Jamie Orr

Molecular/Computational Biologist
Cell and Molecular Sciences
T: 03449285428

Jamie obtained a BSc in parasitology from the University of Glasgow in 2014 and completed a PhD at the James Hutton Institute and the University of Hertfordshire in 2018.

  • Identification of resistance genes for pests of potato

Past research

  • Characterisation of the E3 ubiquitin ligase HvST1 in barley meiosis
  • Metabarcoding of potato cyst nematode (PCN) populations in Kenya
  • Metabarcoding of nematode and Pasteuria spp. populations in Scottish soils
  • Genome sequencing of the obligate root knot nematode (RKN) parasite Pasteuria penetrans