Dr Ellie Harrison

School of Biosciences

Lecturer

Profile
  • Independent P3 Research Fellow at the University of 91Ö±²¥, UK (2017‒present)
  • ERC Postdoctoral Research Assistant on the ‘Coevolution of bacteria and conjugative plasmids’ at the University of York, UK (2012–2017)
  • NERC Postdoctoral Research Assistant on ‘Host-symbiont coevolution: exploring the parasitism-mutualism continuum’ in the Institute for Integrative Biology at the University of Liverpool, UK (2010–2012)
  • PhD ‘Evolution of a Selfish Genetic Element: The 2 Micron Plasmid of Saccharomyces spp.’ at the NERC Centre for Population Biology at Imperial College, London, UK (2006–2010)
Research interests

I am interested in the ecology and evolution of microbial communities, particularly in the interactions between bacteria and the mobile genetic elements that infect them. Elements such as plasmids and phages play key roles in these communities; acting not only as agents of horizontal gene transfer by carrying with them bacterial genes when they move between hosts, but also as parasites as they exploit their bacterial hosts for their own replication.

In my work I explore how coevolution shapes these interactions and how they, in turn, impact the wider community.

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Journal articles

  • Maluk M, Giles M, Wardell GE, Akramin AT, Ferrando-Molina F, Murdoch A, Barros M, Beukes C, Vasconçelos M, Harrison E , Daniell TJ et al (2023) . Frontiers in Agronomy, 5. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bird SM, Ford S, Thompson CMA, Little R, Hall JPJ, Jackson RW, Malone J, Harrison E & Brockhurst MA (2023) . FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 99(4). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Thompson CMA, Hall JPJ, Chandra G, Martins C, Saalbach G, Panturat S, Bird SM, Ford S, Little RH, Piazza A , Harrison E et al (2023) . PLoS Biology, 21(2). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Coyte KZ, Stevenson C, Knight CG, Harrison E, Hall JPJ & Brockhurst MA (2022) . PLoS Biology, 20(11), e3001847-e3001847. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wardell GE, Hynes MF, Young PJ & Harrison E (2022) . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377(1842). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hall JPJ, Harrison E & Baltrus DA (2022) . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377(1842). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Billane K, Harrison E, Cameron D & Brockhurst MA (2022) . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377(1842). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Brockhurst MA & Harrison E (2021) . Trends in Microbiology. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ford S, Moeskjær S, Young P, Santamaría RI & Harrison E (2021) . Frontiers in Microbiology, 12(11). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hall JPJ, Wright RCT, Harrison E, Muddiman KJ, Wood AJ, Paterson S & Brockhurst MA (2021) . PLoS Biology, 19(10). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kottara A, Carrilero L, Harrison E, Hall JPJ & Brockhurst MA (2021) . Microbiology, 167(9). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fields B, Moffat EK, Harrison E, Andersen SU, Young JPW & Friman V (2021) . Environmental Microbiology. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Carrilero L, Kottara A, Guymer D, Harrison E, Hall JPJ & Brockhurst MA (2021) . mBio, 12(3). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fields B, Moffat EK, Friman V-P & Harrison E (2021) . Microbiology, 167(4). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hall JPJ, Harrison E, Pärnänen K, Virta M & Brockhurst MA (2020) . Frontiers in Microbiology, 11. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Brockhurst M, Harrison E, Hall J, richards T, macnally A & maclean C (2019) . Current Biology, 29(20), R1094-R1103. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hall JPJ, Wright RCT, Guymer D, Harrison E & Brockhurst MA (2019) . Microbiology. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Brockhurst MA, Harrison F, Veening J-W, Harrison E, Blackwell G, Iqbal Z & Maclean C (2019) . Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3(4), 515-517. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zwanzig M, Harrison E, Brockhurst MA, Hall JPJ, Berendonk TU & Berger U (2019) . mSystems, 4(1). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hall J, Harrison EA & Brockhurst MA (2018) . Evolution Letters, 2(6), 580-589. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Harrison EA, Hall JPJ & Brockhurst M (2018) . Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, 285. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Stevenson C, Hall J, Brockhurst MA & Harrison EA (2018) . Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kottara A, Hall JPJ, Harrison E & Brockhurst MA (2018) . Fems Microbiology Ecology, 94(1). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hall JPJ, Brockhurst MA & Harrison E (2017) . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 372(1735). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Harrison E & Brockhurst MA (2017) . BioEssays, 39(12). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hall JP, Williams D, Paterson S, Harrison E & Brockhurst MA (2017) . Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1, 1348-1353. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hall JPJ, Brockhurst MA, Dytham C & Harrison E (2017) . Plasmid, 91, 90-95. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Harrison EA, Hall JPG, Paterson S, Spiers AJ & Brockhurst MA (2017) . Molecular Ecology, 26(10), 2757-2764. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Stevenson C, Hall JP, Harrison EA, Wood AJ & Brockhurst MA (2017) . ISME Journal. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hall JPJ & Harrison E (2016) . Nature Microbiology. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wright RCT, Brockhurst MA & Harrison E (2016) . BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16(1), 227-227. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kottara A, Hall JPJ, Harrison E & Brockhurst MA (2016) . BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16(1). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hall JPJ, Wood AJ, Harrison E & Brockhurst MA (2016) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(29), 8260-8265. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Harrison E, Dytham C, Hall JPJ, Guymer D, Spiers AJ, Paterson S & Brockhurst MA (2016) . Mobile Genetic Elements, 6(3). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hall JPJ, Harrison E, Lilley AK, Paterson S, Spiers AJ & Brockhurst MA (2015) . Environmental Microbiology, 17(12), 5008-5022. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Harrison E, Guymer D, Spiers AJ, Paterson S & Brockhurst MA (2015) . Current Biology, 25(15), 2034-2039. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Burns N, James CE & Harrison E (2015) . Evolutionary Applications, 8(4), 346-351. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Harrison E, Truman J, Wright R, Spiers AJ, Paterson S & Brockhurst MA (2015) . Biology Letters, 11(8), 20150361-20150361. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Harrison E, MacLean RC, Koufopanou V & Burt A (2014) . Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27(8), 1757-1763. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Harrison E, Laine A-L, Hietala M & Brockhurst MA (2013) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280(1764). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hall JPJ, Harrison E & Brockhurst MA (2013) . Current Opinion in Virology, 3(5), 572-577. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Harrison E, Koufopanou V, Burt A & MacLean RC (2012) . Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 25(11), 2348-2356. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Harrison E & Brockhurst MA (2012) . Trends in Microbiology, 20(6), 262-267. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Thompson CMA, Hall JPJ, Chandra G, Martins C, Saalbach G, Panturat S, Bird SM, Ford S, Little RH, Piazza A , Harrison E et al () . PLOS Biology, 22(2), e3002531-e3002531. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Harrison E, Wood AJ, Dytham C, Pitchford JW, Truman J, Spiers A, Paterson S & Brockhurst MA () . mBio, 6(3). RIS download Bibtex download

Preprints

  • Wright RCT, Wood AJ, Bottery MJ, Muddiman KJ, Paterson S, Harrison E, Brockhurst MA & Hall JPJ (2024) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bird SM, Ford S, Thompson CMA, Little R, Hall JPJ, Jackson RW, Malone J, Harrison E & Brockhurst MA () , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Thompson CMA, Hall JPJ, Chandra G, Martins C, Saalbach G, Bird S, Ford S, Little RH, Piazza A, Harrison E , Jackson RW et al () , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Coyte KZ, Stevenson C, Knight CG, Harrison E, Hall JPJ & Brockhurst MA () , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kottara A, Carrilero L, Harrison E, Hall JPJ & Brockhurst MA () , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hall JPJ, Wright RCT, Harrison E, Muddiman KJ, Wood AJ, Paterson S & Brockhurst MA () , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Carrilero L, Kottara A, Guymer D, Harrison E, Hall JPJ & Brockhurst MA () , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. RIS download Bibtex download