Prof David Blair ~ Adjunct Professor

My PhD studies were done at Glasgow University a very long time ago. The topic was the life-cycles of parasites infecting trout in fish-farms.

I have worked at James Cook University for two blocks of time. The first was in the late 1970s and the second started in 1989. In between those times, I was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Queensland (in the then Parasitology Dept) and a lecturer in the Zoology Dept at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Interests

Research

• Evolutionary biology, population genetics, phylogenetics, parasitology, taxonomy and systematics, molecular genetics, genomics, especially mitogenomics.

Teaching

• Evolutionary biology, systematics, conservation genetics.

Research Disciplines

• Evolutionary Biology (0603)
• Genetics (0604)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Expanding Knowledge (9701)
• Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity (9608)
• Public Health (9204)

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Journal Articles

• Choi Y, Fontenla S, Fischer P, Le T, Costabile A, Blair D, Brindley P, Tort J, Cabada M and Mitreva M (2020) Adaptive radiation of the flukes of the family Fasciolidae inferred from genome-wide comparisons of key species. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 37 (1), pp. 84-99, DOI:10.1093/molbev/msz204.
• Chapman P, Cribb T, Flint M, Traub R, Blair D, Kyaw-Tanner M and Mills P (2019) Spirorchiidiasis in marine turtles: the current state of knowledge. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 133, pp. 217-245, DOI:10.3354/dao03348.
• Hutson K, Vaughan D and Blair D (2019) First record of a 'fish' blood fluke (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) from a marine mammal: Cardicola dhangali n. sp. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 10, pp. 23-28, DOI:10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.06.009.
• Le T, Nguyen K, Nguyen N, Doan H, Agatsuma T and Blair D (2019) The complete mitochondrial genome of Paragonimus ohirai (Paragonimidae: Trematoda: Platyhelminthes) and its comparison with P. Westermani congeners and other trematodes. PeerJ, 7, Article: e7031, DOI:10.7717/peerj.7031.
• Ni Y, Ma X, Hu W, Blair D and Yin M (2019) New lineages and old species: lineage diversity and regional distribution of Moina (Crustacea: Cladocera) in China. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 134, pp. 87-98, DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.007.
• Doanh P, Tu L, Hien H, Duc N, Horii Y, Blair D and Nawa Y (2018) First intermediate hosts of Paragonimus spp. in Vietnam and identification of intramolluscan stages of different Paragonimus species. Parasites & Vectors, 11, Article: 328, DOI:10.1186/s13071-018-2897-2.
• Mclean J, Johnson A, Woods D, Muller R, Blair D and Buettner P (2018) Growth rates of, and milk feeding schedules for, juvenile spectacled flying-foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) reared for release at a rehabilitation centre in north Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology, 66 (3), pp. 201-213, DOI:10.1071/ZO18076.
• Hernández-Chea R, Jiménez-Rocha A, Castro R, Blair D and Dolz G (2017) Morphological and molecular characterization of the metacercaria of Paragonimus caliensis, as a separate species from P. mexicanus in Costa Rica. Parasitology International, 66 (2), pp. 126-133, DOI:10.1016/j.parint.2016.12.006.
• Le T, Nguyen K, Nguyen N, Doan H, Dung D and Blair D (2017) The ribosomal transcription units of Haplorchis pumilio and H. taichui and the use of 28S rDNA sequences for phylogenetic identification of common heterophyids in Vietnam. Parasites & Vectors, 10 (17), DOI:10.1186/s13071-017-1968-0.
• Li Y, Yin M, Wu Q, McManus D, Blair D, Li H, Xu B, Mo X, Feng Z and Hu W (2017) Genetic diversity and selection of three nuclear genes in Schistosoma japonicum populations. Parasites & Vectors, 10 (87), DOI:10.1186/s13071-017-2033-8.
• Pitaksakulrat O, Kiatsopit N, Laoprom N, Webster B, Webster J, Lamberton P, Laha T, Andrews R, Petney T, Blair D, Carlton E, Spear R and Sithithaworn P (2017) Preliminary genetic evidence of two different populations of Opisthorchis viverrini in Lao PDR. Parasitology Research, 116 (4), pp. 1247-1256, DOI:10.1007/s00436-017-5401-6.

Book Chapters

• Blair D (2019) Paragonimiasis. In: Digenetic Trematodes. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1154. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 105-138

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 153+ research outputs authored by Prof David Blair from 1996 onwards.

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Towards a National Strongyloidiasis Control Program: Closing the Gap on Strongyloidiasis in Remote Indigenous Communities. (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

Completed

• Biodiversity, biogeography and phylogeny of Australian freshwater triclads (2017, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Bananas, Laos and economic development: farming practice and farmers' perceptions (2016, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Key factors influencing the occurrence and frequency of ciguatera (2017, PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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