Qualifications
- PhD: Evolutionary ecology of pine-mycorrhizal interactions in the Caledonian pinewoods of Scotland
University of Edinburgh, 2016–2020 - MSc: Computational Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Imperial College London, 2015–2016 - BSc: Plant Biology, First Class
University of Aberdeen, 2010–2014
Publications
2025
- PublishedEvaluating agar-plating and dilution-to-extinction isolation methods for generating oak-associated microbial culture collections
Ordonez Ordonez, A., Hussain, U., Cambon, M., Golyshin, P., Downie, J. & McDonald, J., 11 Feb 2025, In: ISME Communications. 5, 1, ycaf019.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2021
- PublishedLocation, but not defensive genotype, determines ectomycorrhizal community composition in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) seedlings
Downie, J., Taylor, A. F. S., Iason, G., Moore, B., Silvertown, J., Cavers, S. & Ennos, R., 1 May 2021, In: Ecology and Evolution. 11, 9, p. 4826-4842 17 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2020
- PublishedHeritable genetic variation but no local adaptation in a pine-ectomycorrhizal interaction
Downie, J., Silvertown, J., Cavers, S. & Ennos, R., 1 May 2020, In: Mycorrhiza. 30, 2-3, p. 185-195 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review