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Professor Alex Douglas

Professor Alex Douglas
Professor Alex Douglas
Professor Alex Douglas

Personal Chair

Accepting PhDs

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Email Address
a.douglas@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 272873
Office Address
411 Zoology Building
Old Aberdeen Campus
Tillydrone Avenue
AB24 2TZ

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School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
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Memberships and Affiliations

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Prizes and Awards

University of Aberdeen Excellence Awards - Best Taught Postgraduate lecturer 2017

Research

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Biological and Environmental Sciences, Nutrition and Health, Biomedical Sciences, Applied Health Sciences.

Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.

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Biological and Environmental Sciences

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Nutrition and Health

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Biomedical Sciences

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Applied Health Sciences

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Research Specialisms

  • Applied Statistics
  • Statistical Modelling
  • Bioinformatics
  • Medical Statistics
  • Statistics

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Funding and Grants

2021 -2022

Artificial intelligence approaches to improve diagnosis of gill disease in Atlantic salmon (AIGD). SAIC & The DataLab, £44K.

Professor Sam Martin (UoA) and Dr Alex Douglas.

2020 - 2022

Spatial and temporal drivers of gill pathology in Atlantic Salmon. SAIC, £160K.

Professor Sam Martin (UoA) and Dr Alex Douglas.

2017 - 2020

Assessing harbour deepening on bottlenose dolphins in Charleston. South Carolina Aquarium, £80K.

Professor David Lusseau (DBT), Dr Alex Douglas, Dr Dorian Houser (National Marine Mammal Foundation, USA), Dr Patricia Fair (USDOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS, USA).

2017 - 2021

The role of hypothalmic neuropeptide network in regulating tissues sizes in response to diet energy content and composition. BBSRC, £550K.

Professor John Speakman (UoA and Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Dr Alex Douglas.

2017 - 2019

Clinical nutrition and the treatment of Atlantic salmon gill diseases. SAIC, £284K.

Professor Sam Martin (UoA) and Dr Alex Douglas.

2017 - 2018

A collaborative feasibility study of the use of eDNA for ecosystem monitoring. Scottish Government, £12K

Dr Alex Douglas and Dr Iveta Matejusova (MSS).

2016 - 2019

Piezophillic adaptationin deep sea amphipods. NERC. £421K.

Professor Stu Piertney (UoA) and Dr Alex Douglas.

2015 - 2018

The genomic landscape of adaptive radiation in the Jaera albifrons species complex . NERC. £340K.

Professor Stu Piertney (UoA) and Dr Alex Douglas.

2015 - 2017

Gut health and immune function: the emerging role of gut microbiota in sustainable aquaculture. BBSRC-NERC, £212K.

Professor Sam Martin (UoA), Dr Alex Douglas, Dr Petra Lewis (UoA), Dr Daniel Merrifield (University of Plymouth),   Dr Rachel Lawrence (Royal Veterinary College), Professor Douglas Tocher (University of Stirling), Professor Simon Davies(University of Plymouth).

2015 - 2016

The health black box in PCOD. Understanding the onset of health impacts caused by disturbances. ONR, £260K.

Dr David Lusseau (UoA), Dr Alex Douglas, Professor John Speakman (UoA and Chinese Academy of Sciences), Dr Dorian Houser (National Marine Mammal Foundation, USA), Dr Patricia Fair (USDOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS, USA), Mark Styczynski (Georgia Institute of Technolofy, USA).

2015- 2018

Explaining niche separation in tropical forests: feedbacks between root-fungal symbioses and soil phosphorus partitioning . NERC. £521K.

Professor David Burslem  (UoA), Professor David Johnson (UoA), Dr Andy Taylor (UoA), Dr Alex Douglas.

2013 - 2016

Genome-wide association mapping and landscape scale modelling of heritable ionomic diversity in Arabidopsis thaliana populations. BBSRC. £605K

Professor David Salt (UoA), Dr Alex Douglas, Professor Pete Smith (UoA).

2013 - 2016

The human fetal liver: development and response to maternal drug use. MRC, £600K,

Professor P. Fowler (UoA),  Dr Alex Douglas (UoA),  Dr David Hay (University of Edinburgh), Professor John Iredale (University of Edinburgh),  Professor P.O’shaughnessy (University of Glasgow).

 

 

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

I am Programme Coordinator for PGR Quantitative Research and Skills in the School of Biological Sciences with overall responsibility for the strategic direction, curricula development, coordination and provision of statistics teaching and training for the postgraduate community. 

I also coordinate and teach multiple courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, in the field, in the classroom and also online. Currently I teach on:

 

Undergraduate

BI29Z3 'Biodiversity Field Course'

Postgraduate Taught

MSc BI5009 'Experimental Design and Analysis' (course coordinator)

MSc BI5010 'Statistics for Complex Study designs' (course coordinator)

Postgraduate Research

QUADRAT and SUPER NERC DTPs 'An Introduction to R for biologists' (course coordinator)

QUADRAT NERC DTP 'An Introduction to Linear Modelling Using R' (course coordinator)

PGR 'An Introduction to R' (course coordinator)

PGR 'An Introduction to Statistical Modelling in R' (course coordinator)

PGR ' An Introduction to Generalised Linear Modelling using R' (course coordinator)

 

Previous Teaching

UG BI3010 'Statistical Analysis of Biological Data' (course coordinator)

MSc BI5505 'Introduction to Bayesian Inference' (course coordinator)

MSc ZO5304 'Population and Community Ecology'

 

I have also written a free open access book which introduces researchers to using R for robust and reproducible research.

https://intro2r.com/ 

Non-course Teaching Responsibilities

I am a personal tutor for 16 undergraduate students

Publications

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  • A genome-wide association study of a global rice panel reveals resistance in Oryza sativa to root-knot nematodes

    Dimkpa, S. O. N., Lahari, Z., Shrestha, R., Douglas, A., Gheysen, G., Price, A. H.
    Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 1191-1200
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The role of parasite-driven selection in shaping landscape genomic structure in red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica)

    Wenzel, M. A., Douglas, A., James, M. C., Redpath, S. M., Piertney, S. B.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 324-341
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Gene dynamics of toll-like receptor 4 through a population bottleneck in an insular population of water voles (Arvicola amphibius)

    Gavan, M. K., Oliver, M. K., Douglas, A., Piertney, S. B.
    Conservation Genetics, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 1181-1193
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Biallelic and Genome Wide Association Mapping of Germanium Tolerant Loci in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

    Talukdar, P., Douglas, A., Price, A. H., Norton, G. J.
    PloS ONE, vol. 10, no. 9, 0137577
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: IV. Non-linear change in behavioural phenotype of mice in response to short-term calorie restriction

    Lusseau, D., Mitchell, S. E., Barros, C., Derous, D., Green, C., Chen, L., Han, J. J., Wang, Y., Promislow, D. E. L., Douglas, A., Speakman, J. R.
    Scientific Reports, vol. 5, 13198
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Genome-wide association and genome partitioning reveal novel genomic regions underlying variation in gastrointestinal nematode burden in a wild bird

    Wenzel, M. A., James, M. C., Douglas, A., Piertney, S. B.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 24, no. 16, pp. 4175-4192
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: III. Impact of short term calorie and protein restriction on mean daily body temperature and torpor use in the C57BL/6 mouse

    Mitchell, S. E., Delville, C., Konstantopedos, P., Derous, D., Green, C. L., Chen, L., Han, J. J., Wang, Y., Promislow, D. E., Douglas, A., Lusseau, D., Speakman, J. R.
    Oncotarget, vol. 6, no. 21, pp. 18314-18337
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Salinity is an agent of divergent selection driving local adaptation of Arabidopsis thaliana to coastal habitats

    Busoms, S., Teres, J., Huang, X., Bomblies, K., Danku, J., Douglas, A., Weigel, D., Poschenrieder, C., Salt, D. E.
    Plant Physiology, vol. 168, no. 3, pp. 915-929
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: I. impact of short term calorie and protein restriction on body composition in the C57BL/6 mouse

    Mitchell, S. E., Tang, Z., Kerbois, C., Delville, C., Konstantopedos, P., Bruel, A., Derous, D., Green, C., Aspden, R. M., Goodyear, S. R., Chen, L., Han, J. J. D., Wang, Y., Promislow, D. E. L., Lusseau, D., Douglas, A., Speakman, J. R.
    Oncotarget, vol. 6, no. 18, pp. 15902-15930
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: II. Impact of short term calorie and protein restriction on circulating hormone levels, glucose homeostasis and oxidative stress in male C57BL/6 mice

    Mitchell, S. E., Delville, C., Konstantopedos, P., Hurst, J., Derous, D., Green, C. L., Chen, L., Han, J. J., Wang, Y., Promislow, D. E. L., Lusseau, D., Douglas, A., Speakman, J. R.
    Oncotarget, vol. 6, no. 27, pp. 23213-23237
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Functional Divergence of Type 2 Deiodinase Paralogs in the Atlantic Salmon

    Lorgen, M. C., Casadei, E., Król, E., Douglas, A., Birnie, M. J., Ebbesson, L. O. E., Nilsen, T. O., Jordan, W. C., Jørgensen, E. H., Dardente, H., Hazlerigg, D. G., Martin, S. A. M.
    Current Biology, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. 936-941
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Landscape genomics patterns in red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) – a role for parasites?

    Wenzel, M., Douglas, A., Piertney, S.
    Contributions to Conferences: Oral Presentations

  • Species that share traits do not necessarily form distinct and universally applicable functional effect groups

    Murray, F., Douglas, A., Solan, M.
    Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 516, pp. 23-34
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Genome wide association mapping of grain arsenic, copper, molybdenum and zinc in rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown at four international field sites

    Norton, G. J., Douglas, A., Lahner, B., Yakubova, E., Guerinot, M. L., Pinson, S. R. M., Tarpley, L., Eizenga, G. C., McGrath, S. P., Zhao, F. J., Islam, M. R., Islam, S., Duan, G., Zhu, Y., Salt, D. E., Meharg, A. A., Price, A. H.
    PloS ONE, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 1-12
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Prevalence and infection intensity of sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) host is reduced by the non-host compound 2-aminoacetophenone

    Hastie, L. C., Wallace, C., Birkett, M. A., Douglas, A., Jones, O., Mordue, A. J., Ritchie, G., Pickett, J. A., Webster, J. L., Bowman, A. S.
    Aquaculture, vol. 410-411, pp. 179-183
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Polyploids exhibit higher potassium uptake and salinity tolerance in Arabidopsis

    Chao, D., Dilkes, B., Luo, H., Douglas, A., Yakubova, E., Lahner, B., Salt, D. E.
    Science, vol. 341, no. 6146, pp. 658-659
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Detecting the structural and functional impacts of fine sediment on stream invertebrates

    Buendia, C., Gibbins, C. N., Vericat, D., Batalla, R. J., Douglas, A.
    Ecological Indicators, vol. 25, pp. 184-196
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Real-time PCR assays for the identification of harbor and gray seal species and sex: A molecular tool for ecology and management

    Matejusová, I., Bland, F., Hall, A. J., Harris, R. N., Snow, M., Douglas, A., Middlemas, S. J.
    Marine Mammal Science, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 186-194
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Tools and approaches for disentangling the effects of parasite-driven processes on host neutral and adaptive genetic diversity

    Wenzel, M., Douglas, A., Piertney, S.
    European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) XIV Congress
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters

  • Strong pituitary and hypothalamic responses to photoperiod but not to 6-methoxy-2-benzoxazolinone in female common voles (Microtus arvalis)

    Krol, E., Douglas, A., Dardente, H., Birnie, M., van der Vinnie, V., Eijer, W., Gerkema, M., Hazlerigg, D., Hut, R.
    General and Comparative Endocrinology, vol. 179, no. 2, pp. 289-295
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Negative correlation between milk production and brown adipose tissue gene expression in lactating mice

    Król, E., Martin, S., Huhtaniemi, I., Douglas, A., Speakman, J.
    Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 214, no. 24, pp. 4160-4170
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Transcriptomic responses to functional feeds in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

    Tacchi, L., Douglas, A., Secombes, C. J., Bickerdike, R., Martin, S. A. M.
    Fish & Shellfish Immunology, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 704-715
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Starvation alters the liver transcriptome of the innate immune response in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

    Martin, S. A. M., Douglas, A., Houlihan, D. F., Secombes, C. J.
    BMC Genomics, vol. 11, 418
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Individual growth rates in natural field vole, Microtus agrestis, populations exhibiting cyclic population dynamics

    Burthe, S. J., Lambin, X., Telfer, S. E., Douglas, A., Beldomenico, P., Smith, A. D., Begon, M.
    Oecologia, vol. 162, no. 3, pp. 653-661
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Using quantitative real-time PCR to detect salmonid prey in scats of grey Halichoerus grypus and harbour Phoca vitulina seals in Scotland: an experimental and field study

    Matejusova, I., Doig, F., Middlemas, S., MacKay, S., Douglas, A., Armstrong, J., Cunningham, C., Snow, M.
    Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 632 - 640
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Population consequences of Behaviour in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus)

    Smith, C., Reichard, M., Douglas, A., Jurajda, P.
    Ecology of Freshwater Fish, vol. 15, pp. 139-144
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Isolation of microsatellite loci in the freshwater fish, the bitterling Rhodeus sericeus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

    Dawson, D., Burland, T., Douglas, A., LeComber, S., Bradshaw, M.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 199-202
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The diversity of bacteria associated with natural aphid populations.

    Haynes, S., Darby, A. C., Daniell, T. J., Webster, G., van Veen, F. J. F., Godfray, H. C. F., Prosser, J. I., Douglas, A.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 69, pp. 7216-7223
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Sexual conflict, sexual selection and sperm competition in the spawning decisions of bitterling, Rhodeus sericeus

    Smith, C., Douglas, A., Jurajda, P.
    Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 51, pp. 422-439
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A proximate cue for oviposition site choice in the bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus)

    Smith, C., Rippon, K., Douglas, A., Jurajda, P.
    Freshwater Biology, vol. 46, pp. 903-911
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Oviposition and site selection and embryo mortality in perch

    Smith, C., Douglas, A., Jurajda, P.
    Journal of Fish Biology, vol. 58, pp. 880-882
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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