Description
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) 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. In this flourishing era of high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics, functional genomics is an increasingly important tool for understanding disease responses. Here, I will explore how transcriptomic approaches have improved our understanding of wildlife disease epidemics (amphibian chytridiomycosis) and disease risks in managed animals (aquaculture stress). Finally, I will demonstrate how “unexpected” results of an RNAseq study led to my latest research on chronoparasitology- the study of circadian rhythms of hosts and their parasites.| Period | 2 Mar 2021 |
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| Event title | European Meeting of Students in Evolutionary Biology 26 |
| Event type | Conference |
| Degree of Recognition | International |