Dr Christopher Durrant

BSc MPhil PhD
Senior Research Laboratory Manager

Department: Pathobiology and Population Sciences

Campus: Camden

Royal Veterinary College, London – Departmental Technician - (May 2018 – Present)

NatureMetrics Ltd, Surrey - Senior Scientist - (January 2017 – May 2018)

Queen Mary University, London - Molecular Microbiology Technician - (September 2015 - January 2017)

Institute of Zoology, London - Senior Research Technician and BioSafety Officer - (February 2011 - August 2015)

Institute of Zoology, London - Research Technician - (February 2009 - May 2010)

  1. Leung W.T.M., Thomas-Walters L., Garner T.W.J, Balloux F., Durrant C., Price S.J.., (2017) A quantitative-PCR based method to estimate ranavirus viral load following normalisation by reference to an ultraconserved vertebrate target. J Virol Methods. 249:147-155

  2. Franklinos L.H.V., Lorch J.M., Bohuski E., Rodriguez-Ramos Fernandez J., Wright O.N., Fitzpatrick L., Petrovand S., Durrant C., Lintone C., Balá V., Cunningham A.A., Lawson B., (2017) Emerging fungal pathogen Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola in wild European snakes Scientific Reports 7(1):3844

  3. Peniche G., Rodriguez-Ramos Fernandez J., Durrant C., John S.K., Macgregor S.K., Cunningham A.A., Lawson B., (2017) Nested PCR for Suttonella ornithocola reveals widespread infection in British Paridae species Eur .J. Wildl. Res. 63:50

  4. Ball S.E., Bovero S., Sotgiu G., Angelini C., Bielby J., Durrant C., Favelli M., Gazzaniga E., Garner T.W.J., (2017) Islands within an island: Population genetic structure of the endemic Sardinian newt, Euproctus platycephalus Ecology and Evolution 7(4): 1190-1211

  5. Bryant J.V., Gottelli D., Zeng X., Hong X., Chan B.P.L., Fellowes J.R., Zhang Y., Luo J., Durrant C., Geissman T., Chatterjee H.J., Turvey S.T., (2016) Assessing current genetic status of the Hainan gibbon using historical and demographic baselines: implications for conservation management of species of extreme rarity Molecular Ecology 25(15): 3540-3556

  6. zu Ermgassen E., Durrant C., John S., Gardiner R., Alrefael A.F., Cunningham A.A., Lawson B., (2016) Detection of the European epidemic strain of Trichomonas gallinae in finches, but not other non-columbiformes, in the absence of macroscopic disease Parasitology 143(10): 1294-1300

  7. Peniche G., Olson P.D., Bennett D.J., Wong L., Sainsbury A.W., Durrant C., (2016) Protecting Free-Living Dormice: Molecular Identification of Cestode Parasites in Captive Dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius) Destined for Reintroduction. Ecohealth 14(Suppl 1): 106-116

  8. Baker, K.S., Suu-Ire, R., Barr, R., D.T.S. Hayman D.T.S., C.C. Broder C.C., Horton, D.L., Durrant, C., Murcia P.R., Cunningham, A.A., Wood, J.L.N., (2013) Viral antibody dynamics in a chiropteran host Journal of Animal Ecology 83(2): 415-428

  9. Chi, J., Lawson, B., Durrant, C., Beckmann, K., John, S., Fahad, A., Kirkbirde, K., Bell, D., Cunningham, A.A., Tyler, T. (2013) The finch epidemic strain of Trichomonas gallinae is predominant in British non-passerines. Parasitology 140(10):1234-1235

  10. Lawson, B. Lachish, S. Colville, K. Durrant, C. Peck, K. Toms, M. Sheldon, B.C. Cunningham, A.A. (2012) Emergence of a novel avian poxvirus in British tit species. Plos One 7(11): e40176.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040176

  11. Durrant, C.J. Stevens, J.R. Hogstrand, C. Bury, N.R. (2011) The effect of metal on the population genetic structure of brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) residing in the River Hayle, Cornwall, UK. Environmental Pollution 159(12): 3595-603.

  12. Durrant, C.J. Beebee, T.J.C. Greenaway, F. & Hill, D.A. (2009) Evidence of recent population bottlenecks and inbreeding in British populations of Bechstein's bat, Myotis bechsteinii. Conservation Genetics 10(2): 489-496.

  13. Cooper, C.A. Shayeghi, M. Techau, M.E. Capdevila, D.M., MacKenzie, S., Durrant, C. Bury, N.R. (2007) Analysis of the rainbow trout solute carrier 11 family reveals iron import < or = pH 7.4 and a functional isoform lacking transmembrane domains 11 and 12. FEBS Letters 581: 2599-2604.

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