Ian Wilson
Research Officer
Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Laboratory
Bangor University
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr Ian Wilson is a Research Officer for Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Laboratory Education 2010 - 2015: Postgraduate Degree in Genomics at the University of Liverpool, UK. Thesis title: ‘Comparative genomic analyses of Entamoeba species’ 2006 – 2009: Undergraduate Degree in Microbiology at the University of Liverpool, UK. Research experience and training 2013: Genomatix workshop (University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK): 2 day software training workshop covering a web-based assembly, mapping and variant detection programme. 2011: IGS Genomics Workshop (University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA): 5 day workshop covering multiple genomics pipelines and processes, including: Assembly, Gene Finding, Functional Annotation, Gene Ontology, Comparative Genomics, Expression Analysis, Metagenomics, and Pipeline creation and management. 2010: Research Assistant in Microbiology department (University of Liverpool, UK): Investigated microbial regrowth in treated sewage using a range of microbiological and molecular biological techniques I completed my undergraduate degree in Microbiology at the University of Liverpool in 2009, before taking on a Research Assistant role in the same department. This job involved working on a KTP project with United Utilities as part of a small team investigating the efficiency of current sewage treatment techniques. Our work made use of microbiology, molecular biology and genetics techniques.
Research Interest
protozoon genus Entamoeba confirmed or suspected of parasitising human hosts and causing the disease amoebiasis
Publications
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Wilson IW, Weedall GD, Goodhead IB, D’Amore R, Paterson S & Hall N. Intra-species comparative analysis of diversity in Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba moshkovskii[manuscript in preparation]
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Wilson IW, Weedall GD, Lorenzi H, Howcroft T, Hon C-C, Deloger M et al. Lineage-specific gene family expansions in members of the Entamoeba genus [manuscript in preparation]
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Wilson IW, Weedall GD & Hall N. Host-Parasite interactions in Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar: what have we learned from their genomes? Parasite Immunology 2012; 34: 90–99.
