Embryo Cam

University of Plymouth

Oliver Tills
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow

Oliver is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and founder of the EmbryoPhenomics technology currently based at the University of Plymouth. He has a background in developmental ecophysiology and has developed cutting edge technologies to help him advance research in to the effects of environment on the development of aquatic organisms.

John Spicer
Professor of Marine Zoology at the University of Plymouth

John is fascinated by how animals work in their environments and has led the way in both field and laboratory research in this area. He is passionate about the importance of biodiversity and physiological diversity and has written popular science books on this topic.

Simon Rundle
Professor of Aquatic Biology at the University of Plymouth

Simon's research interests centre around the role developmental plasticity in enabling species to adapt to altered environmental conditions and, recently, the application of new phenomics technologies for measuring the interactive effects of biotic and abiotic stressors on this plasticity.

Ellen Tully
EmbryoPhenomics Research Assistant

Ellen is a Research Assistant for the research and development of EmbryoPhenomic technologies. She has a research background in the development and application of emerging bio-imaging technologies to study the response of marine embryos to changing environmental temperature.

Ziad Ibbini
EmbryoPhenomics Research Assistant

Ziad is a Research Assistant in computational biology working on the EmbryoPhenomics project. His work focuses on the development of novel computational techniques to assist the development and application of complex bioimaging technologies to answer biological questions.

Jamie McCoy
PhD Student at the University of Plymouth

Jamie is a PhD student applying novel phenomics technologies to improve our understanding of how embryonic and larval stages of marine invertebrates respond to climatic change. He has experience in the implementation of imaging technologies and image analysis software to characterize the responses of embryos of marine snails to reductions in oxygen.

Chloe Green
Student of Marine Biology at the University of Plymouth

Chloe is a student studying Marine Biology and Coastal Ecology at the University of Plymouth. She has joined the EmbryoPhenomics team as part of her placement year and is contributing to the development of new laboratory and field microscope technologies.

Tom Wright
Student of Marine Biology and Coastal Ecology at the University of Plymouth

Tom is a student studying Marine Biology and Coastal Ecology at the University of Plymouth. He has joined the EmbryoPhenomics team as part of his placement year and is contributing to development of new laboratory and field microscope technologies.

We are the EmbryoPhenomics research group at the University of Plymouth and include undergraduate students, postgraduate students, research fellows and professors. We are largely all Marine Biologists by training and are all fascinated by how early life stages put themselves together out in their environment.