Nicholas Barrett

PhD Student

Nicholas Barrett

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Nicholas Barrett

Biography

I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge and the Biodiversity, Evolution and Adaptation team at the British Antarctic Survey. My research involves investigating the effects of osmotic stress on marine animals, with a focus on the resistance of Antarctic marine species to predicted freshening and lower salinity in the Southern Ocean as a result of climate change.

Education

2020-present: PhD in Antarctic Studies, University of Cambridge (Supervisors: Prof Lloyd Peck and Prof Elizabeth Harper)

2018-2019: MSc in Taxonomy, Biodiversity and Evolution, Imperial College London

2003-2006: BSc (Hons) in Biological Science, University of Exeter

Research interests

  • Animal physiology
  • Phylogenetics
  • Genetics
  • Evolution and biodiversity

Barrett, N.J.; Thyrring, J.; Harper, E.M.; Sejr, M.K.; Sørensen, J.G.; Peck, L.S.; Clark, M.S. Molecular Responses to Thermal and Osmotic Stress in Arctic Intertidal Mussels (Mytilus edulis): The Limits of Resilience. Genes 2022, 13, 155. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13010155

Barrett, N.J.; Hogan, R.I.; Allcock, A.L.; Molodtsova, T.; Hopkins, K.; Wheeler, A.J.; Yesson, C. Phylogenetics and Mitogenome Organisation in Black Corals (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia): An Order-Wide Survey Inferred From Complete Mitochondrial Genomes. Frontiers in Marine Science 2020, 7, 440. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00440

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2024

Barrett, Nicholas J. ORCIDORCID record for Nicholas J. Barrett, Harper, Elizabeth M., Last, Kim S., Reinardy, Helena C., Peck, Lloyd S. ORCIDORCID record for Lloyd S. Peck. (2024) Behavioural and physiological impacts of low salinity on the sea urchin Echinus esculentus. Journal of Experimental Biology, 227. 12 pp. 10.1242/jeb.246707

2022

Barrett, Nicholas J. ORCIDORCID record for Nicholas J. Barrett, Thyrring, Jakob, Harper, Elizabeth M., Sejr, Mikael K., Sørensen, Jesper G., Peck, Lloyd S. ORCIDORCID record for Lloyd S. Peck, Clark, Melody S. ORCIDORCID record for Melody S. Clark. (2022) Molecular responses to thermal and osmotic stress in Arctic intertidal mussels (Mytilus edulis): The limits of resilience. Genes, 13. 22 pp. 10.3390/genes13010155