Dr James Ebdon
Principal Lecturer
contact:
Environment and Technology
Moulsecoomb
Brighton
BN2 4GJ
Telephone: +44 (0)1273 642512
Email: je3@brighton.ac.uk
Teaching
- Water and Health
- Water and Environmental Management
- Waterborne disease control
- Environmental Microbiology
- Global Environmental Issues
Research
- Microbial source tracking
- Development and application of novel, low-cost water pollution tools
- Prevalence of antibiotic resistance in the environment
- Survival and persistence of viruses in surface waters and sediments
- Low-cost sanitation and water supply
Consultancy
- Microbial source tracking investigations and workshops
- Water supply and sanitation for developing countries
Biography
- Senior Lecturer and Researcher in the Environment and Public Health Research Unit (EPHRU)
- Lead scientist on €2.9 million ERDF supported project AquaManche (Advanced Monitoring and Management of Catchments, Health and the Environment)
- Chair of School's Research Ethics Governance Committee
- Fellow of The Higher Education Academy (HEA)
- Member of the International Water Association (IWA) and UK Water, Food and Environmental Virology Group (WFEV)
- Advisor for the UK Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA)
- Collaborates with researchers in France, Austria, Cyprus, US, Brazil, Japan and Nigeria.
- Joined the University of Brighton in 2001
Research Publications
OGILVIE, LESLEY, CAPLIN, JONATHAN, DEDI, CYNTHIA, Diston, D., CHEEK, LIZ, Bowler, L., TAYLOR, HUW, EBDON, JAMES and JONES, BRIAN (2012) Comparative (meta)genomic analysis and ecological profiling of human gut specific bacteriophage B124-14 PLoS ONE, 7 (4). ISSN 1932-6203
Nnane, D.E., Ebdon, J.E. and Taylor, H.D. (2012) The dynamics of faecal indicator organisms in a temperate river during storm conditions Journal of Water and Climate Change, 3 (2). pp. 139-150. ISSN 2040-2244
Diston, D., Ebdon, J.E. and Taylor, H.D. (2012) The effect of UV-C radiation (254nm) on a candidate microbial source tracking phage infecting a human-specific strain of Bacteroides fragilis (GB-124) Journal of Water and Health, 10 (2). pp. 262-270. ISSN 1477-8920
Ebdon, J.E., Sellwood, J., Shore, J. and Taylor, H.D. (2011) Phages of Bacteroides (GB-124): a novel tool for viral waterborne disease control? Environmental Science and Technology, 46 (2). pp. 1163-1169. ISSN 0013-936X
Purnell, S.E., Ebdon, J.E. and Taylor, H.D. (2011) Bacteriophage lysis of enterococcus host strains: a tool for microbial source tracking? Environmental Science and Technology, 45 (24). pp. 10699-10750. ISSN 0013-936X
Nnane, D.E., Ebdon, J.E. and Taylor, H.D. (2011) Integrated analysis of water quality parameters for cost effective faecal pollution management in river catchments Water Research, 45 (6). pp. 2235-2246. ISSN 0043-1354
Vijayavel, K., Fujioka, R., Ebdon, J. and Taylor, H. (2010) Isolation and characterization of the Bacteroides host strain HB-73 used to detect sewage specific phases in Hawaii Water Research, 44 (12). pp. 3714-3724. ISSN 0043-1354
Nnane, D.E., Ebdon, J.E. and Taylor, H.D. (2010) Combining quantitative microbial source tracking with traditional approaches to map water pollution hazards in a river catchment In: IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition, 19-24 Sep 2010, Montreal, Canada.
Reischer, G.H., Haider, J.M., Pokorny, N., Roda Husman, A.M., de Wuertz, S., Pradhan, B., Ferguson, C., Byamukama, D., Mushi, D., Ko, G., Ebdon, J.E., Aström, J., Coakley, T., Poma, R., Ahmed, W., Vrajmasu, V., Toth, E.M., Schade, M.A., Blanch, A.R. and Farnleiter, A.H. (2009) Global scale investigation of source specificity and -sensitivity of microbial source tracking qPCR assays targeting intestinal Bacteroides In: International Water Association's Health-Related Water Microbiology Conference, 31 May - 5 Jun 2009, Naxos, Greece.
Diston, D., Taylor, H. and Ebdon, J. (2009) Isolation and characterisation of bacteriophage infecting Bacteriodes strain GB124 In: International Water Association's Health-Related Water Microbiology Conference, 31 May - 5 Jun 2009, Naxos, Greece.
Ebdon, J.E., Sellwood, J. and Taylor, H.D. (2009) The potential use of phage-lysis of bacteroides strains as a surrogate method for pathogenic human virus detection in surface waters. In: International Water Association's Health-Related Water Microbiology Conference, Naxos, Greece.
Nnane, D.E., Ebdon, J.E. and Taylor, H.D. (2009) Application of microbial source tracking to river pollution dynamics assessment; initial results and analysis In: International Water Association's Health-Related Water Microbiology Conference, 31 May - 5 Jun 2009, Naxos, Greece.
Taylor, H.D., Rincé, A., Porter, J., Gawler, A., Gourmelon, M., Caprais, M.P. and Ebdon, J.E. (2009) Aquatic management of catchments for health and environment (AquaManche): a collaborative European investigation into novel waterborne disease prediction methods In: International Water Association's Health-Related Water Microbiology Conference, 31 May - 5 Jun 2009, Naxos, Greece.
Nnane, D.E., Ebdon, J.E. and Taylor, H.D. (2009) River catchment microbial dynamics under storm event conditions and human health protection: From a curative to a preventative strategy In: Canadian Association on Water Quality's 25th Water Quality Conference, 30 Oct 2009, Ottowa, Canada.
Taylor, H.D. and Ebdon, J.E. (2008) Does microbial source tracking have a role to play in zoonosis risk management? In: Med-Vet-Net Symposium, St Malo, France.
Ebdon, J.E., Purnell, S.E. and Taylor, H.D. (2008) Bacteriophages as tools for assessing the quality of surface waters impacted by point and non-point sources of faecal pollution in southern England. Water and Environmental Management Series (WEMS) . IWA Publishing, London, UK.
Kannappan, V., Fukioka, R., Ebdon, J. and Taylor, H. (2008) The successful recovery of phages from sewage in tropical Hawai'i using a newly isolated Bacteroides strain In: American Society for Microbiology 18th General Meeting, 1-5 Jun 2008, Boston, Massachessetts, USA.
Taylor, H.D. and Ebdon, J.E. (2008) Use of Bacteroides to detect human-specific fecal bacteriophage: development and implementation of novel microbial source tracking (MST) in Europe and beyond In: Joint Annual Meeting of the NSF/NIEHS and NOAA Oceans and Human Health Centers, 16-18 Apr 2008, Waikiki Beach, Hawai'i, USA.
Taylor, H.D. and Ebdon, J.E. (2007) All faeces are not equal: microbial source tracking as a health protection tool Water 21 . pp. 31-34. ISSN 1561-9508
Ebdon, J., Muniesa, M. and Taylor, H.D. (2007) The application of a recently isolated strain of bacteroides (GB-124) to identify human sources of faecal pollution in a temperate river catchment Water Research, 41 (16). pp. 3683-3690. ISSN 0043-1354
Taylor, H.D. and Ebdon, J.E. (2007) Pathogen behaviour and research priorities for surface and recreational water monitoring and management in Europe In: SWAP2007: The European Union Symposium on Waterborne Pathogens in Surface and Drinking Waters, Luxembourg.
Ebdon, J.E. and Taylor, H.D. (2006) Geographical stability of enterococcal antibiotic resistance profiles in Europe and its implications for the identification of faecal sources Environmental Science & Technology, 40 (17). pp. 5327-5332. ISSN 1520-5851
Blanch, A.R., Belanche-Muñoz, L., Bonjoch, X., Ebdon, J.E., Gantzer, C., Lucena, F., Ottoson, J., Kourtis, C., Iversen, A., Kühn, I., Mocé, L., Muniesa, M., Schwartzbrod, J., Skraber, S., Papageorgiou, G.T., Taylor, H.D., Wallis, J.L. and Jofre, J. (2006) Integrated analysis of established and novel microbial and chemical methods for microbial source tracking Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72 (9). pp. 5915-5926. ISSN 1098-5336
Ebdon, J.E. and Taylor, H.D. (2006) Development of novel faecal source tracking techniques and their application to a temperate river catchment in Southern England In: Stuetz, Richard and Teik-Thye, Lim, eds. Young researchers 2006. IWA Publishing, pp. 287-297. ISBN 1843395134
Payan, A., Ebdon, J.E., Taylor, H.D., Gantzer, C., Ottoson, J., Papageorgiou, G.T., Blanch, A.R., Lucena, F., Jofre, J. and Muniesa, M. (2005) Method for isolation of Bacteroides bacteriophage host strains suitable for tracking sources of faecal pollution in water Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71 (9). pp. 5659-5662. ISSN 1098-5336
Payan, A., Ebdon, J.E., Taylor, H.D., Gantzer, C., Ottoson, J., Papageorgiou, G., Blanch, A.R., Lucena, F., Jofre, J. and Muniesa, M. (2005) A method for the isolation of suitable bacteriophage host strains of Bacteroides for tracking sources of faecal pollution Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71 (9). pp. 5659-5662. ISSN 0099-2240
Blanch, A.R., Belanche-Muñoz, L., Bonjoch, X., Ebdon, J.E., Gantzer, C., Lucena, F., Ottoson, J., Kourtis, C., Iversen, A., Kühn, I., Mocé, L., Muniesa, M., Schwartzbrod, J., Skraber, S., Papageorgiou, G.T., Taylor, H.D., Wallis, J.L. and Jofre, J. (2004) Tracking the origin of faecal pollution in surface water: an ongoing project within the European Union research programme Journal of Water and Health, 2 (4). pp. 249-260. ISSN 1477-8920
Taylor, H.D., Wallis, J.L., Ebdon, J.E. and Caplin, J.L. (2004) Faecal source tracking as a tool for agricultural pollution management EUGRIS Portal for Soil and Water Management in Europe, UK.
Taylor, H.D., Wallis, J.L. and Ebdon, J.E. (2004) Pollution source tracking to meet the demands of a revised European Union bathing water directive In: Brebbia, C.A., Saval Perez, J.M., Garcia Andion, L. and Villcampa, Y., eds. Coastal environment V incorporating oil spill studies. Environmental studies (10). WIT Press, Southampton, UK, pp. 135-144. ISBN 1853127108
Ebdon, J.E., Wallis, J.L. and Taylor, H.D. (2004) A simplified low-cost approach to antibiotic resistance profiling for faecal source tracking Water Science & Technology, 50 (1). pp. 185-191. ISSN 0273-1223

