Barbara Tschirren
@btschirren.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Evolutionary Ecology at the University of Exeter (Cornwall). Interested in the ecology & evolution of health and disease, life history evolution, cross-generational effects, and more. 🐭🐣🐦🦡🦟🦠🧪🧬🌻🐈🐓⛰️
The project is ideal for candidates excited by fundamental evolutionary questions at the intersection of wildlife disease ecology, genomics, and immunology. You will have significant freedom to develop the project in directions that match your interests and strengths. 🔬🧪🐭
NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship | University of Exeter
About the PartnershipThis project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the NERC Great Western Four+ Doctoral Training Partnership (GW4+ DTP).
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November 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The project is ideal for candidates excited by fundamental evolutionary questions at the intersection of wildlife disease ecology, genomics, and immunology. You will have significant freedom to develop the project in directions that match your interests and strengths. 🔬🧪🐭
You will combine whole-genome resequencing 🧬 and pathogen screening 🦠 to test how fluctuating selection and antagonistic pleiotropy shape genetic diversity, with a special focus on the trade-off between resistance and autoimmune disease risk / immunopathology.
November 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
You will combine whole-genome resequencing 🧬 and pathogen screening 🦠 to test how fluctuating selection and antagonistic pleiotropy shape genetic diversity, with a special focus on the trade-off between resistance and autoimmune disease risk / immunopathology.
This PhD project aims to uncover the evolutionary forces that maintain genetic variation in disease susceptibility in natural populations, using bank voles 🐭 (Myodes glareolus) as a model.
November 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This PhD project aims to uncover the evolutionary forces that maintain genetic variation in disease susceptibility in natural populations, using bank voles 🐭 (Myodes glareolus) as a model.
Reposted by Barbara Tschirren
Next - understanding the dynamics of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Gamebirds (lead supervisor @btschirren.bsky.social ) Funded by @swbiodtp.bsky.social
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November 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Next - understanding the dynamics of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Gamebirds (lead supervisor @btschirren.bsky.social ) Funded by @swbiodtp.bsky.social
bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo...
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Reposted by Barbara Tschirren
First up - understanding how the host microbiome can shape prevalence and severity of infection with Mycobacterium bovis in wild European Badgers, funded by @swbiodtp.bsky.social
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Co-supervised by @btschirren.bsky.social
#mycobacterium #badger #melesmeles
bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo...
Co-supervised by @btschirren.bsky.social
#mycobacterium #badger #melesmeles
November 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
First up - understanding how the host microbiome can shape prevalence and severity of infection with Mycobacterium bovis in wild European Badgers, funded by @swbiodtp.bsky.social
bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo...
Co-supervised by @btschirren.bsky.social
#mycobacterium #badger #melesmeles
bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo...
Co-supervised by @btschirren.bsky.social
#mycobacterium #badger #melesmeles