Our research focuses on evolutionary ecology, i.e. the interaction between organisms and their environment and concomitant effects on organismal fitness.

Deakin Uni (Waurn Ponds)
Joined January 2015
First evidence for the #evolution of host manipulation by tumors during the long-term vertical transmission of tumor cells in Hydra oligactis wildgenesgroup.com/2025/07/0…
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𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞: 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐔𝐣𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢’𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 #𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 - "For Professor Beata Ujvari, cancer research is more than just a scientific pursuit—it’s a personal mission". linkedin.com/posts/france-in…
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➡️ Utilisation of an in vivo malaria model to provide functional proof for RhopH1/CLAG essentiality and conserved orthology with P. falciparum. Pub via Journal of Biomedical Science. wildgenesgroup.com/2025/02/2…
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Opinion: The Importance of Addressing Evolutionary Mismatches in the Production Management of Aquaculture Species. Pub via @RAQjournal. wildgenesgroup.com/2025/01/1…
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📢New paper: Oncogenic processes: a neglected parameter in the evolutionary #ecology of animals. Pub via Comptes Rendus, Biologies. wildgenesgroup.com/2024/12/1…
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📝Influence of humic acid and UV-irradiation on iron-based nanoparticle toxicity in Girardia tigrina. Pub via @RoySocChem. wildgenesgroup.com/2024/11/0…
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#Cancer and One Health: tumor-bearing individuals can act as super spreaders of symbionts in communities. Pub via @SciReports. wildgenesgroup.com/2024/11/0…
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👉New paper: When Do #Tumours Develop? Neoplastic Processes Across Different Timescales: Age, Season and Round the Circadian Clock. Pub via @EvolAppJournal. wildgenesgroup.com/2024/11/0… #OpenAccess #Cancer
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🆕paper: A new perspective on #tumor progression: #Evolution via selection for function. Pub via @OUPAcademic (Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health). wildgenesgroup.com/2024/10/2…
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New paper: The widespread vulnerability of Hydra oligactis to tumourigenesis confirms its value as a model for studying the effects of tumoural processes on the #ecology and #evolution of species. Pub via @SciTotEnv. wildgenesgroup.com/2024/09/2…
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📡New paper: The complex effects of modern oncogenic environments on the fitness, #evolution and #conservation of wildlife species. Pub via @EvolAppJournal. wildgenesgroup.com/2024/08/2…
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🐭🐷🐘New paper: The molecular #evolution of #cancer associated genes in mammals. Pub via @SciReports (#openaccess). wildgenesgroup.com/2024/07/2…
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🥵New paper: Transmissible cancers, the genomes that do not melt down. Pub via Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution. wildgenesgroup.com/2024/05/2…
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New paper: Organisation and #evolution of the major histocompatibility complex class I genes in cetaceans. Pub via @iScience_CP (#openaccess). wildgenesgroup.com/2024/05/2…
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🆕paper: Small extracellular vesicles from surviving #cancer cells as multiparametric monitoring tools of measurable residual disease and therapeutic efficiency. Pub via BBA - Reviews on Cancer. wildgenesgroup.com/2024/04/1…
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