Dr Will Norton
Associate Professor of Animal Biology
School/Department: Genetics and Genome Biology, Department of
Telephone: +44 (0)116 252 5078
Email: whjn1@leicester.ac.uk
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Research
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Tilley, C.A., Carreño Gutierrez H., Sebire M., Obasaju O., Reichammn, F., Katsiadaki I., Barber I. and Norton W.H.J. (2020). Skin swabbing is a refined technique to collect DNA from model fish species. Scientific Reports Vol 10, 18212. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-75304-1
Reichmann, F., Rimmer N., Tilley C.A., Dalla Vecchia E., Pinion J., Al Oustah A., Carreño Gutierrez H., Young A.M.J., McDearmid J.R., Winter M.J., Norton, W.H.J. (2020). The zebrafish histamine H3 receptor modulates aggression, neural activity and forebrain functional connectivity. Acta Physiologica 230, Issue 4, e13543.
Gutierrez, H.C., Vacca, I., Schoenmacker, G., Cleal, M., Tochwin, A., O'Connor, B., Young, A.M.J., Vasquez, A.A., Winter, M.J., Parker, M.O., Norton, W.H.J. (2020) Screening for drugs to reduce zebrafish aggression identifies caffeine and sildenafil. European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology 30:17-29
Carreño Gutierrez, H., Colanesi, S., Cooper, B., Reichmann, F., Young, A.M.J., Kelsh, R.N., Norton, W.H.J. (2019) Endothelin neurotransmitter signalling controls zebrafish social behaviour. Scientific Reports 9:3040
Dalla Vecchia, E., Mortimer, N., Palladino, V.S., Kittel-Schneider, S., Lesch, K.P., Reif, A., Schenck, A., Norton, W.H.J. (2019). Cross-species models of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder: lessons from CNTNAP2, ADGRL3, and PARK2. Psychiatric genetics 29:1-17
Norton, W.H.J. (2018). Screening for drugs to reduce aggression in zebrafish. Neuropharmacology 156:107394
Bitetti, A., Mallory, A.C., Golini, E., Carrieri, C., Carreño Gutierrez, H., Perlas, E., Pérez-Rico, Y.A., Tocchini-Valentini, G.P., Enright, A.J., Norton, W.H.J., Mandillo, S., O'Carroll, D., Shkumatava, A. (2018). MicroRNA degradation by a conserved target RNA regulates animal behavior. Nature structural & molecular biology 25(3):244-251
Breacker, C., Barber, I., Norton, W.H.J., McDearmid, J.R., Tilley, C.A. (2017). A Low-Cost Method of Skin Swabbing for the Collection of DNA Samples from Small Laboratory Fish. Zebrafish 14(1):35-41
Jones, L.J., McCutcheon, J.E., Young, A.M., Norton, W.H.J. (2015). Neurochemical measurements in the zebrafish brain. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience 9:246
Lange, M., Norton, W.H.J., Coolen, M., Chaminade, M., Merker, S., Proft, F., Schmitt, A., Vernier, P., Lesch, K.P., and Bally-Cuif, L. (2012). The ADHD-susceptibility gene lphn3.1 modulates dopaminergic neuron formation and locomotor activity during zebrafish development. Molecular psychiatry 17(9):946-954
.Supervision
Behavioural Neuroscience
Basic biology of aggression and social behaviour
Fish health and welfare
Novel behavioural tasks for fish
Teaching
BSc Biological Sciences
BSc Biological Sciences (Zoology)
BSc Biological Sciences (Genetics)
BSc Biological Sciences (Neuroscience)
MBChB
BS1000 First year tutorials
BS1070 Biodiversity and Behaviour
BS3016 Neuroscience Futures
BS3078 Subtropical Physiology and Behaviour
BS3080 Behavioural Ecology
BS3X00 Final year projects.
BS4601 MSc in Animal Behaviour.
MCBG Phase 1 Medical Cell Biology and Genetics
Press and media
Skin swabbing as a technique to collect DNA from fish species
Fish welfare research
Activities
Member of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology
Fisheries Society of the British Isles
EuFishBioMed (the European Zebrafish Society)
Awards
Qualifications
PhD Development Neuroscience
BSc Neuroscience