The University of Sheffield
Molecular Ecology Laboratory

Personnel

Molecular Ecology Laboratory members, July 2010

Molecular Ecology Laboratory members, July 2010
From left to right:

Deborah Dawson, Jim Mills, Jon Slate, Lindsay Farrell (V), Celine Pagnier, Lindsey Holland (V), Rachel Tucker (V), Robert Ekblom, Marie Chadburn, Gavin Horsburgh, Hannah Dugdale, Kang-Wook Kim, Elske Schutt (V), Alain Frantz, Joanna Kochan (V), Steph Hodges, Alexandre Mestre (V), Roger Butlin, Maria-Elena Manarelli, Toby Fountain, Anna Santure, Sophie Webster, Julia Reger, Emily Brown, Terry Burke;
Kneeling: Andy Krupa, Juan Galindo, Camille Jan (V)

(V) denotes visitors to the laboratory
Professor Terry Burke Head of Laboratory
Director, NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility (NBAF)
Professor of Molecular Ecology		 t.a.burke@sheffield.ac.uk 0114 222 0096
Professor Roger Butlin Professor of Evolutionary Biology r.k.butlin@sheffield.ac.uk 0114 222 0097
Dr Jon Slate Reader in Evolutionary Genetics j.slate@sheffield.ac.uk 0114 222 0048

Dr Deborah Dawson Co-ordinator of the NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility - Sheffield (NBAF-S) d.a.dawson@sheffield.ac.uk 0114 222 0106
Andy Krupa Chief Laboratory Technician
Population genetics and genomics
 a.krupa@sheffield.ac.uk 0114 222 0108

Sanad Alfadala
(2011-
 Graduate student
(Supervisor: Dr J Slate)
 Egyptian spiny mouse population genetics 0114 222 0112

bop10sma@sheffield.ac.uk
Laura Brettell
(2010-		 Research Technician
(Supervisor: Prof R Butlin, M Boots, Dr S Martin)
 Evolution of Honeybee viral pathogens 0114 223 0013

l.brettell@sheffield.ac.uk
Emily Brown
(2008-		 Graduate Student
(Supervisor: Dr J Slate)
 The selection and evolution of parasite resistance genes in a free-living mammal population 0114 222 0113

bop08eab@sheffield.ac.uk
Isabelle de Cauwer
(2011-		 Postdoctoral Associate
(Supervisor: Dr J Slate)		 Great tit evolutionary genomics 0114 222 0112

i.decauwer@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Ludovic Duvaux
(2011-		 Postdoctoral Associate
(Supervisor: Prof R K Butlin)		 Chemosensory genes and host-associated speciation in aphids 0114 222 0112

l.duvaux@sheffield.ac.uk
Echo Yu-Hsun Hsu
2011-2014		 Graduate Student
(co supervisor Prof T A Burke)		 The Benefits and Costs of Extra-pair Paternity  
Sarah Fellows
(2009-		 Graduate Student
(Supervisors: Dr Rhonda Snook, Prof T A Burke)
 Sexual selection and the rapid evolution of reproductive genes 0114 222 0092

bop08sf@sheffield.ac.uk
Toby Fountain
(2009-		 Graduate Student
(Supervisors: Prof R K Butlin, Dr Klaus Reinhardt)
 Global Bedbug Spread: planes, genes and insecticides. 0114 222 0113

t.fountain@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Juan Galindo
(2007-		 Postdoctoral Associate
(Supervisors: Prof R Butlin and Dr J Slate)


 Adaptation and barriers to gene flow in the marine snail Littorina saxatilis. 0114 222 0112

j.galindo@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Emma Gregson
(2010-		 Postdoctoral Associate
(Supervisor: Prof R K Butlin)		 Nest mate recognition system in the narrow headed ant Formica exsecta 0114 222 0108

e.gregson@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Gavin Horsburgh
(2006-		 Postdoctoral Associate
(Supervisor: Prof T A Burke)		 Research Assistant for the NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility - Sheffield (NBAF-S)
 0114 222 0108

g.horsburgh@sheffield.ac.uk
Jamie Hutchison
(2007-		 Graduate Student
(Supervisor: Prof R K Butlin)
 Searching for speciation genes in a grasshopper hybrid zone 0114 222 0108

j.hutchison@sheffield.ac.uk
Ben Jackson
(2011-		 Research Assistant
(Supervisor Prof R K Butlin)		 Adaptation and barriers to gene flow in the marine snail Littorina saxatilis. 0114 2220112

b.jackson@sheffield.ac.uk
Claudius Kerth
(2009-		 Graduate Student
(Supervisor: Prof R K Butlin)

 Understanding the evolutionary origin of biological diversity. 0114 222 0108

c.kerth@sheffield.ac.uk
Kang-Wook Kim
(2008-		 Graduate Student
(Supervisor: Prof T A Burke)

 Plumage patterns of Gouldian finch Chloebia gouldiae 0114 222 0108

k.kim@sheffield.ac.uk
Filipa Martins
(2011)		 Visiting Student from the University of Lisbon, Portugal (Leonardo Scholarship)

 Genetic analysis of the Australia Brush-turkey (Alectura lathami) 0114 222 0108

filipamsmartins@hotmail.com
Maria Elena Mannarelli
(2004-		 Research Technician
(Supervisor: Prof T A Burke)		 Population genetics and genomics 0114 222 0108

m.mannarelli@sheffield.ac.uk
Celine Pagnier
(2007-		 NBAF Secretary Secretary for the NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility (NBAF) 0114 222 4314

c.pagnier@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Anna Santure
(2009-		 Postdoctoral Associate
(Supervisor: Dr J Slate)
 Microevolution in a long term, individual-based study of great tits 0114 222 0112

A.Santure@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Julia Schroeder
(2009-		 Postdoctoral Associate
(Supervisor: Prof T A Burke)		 House sparrow genetics 0114 222 0112

julia.schroeder@sheffield.ac.uk
Rachel Tucker
(2011-		 Research Technician
(Supervisor: Dr J Slate)
 SNP genotyping in crickets, birds and stalk-eyed flies 0114 222 0108

r.tucker@sheffield.ac.uk
Sophie Webster
(2009-		 Graduate Student
(Supervisors: Prof R K Butlin and Dr J Grahame, (University of Leeds))
 Selection for local adaptation and the genetics of differentiation 0114 222 0106

sophie.webster@sheffield.ac.uk
Robert White
(2011)		 MBiolSci Student
(Supervisor Prof T A Burke)		 Mate choice based on MHC in the house sparrow 0114 2220108

boa07rw@sheffield.ac.uk
Isabel Winney
(2011-)		 Graduate Student
(Supervisor Prof T A Burke)