I am a postdoctoral researcher interested how organisms respond to environmental stress. My research project focuses on population and comparative genomics of wild bumblebee species.
Molecular skills: DNA, RNA, protein extractions; RT-/qPCR
Computational: Bash, R, python
Teaching: Junior freshman biology tutor, Trinity College Dublin (2012-2014)
Publications
Impact of controlled neonicotinoid exposure on bumblebees in a realistic field setting.
2016.
AN Arce, TI David, EL Randall, A Ramos Rodrigues, TJ Colgan, Y Wurm, RJ Gill.
Journal of Applied Ecology, doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12792.
A depauperate immune repertoire precedes evolution of sociality in bees.
2015.
SM Barribeau, BM Sadd, L Du Plessis, MJF Brown, SD Buechel, K Cappelle, JC Carolan, OChristiaens, TJ Colgan, S Erler, J Evans, S Helbing, E Karaus, HMG Lattorff, M Marxer, I Meeus, K Näpflin, J Niu, R Schmid-Hempel, G Smagghe, RM Waterhouse, N Yu, EM Zdobnov, P Schmid-Hempel.
Genome Biology , doi: DOI: 10.1186/s13059-015-0628-y
Polyphenism in social insects: insights from a transcriptome-wide analysis of gene expression in the life stages of the key pollinator, Bombus terrestris
2011.
TJ Colgan, JC Carolan, SJ Bridgett, S Sumner, ML Blaxter, MJF Brown.
BMC Genomics , doi: DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-623