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Joanne Hamilton is a British parasitologist. She is Professor in the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences at Aberystwyth University. [1]
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Joanne Hamilton | |
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| Institutions | Aberystwyth University |
Joanne Hamilton is a British parasitologist. She is Professor in the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences at Aberystwyth University. [1]
Hamilton looks at the interactions of parasites and their host organisms using molecular and proteomic techniques, she investigates how parasites can overcome the host immune response. [2]
Hamilton was involved in a schools partnership project SusNet Wales [3] where school students took part in research looking at drug resistance in parasitic nematodes. [4]
She spoke at TEDxAberystwyth in 2017, giving 'A guided tour of Parasites'. [5]
In 2018 she appeared in Channel 4's Fatberg Autopsy: Secrets of the Sewers, where she found pathogenic bacteria and eggs of parasites within the congealed fat deposit. [6]
In 2004 Hamilton was awarded a Commendation in the SET for Britain competition at the UK Parliament's House of Commons.[ citation needed ] She achieved Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy in 2007 and Senior Fellowship in 2015.[ citation needed ] In 2016 Hamilton was awarded a Sustain Wales Award for her work on the SusNet project and was awarded fellowship of the Royal Society of Biology in 2017. [7]
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