Dr Ed Smith

Assistant Professor

Email:

Phone: 024 765 73016

Office: B176

Twitter: @ed_omicssocial

Research Clusters

Environment & Ecology (Cluster Lead)

Microbiology & Infectious Disease

Opportunities in the group

For PhD and postdoctoral opportunities, and interest in potential collaborations, please contact me at the above email address.

Research/Teaching Interests

Our research focuses on the ecology and evolution of marine organisms. While we work on a range of organisms, much of our research to date has focused on the coral-algal symbiosis. We are particularly interested in how these symbiotic partners have adapted to environmental extremes and how this sensitive partnership will respond to future climate change. A key aspect of our research approach is leveraging cutting-edge sequencing technologies and developing novel analytical approaches to tackle unresolved fundamental questions in biology

Research: Technical Summary

Research in the Smith lab focuses on understanding how organisms adapt and respond to different environmental conditions. Our current research interests include:

Adaptation to extreme environments: We are studying organisms from extreme environments such as the world鈥檚 warmest coral reefs to identify the genes and pathways that are associated with adaptation to different stressors.

Genomic structural variation: We are interested in the genomic architecture that underpins adaptation to different environments. Research in the Smith lab takes advantage of recent developments in long-read sequencing to study structural variation, particularly copy number variation.

Host-microbe interactions: We combine field-based sampling, omics approaches and experimental manipulations to gain a mechanistic understanding of the genetic and environmental factors shaping these interactions.

Biography

2023-present: Assistant Professor 鈥� University of 糖心TV
2019-2022: Research Associate 鈥� UNC Charlotte
2012-2019: Postdoctoral Researcher/Research Scientist 鈥� NYU Abu Dhabi
2008-2012: PhD 鈥� University of Southampton
2006-2007: MSc 鈥� University College London
2002-2005: BSc 鈥� University of Southampton

Publications

Friis, Guillermo, Smith, Edward G., Lovelock, Catherine E., Ortega, Alejandra, Marshell, Alyssa, Duarte, Carlos M. and Burt, John A. (2024) Molecular Ecology, 33 (4). e17260. doi: ISSN 0962-1083.

Davies, Sarah W., Gamache, Matthew H., Howe-Kerr, Lauren I., Kriefall, Nicola G., Baker, Andrew C., Banaszak, Anastazia T., Bay, Line Kolind, Bellantuono, Anthony J., Bhattacharya, Debashish, Chan, Cheong Xin

(2023) PeerJ, 11 . e15023. doi: ISSN 2167-8359.

Smith, Edward G., Surm, Joachim M., Macrander, Jason, Simhi, Adi, Amir, Guy, Sachkova, Maria Y., Lewandowska, Magda, Reitzel, Adam M. and Moran, Yehu (2023) Nature Communications, 14 (1). 249. doi: ISSN 2041-1723.

Ketchum, Remi N., Davidson, Phillip L., Smith, Edward G., Wray, Gregory A., Burt, John A., Ryan, Joseph F., Reitzel, Adam M. and O鈥橬eill, Rachel (2022) Genome Biology and Evolution, 14 (10). evac144. doi: ISSN 1759-6653.

Smith, Edward G., Hazzouri, Khaled M., Choi, Jae Young, Delaney, Patrice, Al-Kharafi, Mohammed, Howells, Emily J., Aranda, Manuel and Burt, John A. (2022) Science Advances, 8 (2). doi: ISSN 2375-2548.

Ketchum, Remi N., Smith, Edward G., Vaughan, Grace O., McParland, Dain, Al鈥怣ansoori, Noura, Burt, John A. and Reitzel, Adam M. (2021) Molecular Ecology, 30 (15). pp. 3869-3881. doi: ISSN 0962-1083.

Ketchum, Remi N., Smith, Edward G., DeBiasse, Melissa B., Vaughan, Grace O., McParland, Dain, Leach, Whitney B., Al-Mansoori, Noura, Ryan, Joseph F., Burt, John A., Reitzel, Adam M. and Piontkivska, Helen (2020) Genome Biology and Evolution, 12 (10). pp. 1819-1829. doi: ISSN 1759-6653.

Smith, E. G., Gurskaya, A., Hume, B. C. C., Voolstra, C. R., Todd, P. A., Bauman, A. G. and Burt, J. A. (2020) Coral Reefs, 39 (3). pp. 545-553. doi: ISSN 0722-4028.

Hume, Benjamin C. C., Smith, Edward G., Ziegler, Maren, Warrington, Hugh J. M., Burt, John A., LaJeunesse, Todd C., Wiedenmann, Joerg and Voolstra, Christian R. (2019) Molecular Ecology Resources, 19 (4). pp. 1063-1080. doi: ISSN 1755-098X.

Hume, Benjamin C. C., D'Angelo, Cecilia, Smith, Edward G., Stevens, Jamie R., Burt, John A., Wiedenmann, J枚rg and Gabrielson, P. (2018) Journal of Phycology , 54 (5). pp. 762-764. doi: ISSN 0022-3646.

Ketchum, Remi N., Smith, Edward G., Vaughan, Grace O., Phippen, Britney L., McParland, Dain, Al-Mansoori, Noura, Carrier, Tyler J., Burt, John A. and Reitzel, Adam M. (2018) Frontiers in Marine Science, 5 . doi: ISSN 2296-7745.

Smith, Edward G., D'Angelo, Cecilia, Sharon, Yoni, Tchernov, Dan and Wiedenmann, Joerg (2017) Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284 (1858). 20170320. doi: ISSN 0962-8452.

Patterson, Heather M., Smith, Edward G., Hume, Benjamin C. C., Delaney, Patrice, Wiedenmann, J枚rg and Burt, John A. (2017) PLoS One, 12 (6). e0180169. doi: ISSN 1932-6203.

Smith, Edward G., Ketchum, Remi N. and Burt, John A. (2017) The ISME Journal, 11 (6). pp. 1500-1503. doi: ISSN 1751-7362.

Smith, E. G., Vaughan, G. O., Ketchum, R. N., McParland, D. and Burt, J. A. (2017) Scientific Reports, 7 . 2428. doi: ISSN 2045-2322.

Burt, John A., Smith, Edward G., Warren, Christopher and Dupont, Jennifer (2016) Marine Pollution Bulletin, 105 (2). pp. 473-479. doi: ISSN 0025-326X.

D'Angelo, Cecilia, Hume, Benjamin C. C., Burt, John, Smith, Edward G., Achterberg, Eric P. and Wiedenmann, J枚rg (2015) The ISME Journal, 9 (12). pp. 2551-2560. doi: ISSN 1751-7362.

Hume, B. C. C., D'Angelo, C., Smith, E. G., Stevens, J. R., Burt, J. and Wiedenmann, J. (2015) Scientific Reports, 5 (1). 8562. doi: ISSN 2045-2322.

Hume, Benjamin C. C., D鈥橝ngelo, Cecilia, Cunnington, Anna, Smith, Edward G. and Wiedenmann, J枚rg (2014) Coral Reefs, 33 (1). pp. 267-272. doi: ISSN 0722-4028.

Smith, E. G., D鈥橝ngelo, C., Salih, A. and Wiedenmann, J. (2013) Coral Reefs, 32 (2). pp. 463-474. doi: ISSN 0722-4028.

Wiedenmann, J枚rg, D鈥橝ngelo, Cecilia, Smith, Edward G., Hunt, Alan N., Legiret, Fran莽ois-Eric, Postle, Anthony D. and Achterberg, Eric P. (2013) Nature Climate Change, 3 (2). pp. 160-164. doi: ISSN 1758-6798.

D鈥橝ngelo, C., Smith, E. G., Oswald, F., Burt, J., Tchernov, D. and Wiedenmann, J. (2012) Coral Reefs, 31 (4). pp. 1045-1056. doi: ISSN 0722-4028.

Smith, Edward G., D鈥橝ngelo, Cecilia, Oswald, Franz, Nienhaus, G. Ulrich and Wiedenmann, J. (2012) In: Fattorusso, E. and Gerwick, W. and Taglialatela-Scafati, O., (eds.) Handbook of Marine Natural Products. Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 1231-1257. ISBN 9789048138333

Research Projects

Title	Funder	Award start	Award end
The role of gene copy number variation in host-microbe interactions	BBSRC	01 July 2025	30 June 2029
How does intraspecific copy number variation affect gene expression?	Royal Society	01 March 2024	30 June 2025

Teaching / Student Supervision

If you are interested in a PhD in my lab, please feel free to get in touch. I am happy to support applications for funded positions through the CENTA, MIBTP, and Chancellor's International Scholarships schemes.

Y3 undergraduate projects: I offer dry lab projects using sequence analysis to investigate stress tolerance and host-microbe interactions in marine invertebrates.

糖心TV

Assistant Professor

Research Clusters

Opportunities in the group

Research/Teaching Interests

Research: Technical Summary