Xav Harrison
@XavHarrison
Molecular ecologist at the University of Exeter. Migration & gut microbiomes; disease ecology; metagenomics & #Rstats. 🦢 🐸 🪰 🦡
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Are you interested in the link between #pathogen emergence, #microbiomes, and global change?We wrote a review on that! Disturbed landscapes promote microbiome-to-pathobiome transitions, communities with accelerated rates of pathogen evolution. shorturl.at/SX7Qh
I have recently joined the editorial board of @npjAMR We are currently welcoming submissions to a collection on the topic of "Water Testing: Antimicrobial Resistance in Water" led by @hollytipper nature.com/collections/bj… #AMR
Cool looking job !
We're searching for a database and lab manager to work at U Notre Dame on the Amboseli Baboons! Please circulate and apply! 🐵🖥️🐵🖥️ docs.google.com/document/d/1nd…
What a job! 5 year independent fellowship at Cambridge University in ecology and conservation. jobs.ac.uk/job/DKK149/cla…
* NEW #PhD * #Evolution #Ecology of Immune #Senesence in Wild Badgers with me, @B_Tschirren and our brilliant collaborators @ APHA, at @UniExeCEC in Cornwall. 50 year data sets+immune analyses. PLEASE SHARE! See animalsocieties.org and apply here: exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/…
Interested in urban ecology? I have a PhD position available as part of the @IapetusDTP program. We want to integrate GPS tracking with metabarcoding to understand the movements and diet of urban Tawny owls. See thread for project link, and contact me if interested pls retweet!
New PhD opportunity: harnessing real-world network experiments to aid prediction of how natural social systems will respond to change & perturbations, using 🐦 @WythamTits yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/under… feel free to get in touch for more info. Please share!
Meta-analysis of >100 ectothermic animal host-pathogen systems, by @lijingdioo @kaylacking &co, reveals importance of #pathogen taxa, thermal optima & evolutionary history in determining impact of #ClimateChange on infection outcome #PLOSBiology plos.io/4fVUkkP
Come and do a PhD with me and Jeremy Field @UniExeCEC, looking at microbiome and pathogen dynamics in pollinator species! Funded by @SWBio_DTP Do get in touch with any questions bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristol.… Photo (Credit) James Johnstone

Super interesting look at microbiome dynamics in captive-reared frogs - super relevant for conservation, & some translocation work in Costa Rica that Rob Puschendorf and I are writing up.
If you're interested in bacterial and fungal skin #microbiomes of amphibians, we have a new paper out in @molecology looking at how these assemblages change and interact during field release in captive reared frogs: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… 🐸
If you're interested in bacterial and fungal skin #microbiomes of amphibians, we have a new paper out in @molecology looking at how these assemblages change and interact during field release in captive reared frogs: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… 🐸
I have a really exciting PhD opportunity on a highly novel topic: flow state in animals! This is open to students worldwide, drawing on the University of Bristol's strengths in animal cognition, animal welfare and human game design lnkd.in/eJZ4U3jt