Dr Hazel Anne Wright
Hazel is originally from Port Glasgow on the West coast of Scotland. After obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology from the University of Glasgow, Hazel came to Aberystwyth in 2000 to undertake a PhD in Parasitology at Aberystwyth University. She was appointed as the FUW's Commodities Policy Officer in 2008. Prior to this appointment, she has been involved in post-doctoral research projects encompassing a wide range of topics; including host-parasite interactions, energy budgets and trade-offs, parasite proteomics and environmental sustainability. Such projects included an investigation into the survival mechanisms of the sheep liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica and an examination of the ways in which parasite infection can alter the carcase quality of the host under a variety of feeding regimes.
She is married to Russ, a post- doctoral research scientist with the Parasitology group at Aberystwyth University.
Selected publications
Morphew, R.M., Wright, H.A., LaCourse, J. E., Porter, J., Barrett, J., Woods, D.J., & Brophy, P.M. (In Press) Towards delineating functions within the Fasciola secreted Cathepsin L protease family by integrating in vivo based sub-proteomics and phylogenetics. PLoS Neglected and Tropical Diseases Moxon, J.V., LaCourse, E.J., Wright, H.A., Perally, S., Prescott M.C., Gillard, J. L., Barrett, J., Hamilton, J.V., & Brophy, P.M. (2010) Proteomic analysis of embryonic Fasciola hepatica: Characterization and antigenic potential of a developmentally regulated heat shock protein. Vet Parasit. Volume 169, Issues 1-2, 19 April 2010, Pages 62-75 Wright, H.A., Ironside, J. & Gwynn-Jones, D. (2009) Sustainability in bioscience fieldwork: Practical information from a UK agricultural research institute. Int. J. Sust. Higher Educt. 10, 54-67. Wright, H.A., Ironside, J. & Gwynn-Jones, D. (2008) The current state of sustainability in bioscience laboratories: A statistical examination of a UK tertiary institute. Int. J. Sust. Higher Educt, 9, 282-294. Wright, H.A., Wootton, R.J.W, & Barber, I. (2007) A hidden cost of parasite infection: parasites impair the compensatory growth response of host sticklebacks. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 64, 819-826. Wright, H.A., Wootton, R.J. & Barber, I. (2006). The effect of Schistocephalus solidus infection on meal size of three-spined stickleback. J. Fish Bio. 68, 801–809. Wright, H.A., Wootton, R.J.W, & Barber, I. (2004) Inter-population variation in early growth of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) under laboratory conditions. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 61: 1832-1838. Barber, I., Wright, H.A., Arnott, S.A & Wootton. R.J. (2008) Growth and energetics in the stickleback-Schistocephalus host-parasite system: a review of experimental infection studies. Behaviour 32, 341-347. Morphew, R.M., Wright, H.A., Woods, D.J. & Brophy, P.M. (2007) Comparative proteomics of excretory / secretory proteins released by the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica in sheep host bile and during in vitro culture ex-host. Mol. Cell. Prot. 6, 963-972. Wilmot, A., Davies, K., Wright, H.A. & Gwynn-Jones (2007) Towards sustainable teaching of biosciences. Proceedings of The Science Learning and Teaching Conference. Barber, I. & Wright, H.A. (2006) Effects of Parasites on Fish Behaviour: Interactions with Host Physiology. In Fish Physiology Vol. 24, Behaviour and Physiology of Fish. Academic Press / Elsevier, pp 109-140. Barber, I. & Wright, H.A. (2001) How strong are familiarity preferences in shoaling fish? Anim. Behav. 61, 975-979.
