Professional summary

Dr Amaia Green Etxabe’s current research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of action and functional consequence of pollutants across a range of species. Amaia is particularly interested in sublethal biomarkers and response profiles of pollutants with the aim of aiding predictions of species-sensitivity for improved environmental risk assessment and monitoring. Her recent work involves investigating the effects of nanoparticles and metals across invertebrates, as well as the exposure of birds to legacy waste. Amaia has an extensive background of applying molecular techniques to diverse “non-model" species.

Selected publications

Green Etxabe Amaia et al. , (2023), The genome sequence of the cabbage moth, Mamestra brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758). Wellcome Open Research, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.20165.1

Khodaparast Zahra et al. , (2023), Toxicokinetics of Ag from Ag2S NP exposure in Tenebrio molitor and Porcellio scaber: comparing single-species tests to indoor mesocosm experiments. NanoImpact, 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2023.100454

Lahive E. et al. , (2021), A kinetic approach for assessing the uptake of Ag from pristine and sulfidised Ag nanomaterials to plants. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.5031

Short Stephen et al. , (2021), Off-target stoichiometric binding identified from toxicogenomics explains why some species are more sensitive than others to a widely used neonicotinoid. Environmental Science & Technology, 55, 3059-3069, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c05125

Green Etxabe Amaia et al. , (2021), Identifying conserved polychaete molecular markers of metal exposure: comparative analyses using the Alitta virens (Annelida, Lophotrochozoa) transcriptome. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2020.108913

Peixoto S. et al. , (2020), Impact of Ag2S NPs on soil bacterial community – a terrestrial mesocosm approach. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111405

Lynch Iseult et al. , (2020), Can an InChI for nano address the need for a simplified representation of complex nanomaterials across experimental and nanoinformatics studies?. Nanomaterials, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano10122493

Other Publications

Green Etxabe A, Short S, Flood T, Johns T, Ford AT. 2015. Pronounced and prevalent intersexuality does not impede the ‘Demon Shrimp’ invasion. PeerJ 

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.757

Cragg, S.M., Beckham, G.T., Bruce, N.C., Bugg, T.D., Distel, D.L., Dupree, P., Green Etxabe, A., Goodell, B.S., Jellison, J., McGeehan, J.E. and McQueen-Mason, S.J., 2015. Lignocellulose degradation mechanisms across the Tree of Life. Current opinion in chemical biology, 29,108-119.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.10.018