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Rowan Cox
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- MSc in Marine Biology
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- University of Southampton
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Rowan Cox is a PhD student at Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK. He was awarded joint 2nd place in the 2022 Bio-Rad Science Writing Competition.
He specializes in parasites, specifically those of the genus Marteilia, which affect shellfish around the world. His work focuses on a newly discovered species, Marteilia cocosarum, which poses a threat to cockle fisheries.
2 blogs authored by Rowan Cox
Puppetry of a Parasite: How Toxoplasma gondii Manipulates its Host
In this blog, we discuss new research from Meyer et al. (2022), suggesting that mild manipulation from T. gondii increases a gray wolf’s risk-taking b...
The Marteilia Manifestation
In this blog, Rowan Cox, tells the story of the spread of the Marteilia parasite in cockles. This blog was awarded joint 2nd place in the 2022 Bio-Rad...
