Prof. Dr. Ir. Pieter van West is a past Royal Society University Research Fellow. He is the Director of the International Centre for Aquaculture Research and Development (ICARD) at the University of Aberdeen. He is also the Microbiology Programme lead in the Institute of Medical Sciences at the University of Aberdeen.

Fundamental molecular processes in Oomycete pathogens

Derevnina, L., Petre, B., Kellner, R., Dagdas, YF., Sarowar, MN., Giannakopoulou, A., De la Concepcion, JC., Chaparro-Garcia, A., Pennington, HG., Van West, P. & Kamoun, S. (2016). 'Emerging oomycete threats to plants and animals'. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol 371, no. 1709, 20150459. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1098/RSTB.2015.0459 Sarmiento-Ramirez, JM., Sim, J., Van West, P. & Dieguez-Uribeondo, J. 'Isolation of fungal pathogens from eggs of the endangered sea turtle species Chelonia mydas in Ascension Island'. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, pp. 1-7. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1017/S0025315416001478 Fletcher, KIG., van West, P. & Gachon, CMM. (2016). 'Nonagonal cadherins: A new protein family found within the Stramenopiles'. Gene, vol 593, no. 1, pp. 64-75. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1016/J.GENE.2016.08.003 Tsiamis, K., Peters, AF., Shewring, DM., Asensi, AO., Van West, P. & Küpper, FC. 'Marine benthic algal flora of Ascension Island, South Atlantic'. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, pp. 1-8. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1017/S0025315414000952 Küpper, FC., Peters, AF., Shewring, DM., Sayer, MDJ., Mystikou, A., Brown, H., Azzopardi, E., Dargent, O., Strittmatter, M., Brennan, D., Asensi, AO., Van West, P. & Wilce, RT. (2016). 'Arctic marine phytobenthos of northern Baffin Island'. Journal of Phycology, vol 52, no. 4, pp. 532-549. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1111/JPY.12417 [ONLINE] AURA: K_PPER_ET_AL_2016_JOURNAL_OF_PHYCOLOGY.PDF Sungthong, R., Van West, P., Heyman, F., Funck Jensen, D. & Ortega-Calvo, JJ. (2016). 'Mobilization of Pollutant-Degrading Bacteria by Eukaryotic Zoospores'. Environmental Science & Technology, vol 50, no. 14, pp. 7633-7640. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1021/ACS.EST.6B00994 Songe, MM., Willems, A., Sarowar, MN., Rajan, K., Evensen, O., Drynan, K., Skaar, I. & Van West, P. (2016). 'A thicker chorion gives ova of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) the upper hand against Saprolegnia infections'. Journal of Fish Diseases, vol 39, no. 7, pp. 879-888. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1111/JFD.12421 Hoppstock, L., Trusch, F., Lederer, C., Van West, P., Koenneke, M. & Bayer, P. (2016). 'NmPin from the marine thaumarchaeote Nitrosopumilus maritimus is an active membrane associated prolyl isomerase'. BMC Biology, vol 14, 53. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1186/S12915-016-0274-1 [ONLINE] AURA: ART_3A10.1186_2FS12915_016_0274_1.PDF Mystikou, A., Asensi, AO., Müller, DG., Peters, AF., Tsiamis, K., Shewring, DM., Fletcher, KI., Westermeier, R., Brickle, P., Van West, P. & Kuepper, FC. (2016). 'New records and reassessment of macroalgae and associated pathogens from the Falkland Islands, Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego'. Botanica Marina, vol 59, no. 2-3, pp. 105-121. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1515/BOT-2015-0071 Songe, MM., Willems, A., Wiik-Nielsen, J., Thoen, E., Evensen, O., Van West, P. & Skaar, I. (2016). 'Saprolegnia diclina IIIA and S. parasitica employ different infection strategies when colonizing eggs of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L'. Journal of Fish Diseases, vol 39, no. 3, pp. 343-352. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1111/JFD.12368 [ONLINE] AURA: SONGE_ET_AL_2016_JOURNAL_OF_FISH_DISEASES.PDF