Ewan Camplisson

I completed my undergraduate degree with honours at the University of Dundee (Scotland) in 2020 studying Pharmacology. My thesis under supervision from Professor Tim Hales, focused on biased agonists at the μ-opioid receptor. I then went on to complete a Masters of Science at Heriot Watt University studying International Marine Sciences, finishing in 2021. My Master's thesis was focused on Basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) and was supervised by Professor Rupert Ormond and Professor Mauvis Gore. 

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Upon completion of my Master's I began applying for PhDs. I was accepted in 2022 as a student by Dr Gina Galli and Professor Holly Shiels from the University of Manchester. I then secured funding from the BBSRC for a four year PhD program, starting in September 2022.

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My PhD is titled "Mechanisms of cardiac longevity in the world's longest live vertebrate, the Greenland shark". This work will investigate several of the nine hallmarks of aging, with a focus on genomic instability, epigenetic alterations, telomere attrition, mitochondrial dysfunction and deregulated nutrient sensing.

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So far this project has involved collaboration with Dr Neal Dawson from the University of Glasgow and an expedition to Greenland to collect samples and complete assays on fresh tissue. Some initial data has also been presented at the European Elasmobranch Association (EEA) 2023 conference.