Dr Christopher Coates

Honorary Professor

Biosciences

+44 (0) 1792 513296

c.j.coates@swansea.ac.uk

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

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About

Dr Christopher J. Coates is an Associate Professor in Comparative Immunology at Swansea University specialising in shellfish health and disease, insects as toxicology models, and the roles of oxygen binding/transport proteins in innate immunity.

Christopher is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and was delighted to lead the Academic Team (2015 – 2017) within the Department of Biosciences to secure unconditional accreditation for all listed undergraduate (BSc) programmes. Christopher is an elected member of Swansea University’s Senate, Health and Safety Lead for Biosciences, and Biological & GM Safety Officer for Science.

Outside of the University, Christopher is an elected member of the Royal Society of Biology and International Society of Developmental and Comparative Immunology, and Editorial Board member of the MDPI journal Pathogens.

Areas Of Expertise

Invertebrate Immunology and Haematology
Protein Structure, Function and Diversity (e.g., hemocyanins and phenoloxidases)
Aquaculture and (Shell) Fisheries
Alternative disease models

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Christopher’s teaching approach focusses on equipping biology students with key laboratory skills across all levels. As Module Coordinator for BIO104 Cellular and Microbial Biology, Christopher refreshed the delivery profile with more emphasis on ‘scale’ as a key threshold concept within biology, e.g., from macromolecules – cells – tissues. At level 3, Christopher designed and implemented an intensive Professional Laboratory Skills course (BIO340) that provides students with the diverse skills and experience expected of modern science graduates.

Additionally, Christopher is a contributor to Molecular and Evolutionary Biology (BIO108), and acts as Deputy Module Coordinator for Cells and Immunity (BIO236), and Diseases of Aquatic Animals (BIO313) since 2015.

Research Award Highlights Collaborations

Publications

Research Highlights

Rowley, A., Coates, C., & Walker (neeWhitten), M. (Eds.). (2022). Invertebrate Pathology. Oxford University Press.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59224
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/invertebrate-pathology-9780198853756?q=invertebrate%20pathology&lang=en&cc=gb
Coates, C. & Rowley, A. (2022). Emerging Diseases and Epizootics in Crabs Under Cultivation. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.809759, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59030
Costa‐Paiva, E., Mello, B., Bezerra, B., Coates, C., Halanych, K., Brown, F., Leme, J., & Trindade, R. (2022). Molecular dating of the blood pigment hemocyanin provides new insight into the origin of animals. Geobiology, 20(3), 333-345.
https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12481, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58628
Esiana, B., Coates, C., Adderley, W., Berns, A., & Bol, R. (2021). Phenoloxidase activity and organic carbon dynamics in historic Anthrosols in Scotland, UK. PLOS ONE, 16(10), e0259205
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259205, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58509
Dubovskiy, I., Grizanova, E., Tereshchenko, D., Krytsyna, T., Alikina, T., Kalmykova, G., Kabilov, M., & Coates, C. (2021). Bacillus thuringiensis Spores and Cry3A Toxins Act Synergistically to Expedite Colorado Potato Beetle Mortality. Toxins, 13(11), 746
https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins13110746, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58456

All Research

Journal Articles

THOMAS, N., Tang, K., Coates, C., & Tang, K. (2024). To move or not to move: taxis responses of the marine acoel Symsagittifera roscoffensis to different stimuli. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, 57(1-3), 17-31.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2024.2337444, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65971
Thomas, N., Tang, K., & Coates, C. (2023). Prospecting the Photosynthetic Flatworm Symsagittifera roscoffensis as a Novel Fish-Feed. Aquaculture Journal, 3(2), 149-167.
https://doi.org/10.3390/aquacj3020013, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63540
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/aquacj3020013
Quinn, E., Malkin, S., Bevan, J., Rowley, A., Coates, C., & Thomas, J. (2023). Histopathological survey of putative parasites and pathogens in non-native slipper limpets Crepidula fornicata. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 153, 69-79.
https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03722, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62916
http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao03722
Grizanova, E., Krytsyna, T., Kalmykova, G., Sokolova, E., Alikina, T., Kabilov, M., Coates, C., & Dubovskiy, I. (2023). Virulent and necrotrophic strategies of Bacillus thuringiensis in susceptible and resistant insects, Galleria mellonella. Microbial Pathogenesis, 175, 105958
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2022.105958, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62242
Quinn, E., Malkin, S., Thomas, J., POOLE, R., Davies, C., Rowley, A., & Coates, C. (2022). Invasive slipper limpets (Crepidula fornicata) act like a sink, rather than source, of Vibrio spp.. Biological Invasions, 24, 3647-3659.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02868-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60643
Costa‐Paiva, E., Mello, B., Bezerra, B., Coates, C., Halanych, K., Brown, F., Leme, J., & Trindade, R. (2022). Molecular dating of the blood pigment hemocyanin provides new insight into the origin of animals. Geobiology, 20(3), 333-345.
https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12481, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58628
Quinn, E., Bevan, J., Malkin, S., Eley, M., Coates, C., & Rowley, A. (2022). Invasive slipper limpets Crepidula fornicata are hosts for sterilizing digenean parasites. Parasitology, 149(6), 811-819.
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182022000257, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59521
Hummadi, E., Cetin, Y., Demirbek, M., Kardar, N., Khan, S., Coates, C., Eastwood, D., Dudley, E., Maffeis, T., Loveridge, J., & Butt, T. (2022). Antimicrobial Volatiles of the Insect Pathogen Metarhizium brunneum. Journal of Fungi, 8(4), 326
https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8040326, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59679
Thompson, J., Weaver, M., Lupatsch, I., Shields, R., Plummer, S., Coates, C., & Rowley, A. (2022). Antagonistic Activity of Lactic Acid Bacteria Against Pathogenic Vibrios and Their Potential Use as Probiotics in Shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) Culture. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.807989, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59342
Davies, C., Thomas, J., Malkin, S., Batista, F., Rowley, A., Coates, C., & Bevan, J. (2022). Hematodinium sp. infection does not drive collateral disease contraction in a crustacean host. eLife, 11
https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.70356, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59336
Coates, C. & Rowley, A. (2022). Emerging Diseases and Epizootics in Crabs Under Cultivation. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.809759, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59030
Esiana, B., Coates, C., Adderley, W., Berns, A., & Bol, R. (2021). Phenoloxidase activity and organic carbon dynamics in historic Anthrosols in Scotland, UK. PLOS ONE, 16(10), e0259205
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259205, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58509
Dubovskiy, I., Grizanova, E., Tereshchenko, D., Krytsyna, T., Alikina, T., Kalmykova, G., Kabilov, M., & Coates, C. (2021). Bacillus thuringiensis Spores and Cry3A Toxins Act Synergistically to Expedite Colorado Potato Beetle Mortality. Toxins, 13(11), 746
https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins13110746, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58456
Emery, H., Traves, W., Rowley, A., & Coates, C. (2021). The diarrhetic shellfish-poisoning toxin, okadaic acid, provokes gastropathy, dysbiosis and susceptibility to bacterial infection in a non-rodent bioassay, Galleria mellonella. Archives of Toxicology, 95(10), 3361-3376.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-021-03132-x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57518
Grizanova, E., Coates, C., Butt, T., & Dubovskiy, I. (2021). RNAi-mediated suppression of insect metalloprotease inhibitor (IMPI) enhances Galleria mellonella susceptibility to fungal infection. Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 122, 104126
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2021.104126, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56776
Emery, H., Butt, T., & Coates, C. (2021). Nutraceutical intervention protects against bacterial and chemical-induced gastrotoxicity in a non-mammalian model, Galleria mellonella. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 154, 112354
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2021.112354, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57097
Bezerra, B., Belato, F., Mello, B., Brown, F., Coates, C., Leme, J., Trindade, R., & Costa-Paiva, E. (2021). Evolution of a key enzyme of aerobic metabolism reveals Proterozoic functional subunit duplication events and an ancient origin of animals. Scientific Reports, 11(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95094-4, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57414
Krachler, A., Sirisaengtaksin, N., Monteith, P., Paine, C., Coates, C., & Lim, J. (2021). Defective phagocyte association during infection of Galleria mellonella with Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is detrimental to both insect host and microbe. Virulence, 12(1), 638-653.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2021.1878672, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56074
Coates, C. & Söderhäll, K. (2020). The stress–immunity axis in shellfish. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 186(November 2021), 107492
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2020.107492, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55403
Belato, F., Coates, C., Halanych, K., Weber, R., & Costa-Paiva, E. (2020). Evolutionary History of the Globin Gene Family in Annelids. Genome Biology and Evolution, 12(10), 1719-1733.
https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaa134, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54525
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaa134
Quinn, E., Malkin, S., Rowley, A., & Coates, C. (2020). Laccase and catecholoxidase activities contribute to innate immunity in slipper limpets, Crepidula fornicata. Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 110, 103724
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2020.103724, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54049
Davies, C., Bass, D., Ward, G., Batista, F., Malkin, S., Thomas, J., Bateman, K., Feist, S., Coates, C., & Rowley, A. (2020). Diagnosis and prevalence of two new species of haplosporidians infecting shore crabs Carcinus maenas: Haplosporidium carcini n. sp., and H. cranc n. sp.. Parasitology, 147(11), 1229-1237.
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182020000980, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54427
Davies, C., Malkin, S., Thomas, J., Batista, F., Rowley, A., & Coates, C. (2020). Mycosis Is a Disease State Encountered Rarely in Shore Crabs, Carcinus maenas. Pathogens, 9(6), 462
https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9060462, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54422
O'Connor, E., Coates, C., Eastwood, D., Fitzpatrick, D., & Grogan, H. (2020). FISHing in fungi: Visualisation of mushroom virus X in the mycelium of Agaricus bisporus by fluorescence in situ hybridisation. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 173, 105913
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2020.105913, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53892
Rowley, A., Davies, C., Malkin, S., Bryan, C., Bevan, J., Batista, F., & Coates, C. (2020). Prevalence and histopathology of the parasitic barnacle, Sacculina carcini in shore crabs, Carcinus maenas. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 171, 107338
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2020.107338, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53465
Grizanova, E., Coates, C., Dubovskiy, I., & Butt, T. (2019). Metarhizium brunneum infection dynamics differ at the cuticle interface of susceptible and tolerant morphs of Galleria mellonella. Virulence, 10(1), 999-1012.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2019.1693230, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52437
Edwards, M., Coates, C., & Rowley, A. (2019). Host Range of the Mikrocytid Parasite Paramikrocytos canceri in Decapod Crustaceans. Pathogens, 8(4), 252
https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens8040252, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52785
Davies, C., Batista, F., Malkin, S., Bevan, J., Bryan, C., Crocombe, P., Coates, C., & Rowley, A. (2019). Spatial and temporal disease dynamics of the parasite Hematodinium sp. in shore crabs, Carcinus maenas. Parasites & Vectors, 12(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3727-x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52056
Emery, H., Johnston, R., Rowley, A., & Coates, C. (2019). Indomethacin-induced gut damage in a surrogate insect model, Galleria mellonella. Archives of Toxicology, 93(8), 2347-2360.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-019-02508-4, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50946
Zhuang, J., Lin, W., Coates, C., Shang, P., Wei, T., Wu, Z., & Xie, L. (2019). Cleavage of the Babuvirus Movement Protein B4 into Functional Peptides Capable of Host Factor Conjugation is Required for Virulence. Virologica Sinica, 34, 295-305.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12250-019-00094-4, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48394
Coates, C., Lim, J., Harman, K., Rowley, A., Griffiths, D., Emery, H., & Layton, W. (2019). The insect, Galleria mellonella, is a compatible model for evaluating the toxicology of okadaic acid. Cell Biology and Toxicology, 35, 219-232.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10565-018-09448-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44678
Albalat, A., Johnson, L., Coates, C., Dykes, G., Hitte, F., Morro, B., Dick, J., Todd, K., & Neil, D. (2019). The Effect of Temperature on the Physiological Condition and Immune-Capacity of European Lobsters (Homarus gammarus) During Long-Term Starvation. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00281, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50329
Belato, F., Schrago, C., Coates, C., Halanych, K., & Costa-Paiva, E. (2019). Newly Discovered Occurrences and Gene Tree of the Extracellular Globins and Linker Chains from the Giant Hexagonal Bilayer Hemoglobin in Metazoans. Genome Biology and Evolution, 11(3), 597-612.
https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evz012, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48152
Costa-Paiva, E., Schrago, C., Coates, C., & Halanych, K. (2018). Discovery of Novel Hemocyanin-Like Genes in Metazoans. The Biological Bulletin, 235(3), 134-151.
https://doi.org/10.1086/700181, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43224
Coates, C. & Talbot, J. (2018). Hemocyanin-derived phenoloxidase reaction products display anti-infective properties. Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 86, 47-51.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2018.04.017, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39536
Lim, J., Coates, C., Seoane, P., Garelnabi, M., Taylor-Smith, L., Monteith, P., Macleod, C., Escaron, C., Brown, G., Hall, R., & May, R. (2018). Characterizing the Mechanisms of Nonopsonic Uptake of Cryptococci by Macrophages. The Journal of Immunology, 200(10), 3539-3546.
https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1700790, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39003
http://www.jimmunol.org/content/early/2018/04/10/jimmunol.1700790
Coates, C., McCulloch, C., Betts, J., & Whalley, T. (2018). Echinochrome A Release by Red Spherule Cells Is an Iron-Withholding Strategy of Sea Urchin Innate Immunity. Journal of Innate Immunity, 10(2), 119-130.
https://doi.org/10.1159/000484722, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa36406
https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/484722
Coates, C. & Wyman, M. (2017). A denitrifying community associated with a major, marine nitrogen fixer. Environmental Microbiology, 19(12), 4978-4992.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14007, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa36860
Coates, C. & Decker, H. (2017). Immunological properties of Oxygen-Transport Proteins: Hemoglobin, Hemocyanin and Hemerythrin. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 74, 293-317.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-016-2326-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29476
Whitten, M., Coates, C., & Walker (neeWhitten), M. (2017). Re-evaluation of insect melanogenesis research: Views from the dark side. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research, 30(4), 386-401.
https://doi.org/10.1111/pcmr.12590, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32870
Albalat, A., Collard, A., Brucem, C., Coates, C., & Fox, C. (2016). Physiological Condition, Short-Term Survival, and Predator Avoidance Behavior of Discarded Norway Lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus). Journal of Shellfish Research, 35(4), 1053-1065.
https://doi.org/10.2983/035.035.0428, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa30717
Butt, T., Coates, C., Dubovskiy, I., & Ratcliffe, N. (2016). Entomopathogenic Fungi: New Insights into Host-Pathogen Interaction. Advances in Genetics, 94, 307-364.
https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.adgen.2016.01.006, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26524
Zhuang, J., Coates, C., Mao, Q., Wu, Z., & Xie, L. (2016). The antagonistic effect ofBanana bunchy top virusmultifunctional protein B4 againstFusarium oxysporum. Molecular Plant Pathology, 17(5), 669-679.
https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12319, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa23532
Johnson, L., Coates, C., Albalat, A., Todd, K., & Neil, D. (2016). Temperature-dependent morbidity of ‘nicked’ edible crab, Cancer pagurus. Fisheries Research, 175, 127-131.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2015.11.024, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa25004
Shinn, A., Mühlhölzl, A., Coates, C., Metochis, C., & Freeman, M. (2015). Zoothamnium duplicatum infestation of cultured horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 125, 81-86.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2014.12.002, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21687
Zhuang, J., Coates, C., Zhu, H., Zhu, P., Wu, Z., & Xie, L. (2015). Identification of candidate antimicrobial peptides derived from abalone hemocyanin. Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 49(1), 96-102.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2014.11.008, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21686
Coates, C. & Nairn, J. (2014). Diverse immune functions of hemocyanins. Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 45(1), 43-55.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2014.01.021, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21684
Coates, C., Whalley, T., Wyman, M., & Nairn, J. (2013). A putative link between phagocytosis-induced apoptosis and hemocyanin-derived phenoloxidase activation. Apoptosis, 18(11), 1319-1331.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10495-013-0891-x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21683
Coates, C. & Nairn, J. (2013). Hemocyanin-derived phenoloxidase activity: A contributing factor to hyperpigmentation in Nephrops norvegicus. Food Chemistry, 140(1-2), 361-369.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.02.072, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21682
Coates, C., Whalley, T., & Nairn, J. (2012). Phagocytic activity of Limulus polyphemus amebocytes in vitro. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 111(3), 205-210.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2012.08.002, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21681
Wright, J., Clark, W., Cain, J., Patterson, A., Coates, C., & Nairn, J. (2012). Effects of known phenoloxidase inhibitors on hemocyanin-derived phenoloxidase from Limulus polyphemus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 163(3-4), 303-308.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2012.07.003, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21680
Coates, C., Bradford, E., Krome, C., & Nairn, J. (2012). Effect of temperature on biochemical and cellular properties of captive Limulus polyphemus. Aquaculture, 334-337, 30-38.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.12.029, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21679
Coates, C., Kelly, S., & Nairn, J. (2011). Possible role of phosphatidylserine–hemocyanin interaction in the innate immune response of Limulus polyphemus. Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 35(2), 155-163.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2010.08.015, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21678
Mowlds, P., Coates, C., Renwick, J., & Kavanagh, K. (2010). Dose-dependent cellular and humoral responses in Galleria mellonella larvae following β-glucan inoculation. Microbes and Infection, 12(2), 146-153.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micinf.2009.11.004, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21677

Book Chapters

Coates, C., Rowley, A., Smith, L., & Whitten, M. (2022). Host defences of invertebrates to pathogens and parasites. Invertebrate Pathology (pp. 3-40). Oxford University Press
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198853756.003.0001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59881
Bass, D., Rowley, A., & Coates, C. (2022). Diagnostic approaches in invertebrate pathology. Invertebrate Pathology (pp. 61-72). Oxford University Press
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198853756.003.0003, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59886
Costa-Paiva, E. & Coates, C. (2020). Recent insights into the diversity and evolution of invertebrate hemerythrins and extracellular globins. Vertebrate and Invertebrate Respiratory Proteins, Lipoproteins and other Body Fluid Proteins Springer
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51245
Coates, C. & Costa-Paiva, E. (2020). Multifunctional Roles of Hemocyanins. Vertebrate and Invertebrate Respiratory Proteins, Lipoproteins and other Body Fluid Proteins Springer
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41769-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51244
Coates, C. & Albalat, A. (2014). Engaging with strategies to impede post-mortem hyperpigmentation in commercial crustaceans. Shellfish; Human consumption, health implications and conservation concerns (pp. 169-194). Nova Science Publishers
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21685

Edited Books

Rowley, A., Coates, C., & Walker (neeWhitten), M. (Eds.). (2022). Invertebrate Pathology. Oxford University Press.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59224
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/invertebrate-pathology-9780198853756?q=invertebrate%20pathology&lang=en&cc=gb

Other Research Outputs

Hauton, C. & Coates, C. (2017). Report from Working Group 3: Shellfish Health and Disease
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54450

Key Grants and Projects

BlueFish Project: Building resilience into blue growth in the Irish and Celtic Sea Fisheries and Aquaculture 2017 - 2021

, with Prof Andrew Rowley, €1,125,500 ERDF to Swansea University (total: €1,406,877)
SAFE-Aqua Project: Sustainable Farming for Effective Aquaculture 2017 - 2021

, €252,000 RISE European Commission to Swansea University
ARCH-UK: Aquaculture Research Collaboration Hub, Shellfish Aquaculture Group 2017 - 2021

, with Prof Andrew Rowley (Pl), £215,762 UKRI (BBSRC, NERC) to Swansea University
KESS2 Scholarship (PhD): Prospecting the insect model, Galleria mellonella, for gut-related pathobiology 2017 - 2020

, with Prof Tariq Butt, ~£60,000 to Swansea University
KESS2 Scholarship (MRes): A novel approach to native oyster production and associated ecosystem services 2018 - 2019

, with Dr Ed Pope, ~£20,000 to Swansea University

Career History

Associate Professor, Biosciences, Swansea University

2019 - Present
Senior Lecturer, Biosciences, Swansea University

2017 - 2019
Lecturer, Biosciences, Swansea University

2015 - 2016
Post-Doctoral Researcher (NERC), Marine Molecular Microbiology, University of Stirling

2014 - 2015

Invited Presentations, Lectures and Conferences

Prospecting insect larvae as a non-animal technology for disease and toxicology research

April 2020

Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, Texas USA
Developing an insect model for toxicological evaluation of shellfish poisoning toxins

March 2020

University of Exeter
Healthy, Compromised and Diseased states of commercial shellfish throughout the food cycle

December 2019

Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cape Town, South Africa
Multifunctional roles of the oxygen transport protein, hemocyanin, in arthropods and molluscs

October 2019

Natural History Museum, London
Cellular bioenergetics in invertebrates

July 2019

BIOTEC, Thailand
Hemocyanin is a versatile immune effector of invertebrate innate immunity

July 2019

BIOTEC, Thailand

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KESS2 Scholarship (PhD): Prospecting the insect model, Galleria mellonella, for gut-related pathobiology 2017 - 2020

KESS2 Scholarship (MRes): A novel approach to native oyster production and associated ecosystem services 2018 - 2019

Associate Professor, Biosciences, Swansea University

Senior Lecturer, Biosciences, Swansea University

Lecturer, Biosciences, Swansea University

Post-Doctoral Researcher (NERC), Marine Molecular Microbiology, University of Stirling

Prospecting insect larvae as a non-animal technology for disease and toxicology research

Developing an insect model for toxicological evaluation of shellfish poisoning toxins

Healthy, Compromised and Diseased states of commercial shellfish throughout the food cycle

Multifunctional roles of the oxygen transport protein, hemocyanin, in arthropods and molluscs

Cellular bioenergetics in invertebrates

Hemocyanin is a versatile immune effector of invertebrate innate immunity