Education

• B.Sc. (Hons) Immunology & Microbiology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
• M.Res, Ph.D., Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

Research Interests

Current Projects

• Taxonomy and Phylogeography of Hematodinium Spp.
• Epidemiolocial Studies on a Ciliate Parasite of Blue Crabs.
• Taxonomy of Microsporidia.

Selected Publications

• Stentiford, G.D., Bateman, K.S., Small, H.J., Pond, M. and Ungfors, A.  (2012) Hematodinium and its bacteria-like endosymbiont in European brown shrimp (Crangon crangon). Aquatic Biosystems. In Press.
• Stebbing, P.D., Pond, M.J., Peeler, E., Small, H.J., Greenwood, S.J. and Verner-Jeffreys, D. (2012) Limited prevalence of gaffkaemia (Aerococcus viridans var. homari) isolated from wild caught European lobsters (Homarus gammarus) in England and Wales. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 100, 159-167.
• Bateman, K.S., Munro, J., Uglow, B., Small, H.J. and Stentiford, G.D. (2012). Susceptibility of juvenile European lobster (Homarus gammarus) fed  high- and low-dose White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) infected shrimp products. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 100, 169-184.
• Small, H.J. (2012) Advances in our understanding of the global diversity and distribution of Hematodinium spp. - significant pathogens of commercially exploited crustaceans.  Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 110, 234-246.

• Stentiford, G.D., Neil, D.M., Peeler, E., Shields, J.D., Small, H.J., Flegel, T.W., Vlak, J., Jones, B., Morado, F., Moss, S., Lotz, J., Bartholomay, L., Reantaso, M., Behringer, D.C., Hauton, C. and Lightner, D.V. (2012) Disease will limit future food supply from the global crustacean fishery and aquaculture sectors. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 110, 141-157.

• Small, H.J., Shields, J.D., Reece, K.S., Bateman, K. and Stentiford, G.D. (2012) Morphological and molecular characterization of Hematodinium perezi (Dinophyceae: Syndininiales), a dinoflagellate parasite of the harbour crab, Liocarcinus depurator. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 59, 54-66.
• Pagenkopp Lohan, K.M.,  Reece, K.S., Miller, T.L., Wheeler, K.N., Small, H.J. and  Shields, J.D. (2012) The role of alternate hosts in the ecology and life history of Hematodinium sp. a parasitic dinoflagellate of the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus). Journal of Parasitology 98, 73-84.

• Caiwen Li, Miller, T.L., Small, H.J. and Shields, J.D. (2011) In vitro culture and developmental cycle of the parasitic dinoflagellate Hematodinium sp. from the blue crab Callinectes sapidus. Parasitology 9, 1-11.

• Small, H.J. Pagenkopp, K.M. (2011). Reservoirs and alternate hosts for pathogens of commercially important crustaceans: A review. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 106, 153-164.
• Stentiford, G.D., Bateman, K.S., Small, H.J., Moss, J., Shields, J.D., Reece, K.S. and Tuck, I. (2010) Myospora metanephropii (n. gn., n. sp.) from marine lobsters and a proposal for erection of a new Order and Family (Crustaceacida; Myosporidae) in the Class Marinosporidia (Phylum Microspora). International Journal of Parasitology 40, 1433-1446.
• Li, C., Reece, K.S., Miller, T.L., Small, H.J., Pagenkopp, K.M. and Shields, J.D. (2010) Detection and quantification of the free-living stage of the parasitic dinoflagellate Hematodinium sp. in laboratory and environmental samples. Harmful Algae 9, 515-521.
• Small, H.J., Williams, T.D., Sturve, J., Chipman, J.K., Southam, A.D., Bean, T.P., Lyons, B.P. and Stentiford, G.D. (2010) Gene expression analyses of hepatocellular adenoma and hepatocellular carcinoma from the marine flatfish Limanda limanda. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 88, 127-141.
• Small, H.J., Shields, J.D., Haas, L.W., Vogelbein, W.K., Moss, J.A. and Reece, K.S. (2009) Genetic variation among strains of Pseudopfiesteria shumwayae and Pfiesteria piscicida (Dinophyceae). Journal of Phycology 45, 1315-1322.
• Small, H.J., Sturve, J., Bignell, J.P., Longshaw, M., Lyons, B.P., Hicks, R., Feist, S.W. and Stentiford, G.D. (2008) Laser-assisted microdissection: a new tool for aquatic molecular parasitology. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 82, 151–156.
• Beale, K.M., Towle, D.W., Jayasundara, N., Smith, C.M., Shields, J.D., Small, H.J. and Greenwood, S.J. (2008) Anti-lipopolysaccharide factors in the American lobster Homarus americanus: Molecular characterization and transcriptional response to Vibrio fluvialis challenge. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part D 3, 263–269.
• Ridgway, I.D., Small, H.J., Atkinson, R.J.A., Birkbeck, H.T., Taylor, A.C. and Neil, D.M. (2008). Extracellular proteases and possible disease related virulence mechanisms of two marine bacteria implicated in an opportunistic bacterial infection of Nephrops norvegicus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 99, 14–19.
• Xu, W.-J., Shi, H., Xu, H.-X., and Small, H.J. (2007) Preliminary study on the Hematodinium infection in cultured Portunus trituberculatus. Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica 31, 640-647.
• Small, H.J., Shields, J.D., Hudson, K.L. and Reece, K.S. (2007) Molecular detection of the Hematodinium sp. infecting the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Journal of Shellfish Research 26, 131-139.
• Small, H.J., Shields, J.D., Moss, J.A. and Reece, K.S. (2007) Conservation in the first internal transcribed spacer region (ITS1) in Hematodinium species infecting crustacean hosts found in the United Kingdom and Newfoundland. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 75, 251-258.
• Small, H.J., Shields, J.D., Neil, D.M., Taylor, A.C. and Coombs, G.H. (2007) Differences in enzyme activities between two species of Hematodinium, parasitic dinoflagellates of crustaceans. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 94, 175-183.
• Li, C., Shields, J.D., Small, H.J., Reece, K.S., Hartwig, C.L., Cooper, R.A. and Ratzlaff, R.E. (2006) Detection of Panulirus argus Virus 1 (PaV1) in the Caribbean spiny lobster using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 72, 185-192.
• Small, H.J., Neil, D.M., Taylor, A.C., Atkinson, R.J.A. and Coombs, G.H. (2006) Molecular detection of Hematodinium spp. in the Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus (L.), and other crustaceans. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 69, 185-195.
• Small, H.J., Neil, D.M., Taylor, A.C., Bateman, K. and Coombs, G.H. (2005) A parasitic scuticociliate infection in the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 90, 108-117.
• Small, H.J., Neil, D.M. Taylor, A.C. and Coombs, G.H. (2005) Identification and partial characterisation of metalloproteases secreted by a Mesanophrys-like ciliate parasite of the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 67, 225-231.
• Small, H.J., Wilson, S., Neil, D.M., Hagan, P. and Coombs, G.H. (2002) Detection of the parasitic dinoflagellate Hematodinium in the Norway Lobster Nephrops norvegicus by ELISA. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 52, 175-177.
• Stentiford, G.D., Green, M., Bateman, K., Small, H.J., Neil, D.M. and Feist, S.W. (2002) Infection by a Hematodinium-like parasitic dinoflagellate causes Pink Crab Disease (PCD) in the edible crab Cancer pagurus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 79, 179-191.

Faculty / Student Awards

Mac Robertson Traveling Scholarship, Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scotland, 2002.

Collaborative / Interdisciplinary Efforts

Marine parasite research with: 

• Dr. Douglas Neil University of Glasgow, UK. E-mail: d.neil@bio.gla.ac.uk 
• Dr. Grant Stentiford Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (CEFAS), UK. E-mail: g.d.stentiford@cefas.co.uk 
• Dr. Jeff Shields VIMS E-mail: [[jeff]] 
• Dr. Kim Reece VIMS E-mail: [[kreece]]