Professor Simon Creer
Professor of Molecular Ecology
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I am interested in using contemporary molecular tools to address diverse questions focusing on biodiversity, ecology and evolution. This is a particularly exciting time in the field of molecular ecology, since advances in DNA sequencing throughput have recently offered a paradigm shift in our ability to assess previously intractable functional and taxonomic biodiversity at an unprecedented scale, augmenting existing biodiversity fields and empowering others. Using such technologies, I am testing a range of hypotheses regarding the alpha and beta functional and taxonomic diversity of macro-, meio- and microbial communities (e.g. microbiomes) in space and time, based on genomic, community and environmental DNA (eDNA). Focal habitats have included estuarine, coastal and deep sea environments with an increasing focus now on freshwater, terrestrial, whole organisms and the aerial biosphere in order to understand the drivers of diversity in natural communities and also how diversity is linked with ecological function, trophic relationships, environmental and human health. Current additional activities include phylogenomics, population genetics, life history evolution, polyploidy, pollination genomics.
Any funded Fellowship, postgraduate or postdoctoral positions will be advertised on the group website/social media feeds, but we also welcome enquiries from candidates seeking their own funding mechanisms, to develop future research collaborations.
Email: s.creer@bangor.ac.uk
Phone: +44(0)1248 382302
Address: School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK
URL: http://mefgl.bangor.ac.uk/staff/si.php
Twitter: @SiCreerProf
Investigating fitness consequences of hybridisation between farmed and wild Atlantic salmon
Awdur: Harvey, A., Ion 2016Goruchwylydd: Carvalho, G. (Goruchwylydd), Creer, S. (Goruchwylydd), Glover, K. (Unigolyn allanol) (Goruchwylydd) & Taylor, M. I. (Unigolyn allanol) (Goruchwylydd)
Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Doethur mewn Athroniaeth
Genomic Tools for Conservation and Management of Manta and Devil Rays (Mobula Spp.)
Awdur: Hosegood, J., 25 Chwef 2020Goruchwylydd: Carvalho, G. (Goruchwylydd), Creer, S. (Goruchwylydd), Ogden, R. (Unigolyn allanol) (Goruchwylydd) & De Bruyn, M. (Goruchwylydd)
Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Doethur mewn Athroniaeth
Investigating the foraging preferences of the honeybee, Apis mellifera L., using DNA metabarcoding
Awdur: Jones, L., 22 Ebr 2020Goruchwylydd: Creer, S. (Goruchwylydd) & De Vere, N. (Unigolyn allanol) (Goruchwylydd)
Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Doethur mewn Athroniaeth
Investigating floral resource use by pollinators using pollen DNA metabarcoding
Awdur: Lowe, A., 13 Meh 2022Goruchwylydd: Creer, S. (Goruchwylydd) & de Vere, N. (Unigolyn allanol) (Goruchwylydd)
Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Doethur mewn Athroniaeth
From morphology to microbiome: common garden studies in wild, farmed and hybrid Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).
Awdur: Perry, W., 12 Awst 2020Goruchwylydd: Carvalho, G. (Goruchwylydd), Creer, S. (Goruchwylydd), Glover, K. A. (Unigolyn allanol) (Goruchwylydd), Solberg, M. F. (Unigolyn allanol) (Goruchwylydd), Llewellyn, M. (Goruchwylydd) & Taylor, M. I. (Unigolyn allanol) (Goruchwylydd)
Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Doethur mewn Athroniaeth
Complementary uses of stable isotope and dietary metabarcoding analyses for trophic web determination in freshwater and estuarine tropical fishes
Awdur: Pillay, K., 29 Medi 2023Goruchwylydd: Creer, S. (Goruchwylydd), Fenner, N. (Goruchwylydd), Milner, N. (Goruchwylydd), Urakawa, H. (Unigolyn allanol) (Goruchwylydd) & Parsons, M. (Unigolyn allanol) (Goruchwylydd)
Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Doethur mewn Athroniaeth
Using high-throughput sequencing to investigate microbial mechanisms underlying drought-driven carbon release from peatlands
Awdur: Potter, C., Ion 2016Goruchwylydd: Creer, S. (Goruchwylydd)
Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Doethur mewn Athroniaeth
Detection of an invasive, semi-aquatic mammal: development of an environmental DNA assay and comparison to a conventional method
Awdur: Pugh, B., 24 Hyd 2022Goruchwylydd: Creer, S. (Goruchwylydd) & Shannon, G. (Goruchwylydd)
Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Graddau Meistr trwy Ymchwil
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Oviposition site selection by Anopheles gambiae sensu lato (Diptera: Culicidae) at coastal sites in Kenya
Awdur: Roberts, S., Ion 2017Goruchwylydd: Steele, K. (Goruchwylydd) & Creer, S. (Goruchwylydd)
Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Doethur mewn Athroniaeth
Monitoring and analysis of the structure, function and biodiversity of soils
Awdur: Seaton, F., 8 Meh 2020Goruchwylydd: Jones, D. (Goruchwylydd), Robinson, D. (Unigolyn allanol) (Goruchwylydd) & Creer, S. (Goruchwylydd)
Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Doethur mewn Athroniaeth