The Group
The Graystock Lab in 2023
Current members and their research topics
Monika Yordanova
PhD 2020-24: Foul Brood Disease in the UK
Find out about Monika’s work from her Imperial College personal webpage
Miles Nesbit
PhD 2023-2027: Evidence and impact of parasite spillover across pollinator communities
Find out about Miles’ work from his Imperial College Personal Webpage
Loveline Martin
MRes in Ecology, Evolution & Conservation (EEC) 2023/24:
The effects of soil microbiome manipulations on wheat growth
Charlotte Fryday
MSc in Ecology, Evolution & Conservation (EEC) 2022/23: Designing 3D printed arenas to explore parasite transmission
Zichao XIAO (Logan)
MSc in Ecology, Evolution & Conservation (EEC) 2022/23: Evolving microbes to explore possible probiotic function
Xiao Zhang
MRes in Ecology, Evolution & Conservation (EEC) 2022/23: Effects of parasites and pesticides on honeybee larval health
Yin Ho Chan (Noel)
MSc in Ecology, Evolution & Conservation (EEC) 2022/23: Optimising the invitro rearing protocol for Bombus terrestris
Maggie Ma
BSc final year project 2022/23: 3D scanning bees and their nests
Naomi Oliveira
BSc final year project 2022/23: The effect of pesticide exposure on the growth of bee associated microbes in vitro
Katrina Tan
BSc final year project 2022/23: Brood Pathogen Dynamics within a Plant-Pollinator Network
Graystock lab alumnus
Tash Ramsden
MSc in Computational Methods in Ecology and Evolution (CMEE) 2021/22: Signals of selection in UK bumblebees
Paul Cabrisy
MSc in Computational Methods in Ecology and Evolution (CMEE) 2021/22: Machine learning to track bumblebees
Congjia Chen
MSc in Computational Methods in Ecology and Evolution (CMEE) 2021/22: Microbial associations and inferred interactions in wild bumblebees.
Carlota Berbel
MSc in Ecology, Evolution & Conservation (EEC) 2021/22: Effects of commonly used pesticides on bee development.
Dylan Asbury
MSc in Ecology, Evolution & Conservation (EEC) 2021/22: The impacts of pesticides on bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) health.
Sofia Riccomagno
MSc in Ecology, Evolution & Conservation (EEC) 2021/22: Associations between host and microbe diversity.
Yeahji Jeong
MRes in Ecology, Evolution & Conservation (EEC) 2021/22: Are all flowers pathogen transmission hubs?
Nicholas Eves
MRes in Ecology, Evolution & Conservation (EEC) 2021/22: Directed evolution of bee associated microbes.
Grace Tanner
MRes in Ecology, Evolution & Conservation (EEC) 2021/22: Disease prevalence in UK honey bees.
Lok Man Yuen
BSc final year project 2021/22: The direct and indirect effects of antibiotics and fungicides on bumblebee health.
Ethan Sim
BSc final year project 2021/22: Cocoons as indicators of bumblebee colony performance.
Harriet Selway
BSc final year project 2021/22: Does exposure to fungicide influence bumblebee colony development?
Heiloi Yip
BSc final year project 2021/22: Does exposure to antibiotics influence bumblebee colony development?
Grace Foley
BSc final year project 2021/22: How is bee foraging influenced by exposure to pesticides?
Acacia Tang
MRes in Computational Methods in Ecology and Evolution (CMEE) 2020/21: Exploring the Gut-brain axis of bees using advanced camera tracking and machine learning
Cong Liu
MRes in Computational Methods in Ecology and Evolution (CMEE) 2020/21: A deep dive into metagenomic analyses of pollinator microbiomes
Ellen Marandola
MSc in Ecology, Evolution & Conservation (EEC) 2020/21: Exploring the drivers of plant-pollinator interactions
More alumnus (pre-webpage but not forgotten!)
- 2019/20 Ryan Ellis (CMEE MRes) – The population genetics of wild bees
- 2019/20 Adam Bourne (EA MSc) – Honey bee health and bee management
- 2019/20 Julie Chow (BSc Final Year Project) – Diversity and control of bumblebee microbes
- 2019/20 Gain Hahn (BSc Final Year Project) – Insect diseases
- 2019/20 Reeyakorn Srininwan (BSc Final Year Project) – Insect declines
- 2019/20 Jeannine Coelho (BSc Final Year Project) – Disease hotspots in the UK
- 2019/20 Miguel Bailey Perez (BSc Final Year Project) – Historical trends in academia
- 2019/20 Jiayin Zhang (EEC MRes) – Microbial tolerance
- 2019/20 Tong Li (EEC MRes) – Microbial tolerance
- 2018/19 Chloe Sargent (EEC MSc) – Microbiome functional traits
- 2018/19 Helena Costa (BSc Final Year Project) – Antioxidant influence on bee health
The lab accommodates a range of interdisciplinary projects and frequently host students at silwood and on the following masters streams;
Ecology, Evolution & Conservation (EEC)