thermal Biol 37:570-578.

Wolfgang Wüster

Casewell, N.R., Huttley, G.A. and Wüster W. (2012) Dynamic evolution of venom proteins in squamate reptiles. Nature Communications, 3:1-10.

Barlow, A., Grail, W., de Bruyn, M. and Wüster, W. (2012) Anonymous nuclear markers for the African adders (Serpentes: Viperidae: Bitis). Conservation Genetics Resources, 4:967-969.

Fry, B.G.,, Casewell, N.R., Wüster, W., Vidal, N., Young, B. and Jackson, T.N.W. (2012) The structural and functional diversiﬁcation of the Toxicofera reptile venom system. Toxicon, 60:434-448.

Richards, D.P., Barlow, A. and Wüster, W. (2012) Venom lethality and diet: Differential responses of natural prey and model organisms to the venom of the saw-scaled vipers (Echis), Toxicon, 59:110-116.

Books and books chapters

Mark de Bruyn

de Bruyn, M., von Rintelen, K., von Rintelen, T., Mather, P.B. and Carvalho, G.R. (2012) Molecular biogeography and phylogeography of the freshwater fauna of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. pp. 316-347 In: Biotic Evolution and Environmental Change in SouthEast Asia (Gower, D.J., Johnson, K.G., Richardson, J.E., Rosen, B., Ruber, L. and Williams, S.T., eds). Systematics Association Special Volume, Cambridge University Press, UK

Gary Carvalho

de Bruyn M, von Rintelen K, von Rintelen T, Mather PB, Carvalho GR. (2012) Molecular biogeography and phylogeography of the freshwater fauna of the Indo-Australian Archipelago, pp. 316-347. In: Biotic Evolution and Environmental Change in South East Asia (Gower, DJ, Johnson, GJ, Richardson, JE, Rosen, BR, Ruber, L & Willaums, ST (eds.). Systematics Association Volume- Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

Michael Knapp

Knapp, M.; Stiller, M.; Meyer, M. (2012): Generating Barcoded Libraries for Multiplex High-Throughput Sequencing. In: Ancient DNA: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 840, 155-170. (Shapiro,B. and Hofreiter, M., eds.), DOI 10.1007/978-1-61779-516-9_19, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012.

Ramsay McFarlane

Feichtinger, J., Thallinger, G.G., McFarlane, R.J., Larcombe, L. (2012) Microarray meta-analysis: from data to expression to biological relationships. In: Computational Medicine: Tools and Challenges (Ed. Z. Trajanoski), Springer (Vienna) Chpt 4, pgs. 59-77

Conference abstracts

Claudia Barros

Bossing T & Barros CS (2012) Extrinsic and intrinsic regulation of postembryonic neural stem cell development. Abstract and Poster 73. European Fly Neurobiology Meeting (Neurofly), Padua, Italy 3-7 September 2012.

Charles Bishop

Hawkes, L.A., Butler, P.J., Frappell, P., Meir, J.U., Milsom, W.K., Scott, G.R. and Bishop, C.M. (2012) Can bar-headed geese potentially fly over Mount Everest? Society for Experimental Biology (Salzburg, Austria; June 28-July 2) Abstract A13.11.

Torsten Bossing

Henk Braig

Perotti, M.A. and Braig, H.R. (2012) Sequencing of the Demodex genome.
Braig, H.R. and Perotti, M.A. (2012) Symbiotic bacteria, animals and man.
CSISP Research Centre for Public Health Proceedings (Valencia, Spain; September 13-16)

Braig, H.R. (2012) Is it mine? Ethical and other considerations regarding the manipulation of the human microbiome or human symbionts. EU COST Action Arthropod Symbiosis (St. Pierre d'Oleron, France June 12-13)

Braig, H.R. (2012) Several presentations. Synthetic Biology and Symbiosis. Co-organiser of EU COST Action Arthropod Symbiosis Workshop. (Valencia, Spain February 27-28)

Braig, H.R. and Perotti, M.A. (2012) Molecular tools to explore and analyse acarological evidence.

Perotti, M.A. and Braig, H.R. (2012) Mites as markers of stages of decomposition of human corpses and carcasses.
7th Symposium of the European Association of Acarologists (Vienna, Austria, July 9-13)

Perotti, M.A. and Braig, H.R. (2012) Forensic acarology. Animal, Plant and soil Traces Expert Working Group, ENFSI European Network of Forensic Institutes (Madrid, Spain, May 23-25)

Goselle, O.N., Antunes, C.S.R., Perotti, M.A. and Braig, H.R. (2012) Estimating the genome size of Demodex folliculorum: Pros and cons of using confocal microscopy. Biology of Host-Parasite Interactions Gordon Research Conference (Newport, RI, USA, June 10-15)

Mark de Bruyn

de Bruyn, M. et al. (2012) Freshwater Invertebrates of Southeast Asia: Biodiversity and Origin. FISA Workshop (Mahasarakham University, Thailand: July 30-Aug 4). Invited Keynote.

Simon Creer

Creer S. (2012). Novel insights of marine flatworm biodiversity derived from comparative metagenetics. International Flatworm Conference (Stockholm, Sweden; June 15th)

Creer S. (2012). Understanding marine microbial macroecology: contemporary biodiversity assessments of free-living microbial eukaryotes. Next Generation Sequencing Conference (Nottingham, UK; 29th August).

Malhotra, A., Creer, S., Thorpe, R.S., Favreau, P., Stocklin, R., and Harris, J.B. (2012). Exploring the treasure trove: Patterns of snake venom diversity from an evolutionary perspective. Proceedings, Venoms 2012: Bioactive compounds and Therapeutics. 1st Oxford World symposium on Venoms (Oxford, UK, September 18-20). Abstract:31.

Nathalie Fenner

Dunn, C., Fenner, N. & Freeman, C. (2012). Peatland-geoengineering schemes:
providing carbon credits and a 'Plan B' for the planet. British Ecological Society and IUCN UK Peatland Programme Symposium 2012, Investing in Peatlands - Demonstrating Success. Bangor, UK; 26-28th June.

Dunn, C., Fenner, N. & Freeman, C. (2012). An inconvenient wetland truth: the need to consider peatland-geoengineering schemes. 9th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference – Wetlands in a Complex World. Orlando, USA; 3-8th June.

West, M., Fenner, N. & Freeman, C. 2012. 'The use of Constructed Treatment Wetlands for Water Quality Improvements in Consevation Scenarios' British Ecological Society and IUCN UK Peatland Programme Symposium 2012, Investing in Peatlands - Demonstrating Success. Bangor, UK; 26-28th June

Chris Freeman

Cooper, M. D. A., Evans, C. D., Zielinski, P., Levy, P. E., Gray, A., Peacock, M., Fenner, N. & Freeman, C. 2012. 'Infilled ditches are hotspots of landscape methane flux following peatland restoration' British Ecological Society and IUCN UK Peatland Programme Symposium 2012, Investing in Peatlands - Demonstrating Success. Bangor, UK; 26-28th June

Dunn, C., Fenner, N. & Freeman, C. (2012). Peatland-geoengineering schemes:
providing carbon credits and a 'Plan B' for the planet. British Ecological Society and IUCN UK Peatland Programme Symposium 2012, Investing in Peatlands - Demonstrating Success. Bangor, UK; 26-28th June.

Dunn, C., Fenner, N. & Freeman, C. (2012). An inconvenient wetland truth: the need to consider peatland-geoengineering schemes. 9th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference – Wetlands in a Complex World. Orlando, USA; 3-8th June.

Peacock, M; Green, S.M; Baird, A.J; Evans, C.D; Freeman, C: Robinson, I; Smart, R; Holden, J; Chapman, P.J. 2012. Ditch blocking and dissolved organic carbon - not demonstrating success (yet!). British Ecological Society and IUCN UK Peatland Programme Symposium 2012, Investing in Peatlands - Demonstrating Success. Bangor, UK; 26-28th June.

Jones, T.G., Evans, C.D., Burden, A., Ostle, N., Zielinski, P., Oulehle, F., Cooper, M., and Freeman, C. (2012) Acidity controls on carbon and nitrogen cycling in organic soils: evidence from a 5 year field manipulation study. BIOGEOMON 2012: The 7th International Symposium on Ecosystem Behavior, Maine, USA. July 15-20th 2012.

Jones, T.G., Evans, C.D., Allott, T., Billett, M., Burden, A., Chapman, P., Dinsmore, K., Evans, M., Freeman C., Goulsbra, C., Holden, J., Jones, D.L., Moody, C., Palmer, S. and Worrall, F. (2012) Greenhouse gas emissions associated with non-gaseous losses of carbon from peatlands. BIOGEOMON 2012: The 7th International Symposium on Ecosystem Behavior, Maine, USA. July 15-20th 2012.

West, M., Fenner, N. & Freeman, C. 2012. 'The use of Constructed Treatment Wetlands for Water Quality Improvements in Consevation Scenarios' British Ecological Society and IUCN UK Peatland Programme Symposium 2012, Investing in Peatlands - Demonstrating Success. Bangor, UK; 26-28th June

Barrie Johnson

Hedrich, S. and Johnson, D.B. (2012) Selective recovery of metals from mine water using novel biomineralization technologies. Biohydrometallurgy'12 Proceedings (Falmouth, U.K.; June 17-20) Minerals Engineering International. Abstract 3.9

Johnson, D.B. (2012) Development and application of bioprocessing technologies in the metal mining industry. Proceedings of the 4th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress, Prague, Czech Republic. August 2012. Abstract #s641

Johnson, D.B. (2012) Microbially-mediated dissolution and synthesis of minerals
in extremely acidic environments. Symposium: Geomicrobiology and it significance for biosphere processes Symposium, University of Manchester, April 2012.

Johnson, D. B. (2012) On the ecology and physiology of acidophilic sulfate-reducing and iron-oxidizing bacteria. 1st Transnational Workshop on Genomics and Transcriptomics in Geomicrobiology and White Biotechnology. TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany. October 2012.

Anita Malhotra

Malhotra, A., Creer, S., Thorpe, R.S., Favreau, P., Stocklin, R., and Harris, J.B. (2012). Exploring the treasure trove: Patterns of snake venom diversity from an evolutionary perspective. Proceedings, Venoms 2012: Bioactive compounds and Therapeutics. 1st Oxford World symposium on Venoms (Oxford, UK, September 18-20). Abstract:31.

Malhotra, A., Thorpe, R.S., Wuster, W. (2012) Venomous snake diversity in South Asia: phylogeny, biogeography and systematics. TSICON 2012 Proceedings, (December 10-12, Mysore, India), National conference on snakebite management, Abstract 6.

James McDonald

Emma Ransom-Jones, Davey L. Jones and James E. McDonald. 'The Fibrobacteres: an important phylum of cellulose-degrading bacteria'. Molecular Microbial Ecology Group Meeting, University of East Anglia, 12th-13th December 2012.

Emma Ransom-Jones, Davey L. Jones and James E. McDonald. 'The Fibrobacteres: an important phylum of cellulose-degrading bacteria'. North West Microbiology Group Meeting, University of Liverpool, 20th September 2012.

Tracy L. Perkins, Katie Clements, Jaco H. Baas, Colin F. Jago , Davey L. Jones, Shelagh K. Malham, James E. McDonald 'The Role of Estuarine Sediments as a Reservoir for Pathogenic Microorganisms' Society for General Microbiology autumn conference, Warwick, 3rd-5th September 2012.

Emma Ransom-Jones, Davey L. Jones and James E. McDonald 'Characterisation of novel and uncultivated lineages within the cellulolytic bacterial phylum Fibrobacteres' Society for General Microbiology autumn conference, Warwick, 3rd-5th September 2012.

Ramsay McFarlane

Almobadel, N., Al-shehri, Z., Jaendling, A., McFarlane, R.J. (2012) A dicer-independent role for the RNA processor Translin in maintaining genome stability. Cell Press RNAi Symposium (Barecelona, December 2012).

Roger Thorpe

Malhotra, A., Creer, S., Thorpe, R.S., Favreau, P., Stocklin, R., and Harris, J.B. (2012). Exploring the treasure trove: Patterns of snake venom diversity from an evolutionary perspective. Proceedings, Venoms 2012: Bioactive compounds and Therapeutics. 1st Oxford World symposium on Venoms (Oxford, UK, September 18-20). Abstract:31.

Malhotra, A., Thorpe, R.S., Wuster, W. (2012) Venomous snake diversity in South Asia: phylogeny, biogeography and systematics. TSICON 2012 Proceedings, (December 10-12, Mysore, India), National conference on snakebite management, Abstract 6

Wolfgang Wüster

Barlow, A., Baker, K., Hendry, C., Peppin, L., Phelps, T., Tolley, K., and Wüster, W. (2012) Retracing Pleistocene refugial isolation in southern Africa: a case study of the widespread African puff adder (Bitis arietans). World Congress of Herpetology Abstract Book (Vancouver, Canada; August 8-14), p. 41.

Bates, M., Broadley, D., Barlow, A., Wüster, W., and Tolley, K. (2012) Taxonomy and distribution of the African egg-eating snakes of the genus Dasypeltis. World Congress of Herpetology Abstract Book (Vancouver, Canada; August 8-14), p. 43.

Wüster, W., Hall, C., and Barlow, A. (2012) Comparative phylogeography of widespread African snakes: is there a pattern? World Congress of Herpetology Abstract Book (Vancouver, Canada; August 8-14), p. 795.

Casewell, N.R., Wüster, W., Wagsatff, S.C., Renjifo, C., Richardson, M.K., Vonk, F.J. and Harrison, R.A. (2012) The origin and evolution of metalloproteinases in the venom of snakes. 17th World Congress of the International-Society-on-Toxinology (IST)/Venom Week/4th International Scientific Symposium on All Things Venomous Honolulu, HI, USA; July 08-13). Toxicon, 60: 119.

Malhotra, A., Thorpe, R.S., Wuster, W. (2012) Venomous snake diversity in South Asia: phylogeny, biogeography and systematics. TSICON 2012 Proceedings, (December 10-12, Mysore, India), National conference on snakebite management, Abstract 6

Simon Webster

Wilcockson, D.C., Zhang, L., Hastings, M.H., Kyriacou, C. and Webster, S.G. (2012) Molecular analysis of circadian and tidal rhythms in the intertidal crustacean, Eurydice pulchra. Society for Research on Biological Rhythms (Sandestin, Florida; May 2012) Abstract P203

Nia Whiteley

Whiteley, N. M., Crichton, R. and Rastrick, S. P. S. (2012). Influence of latitudinal thermal gradients on rates of protein synthesis and metabolism in gammarid amphipods. Society for Experimental Biology (Salzburg June 29- July 2). Abstract A9.6.

Whiteley, N. M., Mackenzie, C. L., Nicholls, R. E., Patton, R. L. Lee, D., McCarthy, I. D. and Malham, S. K. (2012). Physiological effects of elevated temperature and ocean acidification in two commercially important shellfish species from the Irish Sea. Living in a High CO2 World (Monterey Sept 24-17).

Clara L. Mackenzie, C. L., Ormondroyd, G. A., Whiteley, N. M., Patton, R. L. and Malham, S. K. (2012). Effects of future ocean acidification and warming on biomineralization in a commercial shellfish species, the blue mussel Mytilus edulis L. Living in a High CO2 World (Monterey Sept 24-17).

Rastrick, S.P.S., Calosi, P., Findlay, H., Graham, H., Godbold, J., Hauton, C., Queiros, A., Solan, M., Spicer, J., Whiteley, N.M. and Widdicombe, S. (2012) Determining the resilience of ecologically-important intertidal invertebrates to elevated CO2 and temperature: physiological responses and energetic trade-offs. Living in a High CO2 World (Monterey Sept 24-17).