Dr Jim Downie

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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

PublishedMicrobial communities in semi-mature oak trees are resilient to drought, nutrient limitation, and pathogen challenge
Hussain, U., Cambon, M. C., Crampton, B., Subramaniam, S., Kajamuhan, A., Ordoñez, A., Downie, J., Finch, J., Beckmann, M., Brown, N., Elison, A., Brady, C., Vanguelova, E., Denman, S. & McDonald, J. E., 11 Feb 2026, In: Cell host & microbe. 34, 2, p. 344-358.e5 344-358.
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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.
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PublishedPeptide nucleic acid (PNA) clamps reduce amplification of host chloroplast and mitochondria rRNA gene sequences and increase detected diversity in 16S rRNA gene profiling analysis of oak-associated microbiota
Hussain, U., Downie, J., Ellison, A., Denman, S., McDonald, J. & Cambon, M. C., 28 Jan 2025, In: Environmental Microbiome. 20, 14.
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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.
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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.
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