Dylan Childs
NERC Research Fellow
Animal and Plant Sciences
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom
Biography
Lecturer, Sheffield University (2016-present) NERC Research Fellow, Sheffield University (2008-2016) Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Sheffield University (2006-2008) Welcome Funded PDRA, Sheffield University (2005-2006) Equities Trader, Circe Trading (2003-2005) PhD Population Biology, Imperial College (1999-2003)
Research Interest
I am a population biologist with interests at both the pure and applied ends of the spectrum. I follow an interdisciplinary approach, developing data-driven models to understand population dynamics and natural selection in laboratory and free-living animal and plant populations. I am particularly keen to understand how demographic, environmental and ecological processes interact to influence these processes. I also develop theory and methods for modelling and analysis of structured populations.
Publications
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Ellner, Rees. Integral Projection Models for Species with Complex Demography. The American Naturalist [Internet]. JSTOR; 2006;167(3):410.
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Griffiths JI, Warren PH, Childs DZ. Multiple environmental changes interact to modify species dynamics and invasion rates. Oikos [Internet]. Wiley-Blackwell; 2014 Sep 30;124(4):458–68.
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Moyle LA, Blanc E, Jaka O, Prueller J, Banerji CR, Tedesco FS, Harridge SD, Knight RD, Zammit PS. Ret function in muscle stem cells points to tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Elife. 2016 Nov 14;5:e11405. "
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Mitchell CA, Poland SP, Seyforth J, Nedbal J, Gelot T, Huq T, Holst G, Knight RD, Ameer-Beg SM. Functional in vivo imaging using fluorescence lifetime light-sheet microscopy. Optics Letters. 2017 Apr 1;42(7):1269-72.
