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Welcome to The Holt Lab! We’re based at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. Our research currently spans four key themes … Microbiomes. We're interested in all things microbial diversity, particularly how and why microbes live in …

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Four opportunities to join the Holt lab

We have four PhD projects for October 2026 competing for various studentships.

  1. Identifying signatures of host specificity in protist parasite …

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Jan 30, 2026

Phylogenomic tree of Cercozoa based on single-cell transcriptomes from 100 uncultured cells

Lax, G, Cooney EC, Zlatogursky V, Mtawali M, Okamoto N, Jacko-Reynolds VKL, Bjornson S, Holt CC, Hurdeal VG, Giannotti D, Keeling PK. BMC Biology.

Feb 21, 2025

Phylogenomic resolution of marine to freshwater dinoflagellate transitions

Mtawali M, Cooney EC, Adams J, Jin J, Holt CC, Keeling PK. The ISME Journal.

Jul 8, 2024

Useful resources for data analysis

A list of useful packages, tools, and guides for data analysis

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