I-Ting Tu
Wellcome Trust Integrative Infection Biology PhD
Room 306, School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ
Email: i.tu.1@research.gla.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/itingtu/
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Bluesky: @itingtu.bsky.social
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5947-3791
Research title: Investigating pathogen overlap and exchange at the marine-terrestrial interface
Research Summary
I am interested in understanding how human activities (e.g. land-use change, agricultural intensification) and climate change affect zoonotic disease transmissions at the human-livestock-wildlife interface, with a special focus on wildlife diseases.
For my PhD, I am investigating viral exchange at the marine-terrestrial interface. Blood-feeding vampire bats can potentially serve as vectors transmitting different viruses to their prey species, including fur seals, sea lions, and domestic pigs.
Integrating broad-spectrum serology, metabarcoding, stable isotope data, and cortisol levels allows for the construction of transmission pathways for these zoonotic pathogens.
See the visual summary for my PhD project -
And my research questions and plans -
Supervisors
Grants
National Environmental Isotope Facility grant (£16, 214) for characterising vampire bat diet on the Peruvian coast
Conferences
Influenza Update Meeting 2024 - Oral presentation
Ecology and evolution of infectious Diseases (EEID) 2023 - Poster presentation
Additional Information
Education
- MSc Wild Animal Health Royal Veterinary College, University of London
- Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
Shared Interest Group
- Co-Chair SBOHVM Disease Ecology & Veterinary Epidemiology Group
- Landscape Disease Ecology Journal Club
