James McMurtrie
Postgraduate Researcher
Biosciences
University of Exeter
Geoffrey Pope Building
Stocker Road
Exeter EX4 4QD
- Media Enquiries
- McMurtrie J et al., 2022 Relationships between pond water and tilapia skin microbiomes in aquaculture ponds in Malawi. Aquaculture
- McMurtrie J, Verner-Jeffreys DW, Cochrane-Dyet T, White P and others (2019) Health assessment of the cleaner fish ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta from the British south-west coast. Dis Aquat Org 136:133-146.
- Twitter handle: @aqua_jamie
- Sustainable Aquaculture Futures
About me:
My broad research interest is microbial ecology in the context of aquatic environments and the spread of antimicrobial resistance. By applying a range of traditional biological, genomic and bioinformatic approaches it is possible to study the collective interactions between microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses and protists.
During my undergraduate degree I worked as a researcher for a year at Cefas (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science) to investigate the health of wild ballan wrasse that are used as cleaner fish in the Atlantic salmon farming industry. This research captured my interest in the field of aquaculture, leading me to pursue a PhD in Prof. Charles Tyler’s group in collaboration with Cefas and WorldFish, where I study the impact of antibiotics on microbiomes in aquaculture.
Qualifications:
2015 – 2019 BSc Biomedical Science with Industrial Placement, University of Bath
