Dr Amy Ellison

Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences

Contact info

Name
Dr Amy Ellison
Position
Lecturer in Biological Sciences
Email
a.ellison@bangor.ac.uk
Phone
+44(0)1248 388437
Location
School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK
  1. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    A neglected fish stressor: mechanical disturbance during transportation impacts susceptibility to disease in a globally important ornamental fish

    Masud, N., Ellison, A. & Cable, J., Apr 2019, In: Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 134, p. 25-32

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Artificial light and cloud cover interact to disrupt celestial migrations at night

    Burke, L., Davies, T. W., Wilcockson, D., Jenkins, S. & Ellison, A., Sept 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 943, 173790.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Bacillus indicus and Bacillus subtilis as alternative health and colouration promoters to synthetic astaxanthin in cyprinid aquaculture species.

    Baumgärtner, S., Creer, S., Jones, C., James, J. & Ellison, A., 15 Jan 2024, In: Aquaculture. 578, 740016.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Best of both worlds? Association between outcrossing and parasite loads in a selfing fish

    Ellison, A., Cable, J. & Consuegra, S., Oct 2011, In: Evolution. 65, 10, p. 3021-3026

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Choosy males could help explain androdioecy in a selfing fish

    Ellison, A., Jones, J., Inchley, C. & Consuegra, S., 1 Jun 2013, In: American Naturalist. 181, 6

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Chytrid fungus infection in zebrafish demonstrates that the pathogen can parasitize non-amphibian vertebrate hosts

    Liew, N., Moya, M. J. M., Wierzbicki, C. J., Hollinshead, M., Dillon, M. J., Thornton, C. R., Ellison, A., Cable, J., Fisher, M. C. & Mostowy, S., 20 Apr 2017, In: Nature Communications. 8, 15048.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Circadian dynamics of the teleost skin immune-microbiome interface

    Ellison, A., Wilcockson, D. & Cable, J., 16 Nov 2021, In: Microbiome. 9, 1, 18 p., 222.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Comparative transcriptomics reveal conserved impacts of rearing density on immune response of two important aquaculture species

    Ellison, A., Uren Webster, T. M., Rodriguez-Barreto, D., Garcia de Leaniz, C., Consuegra, S., Orozco-terWengel, P. & Cable, J., Sept 2020, In: Fish and Shellfish Immunology. 104, p. 192-201

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Conservation and divergence in the frog immunome: pyrosequencing and de novo assembly of immune tissue transcriptomes

    Savage, A. E., Kiemnec-Tyburczy, K. M., Ellison, A. R., Fleischer, R. C. & Zamudio, K. R., 1 Jun 2014, In: Gene. 542, 2, p. 98-108

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Cost of a deprived environment – increased intraspecific aggression and susceptibility to pathogen infections

    Masud, N., Ellison, A., Pope, E. & Cable, J., 22 Oct 2020, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 223, 20

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Crayfish plague affects juvenile survival and adult behaviour of invasive signal crayfish

    Thomas, J. R., Robinson, C., Mrugała, A., Ellison, A., Matthews, E., Griffiths, S., Consuegra, S. & Cable, J., May 2020, In: Parasitology. 147, 6, p. 706-714

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Daily patterns in parasite processes: diel variation in fish louse transcriptomes

    Hunt, R., Cable, J. & Ellison, A., Jul 2022, In: International Journal for Parasitology. 52, 8, p. 509-518 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Depletion of MHC supertype during domestication can compromise immunocompetence

    Smallbone, W., Ellison, A., Poulton, S., van Oosterhout, C. & Cable, J., Feb 2021, In: Molecular Ecology. 30, 3, p. 736-746

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Environmental DNA metabarcoding for fish diversity assessment in a macrotidal estuary: A comparison with established fish survey methods

    Gibson, T., Carvalho, G., Ellison, A., Gargiulo, E., Hatton-Ellis, T., Handley, L. L., Mariani, S., Collins, R. A., Sellers, G., Distaso, M., Zampieri, C. & Creer, S., 1 Nov 2023, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 294, 108522.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Environmental DNA reveals ecologically relevant spatial and temporal variation in fish assemblages between estuaries and seasons

    Gibson, T., Baillie, C., Collins, R. A., Wangensteen, O. S., Corrigan, L., Ellison, A., Heddell-Cowie, M., Westoby, H., Byatt, B., Lawson-Handley, L., Soto, A. Z., Creer, S., Genner, M. J. & Mariani, S., 1 Aug 2024, In: Ecological Indicators. 165, 112215.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  17. Environmental diel variation, parasite loads, and local population structuring of a mixed‐mating mangrove fish

    Ellison, A., Wright, P., Taylor, D. S., Cooper, C., Regan, K., Currie, S. & Consuegra, S., 19 Jun 2012, In: Ecology and Evolution. 2, 7

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  18. Epigenetic regulation of sex ratios may explain natural variation in self-fertilization rates

    Ellison, A., Rodriguez Lopez, C. M., Moran, P., Breen, J., Swain, M., Megias, M., Hegarty, M., Wilkinson, M., Pawluk, R. & Consuegra, S., 22 Nov 2015, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 282, 1819, 20151900.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. Fighting a Losing Battle: Vigorous Immune Response Countered by Pathogen Suppression of Host Defenses in the Chytridiomycosis-Susceptible Frog Atelopus zeteki

    Ellison, A. R., Savage, A. E., DiRenzo, G. V., Langhammer, P., Lips, K. R. & Zamudio, K. R., 1 Jul 2014, In: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 4, 7, p. 1275-1289

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  20. First in vivo Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis transcriptomes reveal mechanisms of host exploitation, host-specific gene expression, and expressed genotype shifts

    Ellison, A. R., DiRenzo, G. V., McDonald, C. A., Lips, K. R. & Zamudio, K. R., 1 Jan 2017, In: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 7, 1, p. 269-278

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Gene expression varies within and between enzootic and epizootic lineages of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in the Americas

    McDonald, C. A., Ellison, A., Toledo, L. F., James, T. Y. & Zamudio, K. R., Jan 2020, In: Fungal Biology. 124, 1, p. 34-43

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Genetic assimilation of ancestral plasticity during parallel adaptation to Zinc contamination in Silene uniflora

    Wood, D., Holmberg, J., Osborne, O., Helmstetter, A. J., Dunning, L. T., Ellison, A., Smith, R. J., Lighten, J. & Papadopulos, A. S. T., Mar 2023, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 7, 3, p. 414-423 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  23. Global change, parasite transmission and disease control: lessons from ecology

    Cable, J., Barber, I., Boag, B., Ellison, A. R., Morgan, E. R., Murray, K., Pascoe, E. L., Sait, S. M., Wilson, A. J. & Booth, M., 13 Mar 2017, In: Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 372, 1719, 20160088.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  24. Host allometry influences the evolution of parasite host-generalism: theory and meta-analysis

    Walker, J. G., Hurford, A., Cable, J., Ellison, A. R., Price, S. J. & Cressler, C. E., 5 May 2017, In: Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 372, 1719

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  25. Inbred and furious: negative association between aggression and genetic diversity in highly inbred fish

    Ellison, A., Garcia de Leaniz, C. & Consuegra, S., Apr 2013, In: Molecular Ecology. 22, 8, p. 2292-2300

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Insights into aphid prey consumption by ladybirds: Optimising field sampling methods and primer design for High Throughput Sequencing

    Ammann, L., Moorhouse-Gann, R., Bertrand, C., Mestre, L., Cuff, J., Perez Hidalgo, N., Ellison, A., Herzog, F., Entling, M., Albrecht, M. & Symondson, W. O. C., 1 Jul 2020, In: PLoS ONE. 15, 7, e0235054.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  27. Long-term cleaning patterns of the sharknose goby (Elacatinus evelynae)

    Dunkley, K., Ellison, A., Mohammed, R. S., van Oosterhout, C., Whittey, K. E., Perkins, S. E. & Cable, J., 1 Apr 2019, In: Coral Reefs. 38, 2, p. 321-330

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  28. Maintaining functional major histocompatibility complex diversity under inbreeding: the case of a selfing vertebrate

    Ellison, A., Allainguillaume, J., Girdwood, S., Pachebat, J., Peat, K. M., Wright, P. & Consuegra, S., 17 Oct 2012, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 279, 1749, p. 5004-5013

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Marine artificial light at night: An empirical and technical guide

    Tidau, S., Smyth, T., McKee, D., Wiedenmann, J., D'Angelo, C., Wilcockson, D., Ellison, A., Grimmer, A., Jenkins, S., Widdicombe, S., de Moura Queiros, A., Talbot, E., Wright, A. & Davies, T., Sept 2021, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12, 9, p. 1588-1601

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  30. More than Skin Deep: Functional Genomic Basis for Resistance to Amphibian Chytridiomycosis

    Ellison, A. R., Tunstall, T., DiRenzo, G. V., Hughey, M. C., Rebollar, E. A., Belden, L. K., Harris, R. N., Ibanez, R., Lips, K. R. & Zamudio, K. R., Jan 2015, In: Genome Biology and Evolution. 7, 1, p. 286-298

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Phylosymbiosis shapes skin bacterial communities and pathogen-protective function in Appalachian salamanders

    Osborne, O., Jiménez, R., Byrne, A., Gratwicke, B., Ellison, A. & Muletz-Wolz, C., 11 Jun 2024, In: The ISME Journal. 18, 1

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  32. Published

    RNA-Seq analysis of the guppy immune response against Gyrodactylus bullatarudis infection

    Konczal, M., Ellison, A., Phillips, K., Radwan, J., Mohammed, R., Cable, J. & Chadzinska, M., Dec 2020, In: Parasite Immunology. 42, 12, e12782.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  33. Published

    Restless nights when sick: ectoparasite infections alter rest-activity cycles of diurnal fish hosts

    Arapi, E., Reynolds, M., Ellison, A. & Cable, J., Mar 2024, In: Parasitology. 151, 3, p. 251-259 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  34. Published

    Saprolegnia parasitica zoospore activity and host survival indicates isolate variation in host preference

    Matthews, E., Ellison, A. & Cable, J., Apr 2021, In: Fungal Biology. 125, 4, p. 260-268

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  35. Published

    Shining a light on parasite behaviour: daily patterns of Argulus fish lice

    Hunt, R., Cable, J. & Ellison, A., 1 Jun 2021, In: Parasitology. 148, 7, p. 850-856 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  36. Published

    Temperature-mediated shifts in salamander transcriptomic responses to the amphibian-killing fungus

    Ellison, A., Zamudio, K. R., Lips, K. R. & Muletz-Wolz, C., 31 Jan 2020, In: Molecular Ecology. 29, 2, p. 325-343 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  37. Published

    The presence of territorial damselfish predicts choosy client species richness at cleaning stations

    Dunkley, K., Whittey, K. E., Ellison, A., Perkins, S. E., Cable, J. & Herbert-Read, J., 28 Mar 2023, In: Behavioral Ecology. 34, 2, p. 269-277 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  38. Published

    The supplementation of a prebiotic improves the microbial community in the gut and the skin of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

    Baumgärtner, S., James, J. & Ellison, A., 1 Aug 2022, In: Aquaculture Reports. 25, 101204.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  39. Transcriptomic response to parasite infection in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) depends on rearing density

    Ellison, A. R., Uren Webster, T. M., Rey, O., Garcia de Leaniz, C., Consuegra, S., Orozco-terWengel, P. & Cable, J., 1 Oct 2018, In: BMC Genomics. 19, 723.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  40. Editorial › Research › Peer-reviewed
  41. Balancing selection and the maintenance of MHC supertype variation in a selfing vertebrate

    Consuegra, S., Ellison, A., Allainguillaume, J., Pachebat, J., Peat, K. M. & Wright, P., 7 Mar 2013, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 280, 1754

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialpeer-review

  42. Review article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  43. Published

    Moving towards improved surveillance and earlier diagnosis of aquatic pathogens: from traditional methods to emerging technologies

    MacAulay, S., Ellison, A., Kille, P. & Cable, J., Sept 2022, In: Reviews in Aquaculture. 14, 4, p. 1813-1829 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

  44. Published

    One Health: Circadian Medicine Benefits Both Non-human Animals and Humans Alike

    Farag, H., Murphy, B., Templeman, J., Hanlon, C., Joshua, J., Koch, T., Niel, L., Shoveller, A., Bedecarrats, G., Ellison, A., Wilcockson, D. & Martino, T., 20 Feb 2024, In: Journal of Biological Rhythms. 39, 3, p. 237-269 33 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review