Factsheet: Climate change and tree diseases (canker)
How will canker pathogens be influenced by climate change? Canker-inducing pathogens kill the inner, living bark of trees resulting in…
Lead Author: Carolyn Riddell
Carolyn Riddell
BSc, PhD
Carolyn Riddell
BSc, PhDQuality Manager
NRS, Northern Research Station, Bush Estate, Roslin, Scotland
About Carolyn Riddell
Carolyn Riddell joined Forest Research in 2016. Previously, she obtained a PhD at the University of Leicester (2009) in evolutionary biology and subsequently completed a post-doctoral position at the University of Edinburgh (2010-2012), validating next-generation sequencing data. After a period working at Edinburgh Genomics (2012-2014) she took up another role on the PROTREE project (2014-2016), where she worked on Dothistroma septosporum evolution in pine species, in conjunction with the University of Edinburgh and Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), Edinburgh.
What Carolyn does
Carolyn manages the Forest Research Quality Management System underpinning work and research activities for our customers. She also undertakes work as part of team managing ISO17025 accreditation and ORETO certification.
Affiliations
Member of the British Society for Plant Pathology
Publications
Metabarcoding reveals a high diversity of woody host-associated Phytophthora spp. in soils at public gardens and amenity woodlands in Britain
Forests and woodlands worldwide are being severely impacted by invasive Phytophthora species, with initial outbreaks in some cases occurring on…
Lead Author: Carolyn Riddell
Using genome resequencing to investigate racial structure, genetic diversity, sexual reproduction and hybridisation in the pine pathogen Dothistroma septosporum
Whole genome resequencing of 25 isolates of the ascomycete pine pathogen Dothistroma septosporum revealed the presence of three genetically distinct…
Other Research
Distribution and transmission of Phytophthora austrocedri
Providing research support
- Developing methods to determine the mechanisms of spread of P. austrocedri from outbreaks throughout Scotland.
- Developing baiting techniques for P. austrocedri.
Other Publications
Piotrowska, M. J., Ennos, R. A., Riddell, C. and Hoebe, P. N. (2017), Fungicide sensitivity of Dothistroma septosporum isolates in the UK. For. Path., 47, e12314. DOI:10.1111/efp.12314
Carolyn E Riddell, Juan D Lobaton Garces, Sally Adams, Seth M Barribeau, David Twell and Eamonn B Mallon, (2014) Differential gene expression and alternative splicing in insect immune specificity, BMC Genomics 2014 15:1031
Riddell CE, Sumner S, Adams S, Mallon EB, (2011) Pathways to immunity: temporal dynamics of the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) immune response against a trypanosomal gut parasite, Insect Molecular Biology, Aug;20(4):529-40
Carolyn Riddell, Sally Adams, Paul Schmid-Hempel, Eamonn B Mallon, (2009), Differential expression of immune defences is associated with specific host-parasite interactions in insects, PLoS ONE 4(10): e7621
Riddell CE, Mallon EB, (2006) Insect psychoneuroimmunology: Immune response reduces learning in protein starved bumblebees (Bombus terrestris), Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, Mar;20(2):135-8