Dr Ellie Harrison

School of Biosciences

Lecturer

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Ellie.harrison@sheffield.ac.uk
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  • Independent P3 Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield, UK (2017‒present)
  • ERC Postdoctoral Research Assistant on the ‘Coevolution of bacteria and conjugative plasmids’ at the University of York, UK (2012–2017)
  • NERC Postdoctoral Research Assistant on ‘Host-symbiont coevolution: exploring the parasitism-mutualism continuum’ in the Institute for Integrative Biology at the University of Liverpool, UK (2010–2012)
  • PhD ‘Evolution of a Selfish Genetic Element: The 2 Micron Plasmid of Saccharomyces spp.’ at the NERC Centre for Population Biology at Imperial College, London, UK (2006–2010)
Research interests

I am interested in the ecology and evolution of microbial communities, particularly in the interactions between bacteria and the mobile genetic elements that infect them. Elements such as plasmids and phages play key roles in these communities; acting not only as agents of horizontal gene transfer by carrying with them bacterial genes when they move between hosts, but also as parasites as they exploit their bacterial hosts for their own replication.

In my work I explore how coevolution shapes these interactions and how they, in turn, impact the wider community.

Publications

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Journal articles

  • Eliza M, Hipperson H & Harrison E (2025) . Symbiosis, 96, 249-260.
  • Wright RCT, Wood AJ, Bottery MJ, Muddiman KJ, Paterson S, Harrison E, Brockhurst MA & Hall JPJ (2024) . PLOS Biology, 22(12).
  • Maluk M, Giles M, Wardell GE, Akramin AT, Ferrando-Molina F, Murdoch A, Barros M, Beukes C, Vasconçelos M, Harrison E , Daniell TJ et al (2023) . Frontiers in Agronomy, 5.
  • Bird SM, Ford S, Thompson CMA, Little R, Hall JPJ, Jackson RW, Malone J, Harrison E & Brockhurst MA (2023) . FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 99(4).
  • Thompson CMA, Hall JPJ, Chandra G, Martins C, Saalbach G, Panturat S, Bird SM, Ford S, Little RH, Piazza A , Harrison E et al (2023) . PLOS Biology, 21(2).
  • Coyte KZ, Stevenson C, Knight CG, Harrison E, Hall JPJ & Brockhurst MA (2022) . PLoS Biology, 20(11), e3001847-e3001847.
  • Wardell GE, Hynes MF, Young PJ & Harrison E (2022) . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377(1842).
  • Hall JPJ, Harrison E & Baltrus DA (2022) . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377(1842).
  • Billane K, Harrison E, Cameron D & Brockhurst MA (2022) . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377(1842).
  • Brockhurst MA & Harrison E (2022) . Trends in Microbiology, 30(6), 534-543.
  • Ford S, Moeskjær S, Young P, Santamaría RI & Harrison E (2021) . Frontiers in Microbiology, 12(11).
  • Hall JPJ, Wright RCT, Harrison E, Muddiman KJ, Wood AJ, Paterson S & Brockhurst MA (2021) . PLoS Biology, 19(10).
  • Kottara A, Carrilero L, Harrison E, Hall JPJ & Brockhurst MA (2021) . Microbiology, 167(9).
  • Fields B, Moffat EK, Harrison E, Andersen SU, Young JPW & Friman V (2021) . Environmental Microbiology.
  • Carrilero L, Kottara A, Guymer D, Harrison E, Hall JPJ & Brockhurst MA (2021) . mBio, 12(3).
  • Fields B, Moffat EK, Friman V-P & Harrison E (2021) . Microbiology, 167(4).
  • Hall JPJ, Harrison E, Pärnänen K, Virta M & Brockhurst MA (2020) . Frontiers in Microbiology, 11.
  • Brockhurst MA, Harrison E, Hall JPJ, Richards T, MacNally A & MacLean C (2019) . Current Biology, 29(20), R1094-R1103.
  • Hall JPJ, Wright RCT, Guymer D, Harrison E & Brockhurst MA (2019) . Microbiology, 166(1), 56-62.
  • Brockhurst MA, Harrison F, Veening J-W, Harrison E, Blackwell G, Iqbal Z & Maclean C (2019) . Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3(4), 515-517.
  • Zwanzig M, Harrison E, Brockhurst MA, Hall JPJ, Berendonk TU & Berger U (2019) . mSystems, 4(1).
  • Hall J, Harrison EA & Brockhurst MA (2018) . Evolution Letters, 2(6), 580-589.
  • Harrison EA, Hall JPJ & Brockhurst M (2018) . Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, 285.
  • Stevenson C, Hall J, Brockhurst MA & Harrison EA (2018) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1870).
  • Kottara A, Hall JPJ, Harrison E & Brockhurst MA (2018) . Fems Microbiology Ecology, 94(1).
  • Hall JPJ, Brockhurst MA & Harrison E (2017) . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 372(1735).
  • Harrison E & Brockhurst MA (2017) . Bioessays, 39(12).
  • Hall JP, Williams D, Paterson S, Harrison E & Brockhurst MA (2017) . Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1, 1348-1353.
  • Hall JPJ, Brockhurst MA, Dytham C & Harrison E (2017) . Plasmid, 91, 90-95.
  • Harrison EA, Hall JPG, Paterson S, Spiers AJ & Brockhurst MA (2017) . Molecular Ecology.
  • Stevenson C, Hall JPJ, Harrison E, Wood AJ & Brockhurst MA (2017) . ISME Journal, 11(8), 1930-1932.
  • Hall JPJ & Harrison E (2016) . Nature Microbiology, 1.
  • Wright RC, Brockhurst MA & Harrison E (2016) . BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16(1), 227.
  • Kottara A, Hall JP, Harrison E & Brockhurst MA (2016) . BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16.
  • Hall JPJ, Wood AJ, Harrison E & Brockhurst MA (2016) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(29), 8260-8265.
  • Harrison E, Dytham C, Hall JP, Guymer D, Spiers AJ, Paterson S & Brockhurst MA (2016) . Mobile Genetic Elements, 6(3).
  • Harrison E, Guymer D, Spiers AJ, Paterson S & Brockhurst MA (2015) . Current Biology, 25(15), 2034-2039.
  • Harrison E, Truman J, Wright R, Spiers AJ, Paterson S & Brockhurst MA (2015) . Biology Letters, 11(8), 20150361-20150361.
  • Hall JP, Harrison E, Lilley AK, Paterson S, Spiers AJ & Brockhurst MA (2015) . Environmental Microbiology, 17(12), 5008-5022.
  • Harrison E, Wood AJ, Dytham C, Pitchford JW, Truman J, Spiers A, Paterson S & Brockhurst MA (2015) . MBio, 6(3).
  • Burns N, James CE & Harrison E (2015) . Evolutionary Applications, 8(4), 346-351.
  • Harrison E, MacLean RC, Koufopanou V & Burt A (2014) . Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27(8), 1757-1763.
  • Harrison E, Laine A-L, Hietala M & Brockhurst MA (2013) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280(1764).
  • Hall JPJ, Harrison E & Brockhurst MA (2013) . Current Opinion in Virology, 3(5), 572-577.
  • Harrison E, Koufopanou V, Burt A & MacLean RC (2012) . Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 25(11), 2348-2356.
  • Harrison E & Brockhurst MA (2012) . Trends in Microbiology, 20(6), 262-267.
  • Thompson CMA, Hall JPJ, Chandra G, Martins C, Saalbach G, Panturat S, Bird SM, Ford S, Little RH, Piazza A , Harrison E et al () . PLOS Biology, 22(2), e3002531-e3002531.

Preprints

  • Wright RCT, Wood AJ, Bottery MJ, Muddiman KJ, Paterson S, Harrison E, Brockhurst MA & Hall JPJ (2024) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Bird SM, Ford S, Thompson CMA, Little R, Hall JPJ, Jackson RW, Malone J, Harrison E & Brockhurst MA (2022) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Thompson CMA, Hall JPJ, Chandra G, Martins C, Saalbach G, Bird S, Ford S, Little RH, Piazza A, Harrison E , Jackson RW et al (2022) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Coyte KZ, Stevenson C, Knight CG, Harrison E, Hall JPJ & Brockhurst MA (2022) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Kottara A, Carrilero L, Harrison E, Hall JPJ & Brockhurst MA (2021) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Hall JPJ, Wright RCT, Harrison E, Muddiman KJ, Wood AJ, Paterson S & Brockhurst MA (2021) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Carrilero L, Kottara A, Guymer D, Harrison E, Hall JPJ & Brockhurst MA (2020) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.