Angela Priestman (nee Phillips)

Contact details:

  • E-mail: A.Priestman@staffs.ac.uk
  • Phone: 01782 294845 (+44 1782 294845 outside UK)
  • Fax: 01782 745506 (+44 1782 745506 outside UK)
  • Post: Dr Angela Priestman, Faculty of Sciences, Staffordshire University, College Road, Stoke-on-Trent. ST4 2DE, United Kingdom
    •  Expertise and Interests:
  • The cuticular biochemistry of haematophagous insects
  • The role of surface biochemistry in insect mate choice and insect mating behaviour
  • Reproductive isolation and niche differentiation in species complexes of mosquitoes and other important haematophagous insects
  • British mosquito ecology and cuticular biochemistry
  • Biochemical applications of SPME, GC and GC/MS
  • Relationships between insects and bacteria
  • Host-parasite interactions: particularly the biochemical effects of parasite presence and its influence on insect behaviour
    •  Current Research:
  • Collaboration with Dr Roger Wood (University of Manchester) on genetic basis of mosquito cuticular hydrocarbon expression.
  • Investigations into the Molecular Biology of insect mating behaviour with Dr Roger Butlin (University of Leeds) and Dr Roger Wood (University of Manchester)
  • Analysis of Tanzanian mosquito samples with Prof Chris Curtis (LSHTM)
  • Studies into the susceptibility of British Mosquitoes to Plasmodium falciparum with Prof Chris Curtis (LSHTM) and Dr Lisa Randford-Cartwright (University of Edinburgh)
  • Mosquito cuticular biochemistry with Gillian Horne (PhD student)
  • Inheritance of cuticular profiles in mosquitoes with Martin Cox (PhD student)
    •  Academic Background:
  • Principal Lecturer, Staffordshire University, 1995 - present
  • Post-graduate Certificate in Teaching in Further and Higher Education, Staffordshire University, 1991
  • Senior Lecturer, Staffordshire University, 1990 to 1995
  • MRC funded Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Salford 1986 to 1990
  • WHO funded Post-doctoral Research Assistant, University of Salford 1983 to 1986
  • PhD, University of Keele, 1980 to 1983 ‘Hymenolepis diminuita (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda): Monosaccharide absorption by the cysticercoid’ supervised by Professor Chris Arme.
  • BSc (Hons) Environmental Biology (2i) Queen Mary College, University of London, 1977 to 1980
    •  Current Roles:
     
    Award Leader for:
    Biochemistry and Physiology
    Biology Joint Awards

    Human Biology

    Human Biology Joint Award

    MSc/ Pg Dip in Molecular Biology


    Postgraduate Tutor

    Divisional Research Co-ordinator (see also Dr K Reiling)

    Divisional Consultancy Facilitator

    Member of the School Research Committee

    Member of the School Research Degrees Committee

    Member of the School Consultancy Board

    Member of the School Postgraduate Education Committee

    Module co-ordinator for:
     

    SC0037-2 Invertebrate Biology

    Sc0039-2 Parasitology

    SC0061-3 Human Parasitic Disease

    SC0057-3 Economic Entomology

    SC0010-M Molecular Parasitology

    SCM014-M Communication and Professional Development

    SCM015-M Research Skills Development

    Modules contributed to:

    SC007-1 Drugs and the Human Body

    SC0001-1 Biological Skills 1

    SC0O02-1 Biological Skills 2

    Biological Case Study (SC0028-2)

    Preparing for Work (SC0042-2)

    Case Study (SC0055-3)

    Work Placement/Group Vocational Activity (SC0073-3)

    Project (SC0069-3) Triple Module

    Applied Biology Technical Report (SC0910-1) *Double Module

    Practical Investigation (SC0922-2) [HND Advisor] Double Module


    Membership of Learned Societies

    Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society

    Member of the Biochemical Society

    Member of the British Society for Parasitology

    Special Interest Groups:

    Member of the North West Parasitology group

    Member of the Dipterists forum

    Member of the British Simuliid group

    Member of the British Mosquito Group

          Publications: I have 30 refereed scientific papers plus three book chapters and 8 abstracts from conferences. My five most recent refereed publications are:

    Mayfuyai,H.B., Molyneux, D.H., Milligan, P.J.M. and PHILLIPS, A. (1995) The differentiation of Simulium damnosum complex pupae by analysis of cuticular hydrocarbons.

    Walton, C., Thelwell, N.J., PRIESTMAN, A. and Butlin, R.K. (1996) Microsatellite variation in West African populations of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles arabiensis. Insect Molecular Biology 5(2), 120-27

    Anyanwu, G.I., Davies, D.H., Molyneux, D.H. and PHILLIPS, A. (1997) Hydrocarbon variation/ discrimination between two strains of Anopheles albimanus WIED from El Salvador.

    Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 91 (5) 493 - 497

    Curtis, C.F., Maxwell, C.A., Myamba, J., Priestman, A., Aina, O., Yayo, A., Pates, H. and Takken, W. (1999) Biological problems associated with the idea of replacement of a vector population with transgenic, Plasmodium-refractory mosquitoes.

    Parassitologia (in press)

    Priestman, A. and Wood, R.J. (1999)

    Mating incompatibility between inbred lines of Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae) expressing divergent cuticular hydrocarbon profiles.

    Journal of Chemical Ecology (submitted)
    Page published by Jon Ranford
    Author: Angela Priestman
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