James Cotton
@jamesacotton.bsky.social
I try and do comparative and population genomics of neglected tropical disease (and some other) parasites, as part of @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
at the @uofglasgow.bsky.social
at the @uofglasgow.bsky.social
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Exciting PhD opportunity on the ecological impacts of anthelmintic use on soil fauna, with a crack supervisory team and expertise from @hutton.ac.uk, @uofglasgow.bsky.social and @moredunfoundation.bsky.social!
More info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
More info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Ecological impacts of anthelmintic usage on soil micro- and mesofaunal communities at The James Hutton Institute on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Ecological impacts of anthelmintic usage on soil micro- and mesofaunal communities at The James Hutton Institute, listed on FindAPhD.com
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November 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Exciting PhD opportunity on the ecological impacts of anthelmintic use on soil fauna, with a crack supervisory team and expertise from @hutton.ac.uk, @uofglasgow.bsky.social and @moredunfoundation.bsky.social!
More info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
More info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Come join us - we are recruiting a postdoc in phylodynamics and epidemiological modelling to join an exciting project on foot-and-mouth-disease virus in African buffalo
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
Please share widely!
#jobs #disease #ecology #evolution #phylodynamics
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Please share widely!
#jobs #disease #ecology #evolution #phylodynamics
Research Assistant/Associate
Job Purpose You will contribute to an international collaborative project entitled “Multi-scale infection dynamics from cells to landscapes: FMD in African buffalo”, working with Prof Roman Biek. T...
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November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Come join us - we are recruiting a postdoc in phylodynamics and epidemiological modelling to join an exciting project on foot-and-mouth-disease virus in African buffalo
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
Please share widely!
#jobs #disease #ecology #evolution #phylodynamics
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
Please share widely!
#jobs #disease #ecology #evolution #phylodynamics
This scheme funds PhD scholarships in Glasgow for black UK-domiciled students. I'm happy to support students interested in my research area, or try and help point potential applicants to more suitable supervisors if your interests don't quite match mine.
There is still time to apply for a James McCune Smith Scholarship! ⏰
The scholarships support Black UK-domiciled students to pursue PhD research at UofG in any area where we offer supervision.
Apply by 31 Jan 2025 ➡️ gla.ac.uk/scholarships...
The scholarships support Black UK-domiciled students to pursue PhD research at UofG in any area where we offer supervision.
Apply by 31 Jan 2025 ➡️ gla.ac.uk/scholarships...
University of Glasgow James McCune Smith PhD Scholarships for Black UK students
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November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This scheme funds PhD scholarships in Glasgow for black UK-domiciled students. I'm happy to support students interested in my research area, or try and help point potential applicants to more suitable supervisors if your interests don't quite match mine.
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Our lab has two funded PhDs to start in 2026 via the NorthWestBio programme
Project details here
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
...and here
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Application deadline is Nov 21st 2025; apply here:
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Project details here
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
...and here
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Application deadline is Nov 21st 2025; apply here:
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Understanding Pathogens, from Molecules to Phenotypes - Richard McCulloch
www.gla.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Our lab has two funded PhDs to start in 2026 via the NorthWestBio programme
Project details here
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
...and here
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Application deadline is Nov 21st 2025; apply here:
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Project details here
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
...and here
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Application deadline is Nov 21st 2025; apply here:
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
My colleague Roz Laing also has a veterinary parasitology project next year, investigating how epigenetics might be involved in mediating drug resistance in parasitic nematodes www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate....
University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Understanding Pathogens, from Molecules to Phenotypes - Roz Laing
www.gla.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
My colleague Roz Laing also has a veterinary parasitology project next year, investigating how epigenetics might be involved in mediating drug resistance in parasitic nematodes www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate....
#3 Developing improved molecular diagnostics for Cryptosporidium in drinking water, and using these (and some genomics) to understand sources of contamination. Led by Frank Katzer at Moredun and Willie Weir in Glasgow www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Animal Biology in Health & Disease - Willie Weir
www.gla.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
#3 Developing improved molecular diagnostics for Cryptosporidium in drinking water, and using these (and some genomics) to understand sources of contamination. Led by Frank Katzer at Moredun and Willie Weir in Glasgow www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
#2 - a project taking a comparative approach to DNA replication and plasticity/mutation in kinetoplastids, expanding work form the 'model' parasites to other kinetoplastid lineages, with Richard McCulloch and Sarah Allinson in Lancaster: www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Understanding Pathogens, from Molecules to Phenotypes - Richard McCulloch
www.gla.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM
#2 - a project taking a comparative approach to DNA replication and plasticity/mutation in kinetoplastids, expanding work form the 'model' parasites to other kinetoplastid lineages, with Richard McCulloch and Sarah Allinson in Lancaster: www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
I'm also co-supervising a few other projects:
#1: an inter-disciplinary project on chemical biology of Base-J in kinetoplastids, led by Glenn Burley @Strathclyde. We aim to develop some new chemical approaches and apply them to study kinetoplastid genetics.
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
#1: an inter-disciplinary project on chemical biology of Base-J in kinetoplastids, led by Glenn Burley @Strathclyde. We aim to develop some new chemical approaches and apply them to study kinetoplastid genetics.
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Underpinning Bioscience - Glenn A Burley
www.gla.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I'm also co-supervising a few other projects:
#1: an inter-disciplinary project on chemical biology of Base-J in kinetoplastids, led by Glenn Burley @Strathclyde. We aim to develop some new chemical approaches and apply them to study kinetoplastid genetics.
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
#1: an inter-disciplinary project on chemical biology of Base-J in kinetoplastids, led by Glenn Burley @Strathclyde. We aim to develop some new chemical approaches and apply them to study kinetoplastid genetics.
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
We have a PhD position in population genomics of sheep scab mites available from October 2026. The project will investigate Psoroptes populations in the context of eradication programs on Scottish island groups and spreading drug resistance. www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Animal Biology in Health & Disease - James Cotton
www.gla.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
We have a PhD position in population genomics of sheep scab mites available from October 2026. The project will investigate Psoroptes populations in the context of eradication programs on Scottish island groups and spreading drug resistance. www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Well done Lilly!
🏆BAVP ECR Winners of Best Introductory Presentation🏆
Victoria Allicock 🐐 @uofguelph.bsky.social
Lilly Atkins 🐮 @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Victoria Allicock 🐐 @uofguelph.bsky.social
Lilly Atkins 🐮 @uofglasgow.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Well done Lilly!
Well done Benedict!
🏆 BAVP ECR Winner of Best Research Presentation🏆
Benedict Karani-
‘Genome-wide analysis of T. circ from different treatment regimes reveals stronger selection for ivermectin resistance in frequently treated lambs’
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@uofglasgow.bsky.social
@moredunfoundation.bsky.social
Benedict Karani-
‘Genome-wide analysis of T. circ from different treatment regimes reveals stronger selection for ivermectin resistance in frequently treated lambs’
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@uofglasgow.bsky.social
@moredunfoundation.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Well done Benedict!
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We are recruiting!
Applications are open for Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in One Health Microbiology (Research & Teaching Track) grade 7/8/9.
To apply, visit www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/senior-l...
#worldchangerswelcome
Applications are open for Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in One Health Microbiology (Research & Teaching Track) grade 7/8/9.
To apply, visit www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/senior-l...
#worldchangerswelcome
Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in One Health Microbiology (Research & Teaching Track)
This is the job description for the Senior Lecturer Grade 9 level. Please note the role is available at a Lecturer Grade 7 and 8 level. Please refer to the separate lecturer Grade 7/8 job descripti...
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April 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We are recruiting!
Applications are open for Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in One Health Microbiology (Research & Teaching Track) grade 7/8/9.
To apply, visit www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/senior-l...
#worldchangerswelcome
Applications are open for Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in One Health Microbiology (Research & Teaching Track) grade 7/8/9.
To apply, visit www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/senior-l...
#worldchangerswelcome
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Academic colleagues, if we claim to value equity, and if it’s currently not safe for *some* of our colleagues to travel to the US for conferences, then should *any* of us be travelling to the US? Standing up for equity isn’t about our own convenience.
March 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Academic colleagues, if we claim to value equity, and if it’s currently not safe for *some* of our colleagues to travel to the US for conferences, then should *any* of us be travelling to the US? Standing up for equity isn’t about our own convenience.
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@mchshe.bsky.social Reading the Guardian this morning. You seem to be a good man. Your comment on powerlessness really resonated… I need to do more, and am fortunate enough to be able to make some small difference. Well done!
March 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
@mchshe.bsky.social Reading the Guardian this morning. You seem to be a good man. Your comment on powerlessness really resonated… I need to do more, and am fortunate enough to be able to make some small difference. Well done!
no worries - if i come across a good synthesis of the complex nematode ones I'll let you know. There is also trans-splicing in other flatworms, but not sure what the sequences are. It must be known in some e.g. Echinococcus and Hymenolepis, and probably Fasciola too.
February 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
no worries - if i come across a good synthesis of the complex nematode ones I'll let you know. There is also trans-splicing in other flatworms, but not sure what the sequences are. It must be known in some e.g. Echinococcus and Hymenolepis, and probably Fasciola too.
We're looking for a post-doc to work on anthelminthic resistance in a new pan-European project. It will involve generating and analysing targeted and whole-genome data from well-phenotyped livestock GIN populations.
Please get in touch if you have any questions.
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
Please get in touch if you have any questions.
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
Research Assistant/Research Associate (anthelmintic resistance management)
Job Purpose We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Assistant/Associate to contribute/make a leading contribution to the project ‘Anthelmogram: the next generation decision making tool for a...
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February 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We're looking for a post-doc to work on anthelminthic resistance in a new pan-European project. It will involve generating and analysing targeted and whole-genome data from well-phenotyped livestock GIN populations.
Please get in touch if you have any questions.
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
Please get in touch if you have any questions.
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
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New research paper from members of SBOHVM!
"Chromosomal genome assembly resolves drug resistance loci in the parasitic nematode Teladorsagia circumcincta"
Read here: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
"Chromosomal genome assembly resolves drug resistance loci in the parasitic nematode Teladorsagia circumcincta"
Read here: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Chromosomal genome assembly resolves drug resistance loci in the parasitic nematode Teladorsagia circumcincta
Author summary Understanding the genetics of anthelmintic resistance is a critical part of the sustainable control of parasitic worms. Here, we have generated a chromosome-scale genome assembly for th...
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February 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
New research paper from members of SBOHVM!
"Chromosomal genome assembly resolves drug resistance loci in the parasitic nematode Teladorsagia circumcincta"
Read here: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
"Chromosomal genome assembly resolves drug resistance loci in the parasitic nematode Teladorsagia circumcincta"
Read here: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Applications are now open for the October 2025 intake of the Leverhulme DTP in Ecological Data Science. Five fully funded PhDs and a "Masters plus PhD" option for eligible students. Apply by 07 March. Read about this year's projects here: ecological-data-science.github.io
January 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Applications are now open for the October 2025 intake of the Leverhulme DTP in Ecological Data Science. Five fully funded PhDs and a "Masters plus PhD" option for eligible students. Apply by 07 March. Read about this year's projects here: ecological-data-science.github.io
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Hey Bluesky :) Last chance to apply for AFRIBOP 2025 hosted by the University of Glasgow, KEMRI Wellcome Trust, and the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust! Fantastic opportunity - pls share with anyone you think may be interested!
Apply here : shorturl.at/2sRFS
Apply here : shorturl.at/2sRFS
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January 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Hey Bluesky :) Last chance to apply for AFRIBOP 2025 hosted by the University of Glasgow, KEMRI Wellcome Trust, and the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust! Fantastic opportunity - pls share with anyone you think may be interested!
Apply here : shorturl.at/2sRFS
Apply here : shorturl.at/2sRFS
Loch Lomond looking pretty this lunchtime from above Killearn
January 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Loch Lomond looking pretty this lunchtime from above Killearn
This seems a useful list, and there are others in the thread of replies. Much as we probably shouldn't care about journal 'prestige', its clear not all academics are over it yet.
Have had some good chats recently about pivoting to non-profit and society journals. A point to share/underline is that such options exist across the "prestige" spectrum. Some examples in the image. All heavily subjective of course; would love to hear thoughts from others!
January 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
This seems a useful list, and there are others in the thread of replies. Much as we probably shouldn't care about journal 'prestige', its clear not all academics are over it yet.
If you are looking for interesting people on here that should be in your 'network', this is very neat bsky-follow-finder.theo.io (from @theo.io).
Bluesky Network Analyzer
Find accounts that you don't follow (yet) but are followed by lots of accounts that you do follow.
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November 18, 2024 at 9:32 AM
If you are looking for interesting people on here that should be in your 'network', this is very neat bsky-follow-finder.theo.io (from @theo.io).
A funded PhD is open on population genetics of the sheep scab mite, Psoroptes ovis, using genomic data to understand mite populations in the context of ongoing control programs. Co-supervised by a great team at @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social and Stew Burgess at MRI. More details at tinyurl.com/a873cvb4.
November 13, 2024 at 8:14 PM
A funded PhD is open on population genetics of the sheep scab mite, Psoroptes ovis, using genomic data to understand mite populations in the context of ongoing control programs. Co-supervised by a great team at @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social and Stew Burgess at MRI. More details at tinyurl.com/a873cvb4.