John Colbourne

John Colbourne is a Professor of Environmental Genomics at the Biosciences Centre for Environmental Research and Justice. His research integrates evolutionary ecology, high-throughput biology, and environmental genomics to study how organisms adapt to environmental challenges. He leads projects on chemical pollutants' molecular impacts, Daphnia genomics, and environmental DNA (eDNA) monitoring. Colbourne has secured funding from the European Commission, BBSRC, and the Food Standards Agency, and received a 2016 fellowship for his work on crustacean metabolism. He actively supervises PhD students in areas like genomic signatures for environmental health and computational methods for gene networks.

• Education: Not explicitly stated in provided texts
• Key Research Themes: Genomic responses to environmental stress, aquatic biodiversity monitoring, chemical safety methodologies

His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to clean water (SDG6), responsible consumption (SDG12), and life below water (SDG14). Recent projects include developing eDNA metabarcoding for riverine biodiversity and molecular mechanisms of sex determination in Daphnia. Colbourne has published 142+ articles and holds leadership roles in multi-national research consortia.

• Grants & Projects: 17 active/past projects including PrecisionTox (EU), MultiOmicsTox (EU), and Gnatwork sequencing validation
• Labs/Teams: Coordinates interdisciplinary teams focused on environmental genomics and computational toxicology